Groundskeeping 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.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Field Manager; Golf Course Superintendent; Grounds Crew Supervisor; Grounds Foreman; Grounds Maintenance Supervisor; Grounds Manager; Grounds Supervisor; Groundskeeper Supervisor; Landscape Manager; Landscape Supervisor

Tasks

• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
• Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
• Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
• Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
• Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
• Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
• Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
• Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.
• Identify diseases or pests affecting landscaping and order appropriate treatments.
• Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.
• Maintain required records, such as personnel information or project records.
• Perform personnel-related activities, such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, or taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.
• Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service
• Administration and Management
• English Language
• Mathematics
• Public Safety and Security
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Mechanical
• Education and Training
• Building and Construction
• Chemistry
• Design
• Administrative

Skills

• Monitoring
• Active Listening
• Speaking
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies
• Writing

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Near Vision
• Written Comprehension
• Visualization
• Speech Recognition
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Flexibility of Closure
• Perceptual Speed
• Time Sharing
• Arm-Hand Steadiness
• Far Vision
• Fluency of Ideas
• Selective Attention
• Manual Dexterity
• Finger Dexterity
• Control Precision
• Multilimb Coordination
• Static Strength