Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

• Gather and remove litter.
• Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
• Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
• Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
• Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
• Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
• Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
• Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
• Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
• Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
• Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
• Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
• Decorate gardens with stones or plants.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers.

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers.