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

What Does a First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• 2Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
• 3Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
• 4Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• 5Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• 6Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• 7Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• 8Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

Required Skills

• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Facebook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Payroll software
• Work order software

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