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First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workersresume guide.

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. A strong First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers resume shows monitoring, time management and active listening, and names the tools you have worked with, such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office software and Microsoft PowerPoint.

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01Also called

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Field ManagerGolf Course SuperintendentGrounds Crew SupervisorGrounds ForemanGroundskeeper SupervisorGrounds Maintenance SupervisorGrounds ManagerGrounds SupervisorLandscape ManagerLandscape Supervisor

02Skills employers expect

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Importance is how much the skill matters to the job; level is how much of it the job demands. Both are worth naming on the resume, in this order.

SkillImportanceLevel
MonitoringVery highIntermediate
Time ManagementVery highIntermediate
Active ListeningHighIntermediate
Management of Personnel ResourcesHighIntermediate
CoordinationHighIntermediate
Critical ThinkingHighIntermediate
SpeakingHighAdvanced
InstructingHighIntermediate
Judgment and Decision MakingHighIntermediate
Social PerceptivenessHighIntermediate

03Knowledge areas

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

04Common responsibilities

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Ordered by importance. Each one is a bullet waiting for a result and a number.

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

05Software and tools

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8 tools across 8 categories. The six largest categories are below; Hot marks a hot technology, In demand a tool employers ask for most often.

Data base user interface and query software1
  • Work order software
Electronic mail software1
Office suite software1
Presentation software1
Spreadsheet software1
Time accounting software1
  • Payroll softwareIn demand
Web page creation and editing software1
Word processing software1

06Education and preparation

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Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
32% of surveyed workers. Others report High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (20%) and Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree (14%).
Preparation level
Job Zone 3 · Medium preparation
Usually vocational training, an associate degree or a few years of related experience.

07Putting it on your resume

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BEE · How to show it

Lead with the credential and the record. Job Zone 3 roles usually ask for training, a license or a few years of related experience. Put those on the first screen, then show what you did with them.

List the software you have actually used. Employers scan for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office software and Microsoft PowerPoint. Put the ones you know in a skills line, spelled the way the vendor spells them.

Show time management and active listening, not just monitoring. Time management and active listening rank close to monitoring for this occupation. One bullet per role that shows a decision, a tradeoff or a result covers them.

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