Plan, organize, direct, or coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities, such as planting and maintaining ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawns, and applying fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals, according to contract specifications. May also coordinate activities of workers engaged in terracing hillsides, building retaining walls, constructing pathways, installing patios, and similar activities in following a landscape design plan. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and work force requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.

• Greenskeeper I
• Superintendent, Greens
• Supervisor, Cemetery Workers
• Supervisor, Landscape
• Supervisor, Spray, Lawn and Tree Service
• Supervisor, Tree-Trimming

• Answer inquiries from current or prospective customers regarding methods, materials, and price ranges.
• Confer with managers and landscape architects to develop plans and schedules for landscaping maintenance and improvement.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.
• Design and supervise the installation of sprinkler systems, calculating water pressure, and valve and pipe coverage needs.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Direct and assist workers engaged in the maintenance and repair of equipment such as power tools and motorized equipment.
• Direct or perform mixing and application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides.
• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Identify diseases and pests affecting landscaping, and order appropriate treatments.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Install and maintain landscaped areas, performing tasks such as removing snow, pouring cement curbs, and repairing sidewalks.
• Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, and materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.
• Investigate work-related complaints in order to verify problems, and to determine responses.
• Maintain required records such as personnel information and project records.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.
• Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur, and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.
• Perform administrative duties such as authorizing leaves and processing time sheets.
• Perform personnel-related activities such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, and taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.
• Plant and maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, and pruning.
• Prepare and maintain required records such as work activity and personnel reports.
• Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs, and maintain budgets for individual projects.
• Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.
• Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment use, in order to increase crew efficiency.
• Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, and workforce requirements for jobs.
• Schedule work for crews depending on work priorities, crew and equipment availability, and weather conditions.
• Tour grounds such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting and pruning trees and shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, and caring for turf.

• analyze operational or management reports or records
• answer customer or public inquiries
• assign work to staff or employees
• conduct or attend staff meetings
• consult with managerial or supervisory personnel
• demonstrate or explain assembly or use of equipment
• determine work priority, crew or equipment requirements
• develop staffing plan
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• establish employee performance standards
• estimate materials or labor requirements
• explain work orders, specifications, or work techniques to workers
• fell or buck trees
• finish concrete surfaces
• hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
• interview job applicants
• investigate customer complaints
• judge soil conditions
• maintain or repair construction machinery or equipment
• maintain or repair farm vehicles, machinery, or mechanical implements
• maintain production or work records
• make decisions
• make presentations
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• modify work procedures or processes to meet deadlines
• monitor worker performance
• operate agricultural equipment or machinery
• orient new employees
• oversee work progress to verify safety or conformance to standards
• perform safety inspections in agricultural, forestry, or fishing setting
• plan or organize work
• prepare cost estimates
• prepare or maintain employee records
• publicize job openings
• recognize plant diseases
• recommend improvements to work methods or procedures
• repair and maintain grounds keeping equipment and tools
• resolve landscaping problems
• resolve or assist workers to resolve work problems
• schedule employee work hours
• schedule facility or property maintenance
• supervise grounds keeping or landscaping workers
• understand second language
• use chain saws
• use hand or power tools
• use herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides or related products
• use oral or written communication techniques
• use plant or crop transplant techniques
• use power mower
• use truck-mounted hydraulic lifts or other accessories