First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, & Groundskeeping Workers
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.
Also called: Golf Course Superintendent, Grounds Supervisor, Landscape Manager, Landscape Supervisor
Knowledge:
- management
- customer service
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- do two or more things at the same time
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Initiative
- Self Control
- Leadership
Education:
certificate after high school
