How do they match: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

  • First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

  • Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
  • Cemetery Workers Supervisor
  • Lawn and Tree Service Spray Supervisor
  • Turf and Grounds Supervisor

  • Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.

  • Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.
  • Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
  • Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.
  • Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
  • Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
  • Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.
  • 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 personnel-related activities, such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, or taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.
  • Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.
  • Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.
  • Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment used to increase crew efficiency.
  • Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, or workforce requirements for jobs.
  • Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
  • Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

  • Document work hours or activities.
  • Establish work standards.
  • Inspect work to ensure standards are met.
  • Instruct staff in work policies or procedures.
  • Investigate work related complaints to determine corrective actions.
  • Plan employee work schedules.
  • Prepare chemicals for work application.
  • Supervise maintenance workers.