- Industrie: Government; Labor
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- Company Profile:
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in maintenance of areas, such as parks, botanical gardens, and playgrounds. Respnsibilities include:
* Plans landscaping tasks, and instructs workers in taking care of nursery, planting of flowers, and transplanting and pruning of trees and shrubbery.
* Directs workers in maintenance and repair of driveways, walks, hedges, swings, benches, and other park equipment.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May patrol parks to guard against vandalism and destruction.
* May supervise workers engaged in maintenance of areas along highways, around rest areas, and federal or state facilities and be designated Supervisor, Grounds; Supervisor, Rest Area; or Supervisor, Park Workers.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preserving grounds and turf of golf course in playing condition. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with greens superintendent to plan and review work projects.
* Determines work priority and assigns workers to specific tasks, such as fertilizing, irrigating, seeding, mowing, raking, and spraying.
* Mixes and prepares recommended spray and dust solutions.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May direct and assist workers engaged in maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment.
* May assist workers to perform more critical duties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in preserving grounds and turf of golf course in playing condition. Respnsibilities include:
* Confers with greens superintendent to plan and review work projects.
* Determines work priority and assigns workers to specific tasks, such as fertilizing, irrigating, seeding, mowing, raking, and spraying.
* Mixes and prepares recommended spray and dust solutions.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May direct and assist workers engaged in maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment.
* May assist workers to perform more critical duties.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in constructing new areas and preserving golf course grounds. Respnsibilities include:
* Plans work programs, utilizing experience and established agronomic practices, to improve and maintain turf and playing condition of course.
* Plans new areas or changes in course and directs workers engaged in cultivation, grading, seeding, and sodding of area.
* Reviews test results of soil and turf samples and directs application of fertilizer, lime, insecticide, and fungicide.
* Tours grounds to ascertain work progress and condition of course.
* Inspects turf to designate height and frequency of mowing, and determine need for supplemental irrigation to sustain or force growth.
* Reviews and keeps employee time records.
* Interviews, hires, and discharges workers.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
* May assign workers to short-course training sessions related to course maintenance.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plants trees, shrubs, grass, flowers, and similar plant life in special display areas, such as motion picture sets and horticultural workshop beds, and as instruction models, such as terrariums and dish gardens, according to written, oral, and illustrated instructions and using gardening tools. Respnsibilities include:
* Reads and studies instructions and discusses project with supervisor to ascertain material and tool requirements.
* Collects horticultural items and gathers materials, such as containers, charcoal, moss, and rock.
* Plants items, following plan and applying knowledge of appropriate gardening techniques.
* May weed, water, and fertilize displays, sets, and instruction models.
* May collect horticultural items, such as twigs, leaves, and flowers, for use as instruction materials.
* May be designated Greens Planter (motion picture) when working on motion picture sets.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties, as directed by greenskeeper I, to maintain grounds and turf of golf course in playing condition. Respnsibilities include:
* Operates tractor, using specific attachments, to till, cultivate, and grade new turf areas, to apply prescribed amounts of lime, fertilizer, insecticide, and fungicide, and to mow rough and fairway areas at designated cut, exercising care not to injure turf or shrubs.
* Cuts turf on green and tee areas, using hand mower and power mower.
* Connects hose and sprinkler systems at designated points on course to irrigate turf.
* Digs and rakes ground to prepare new greens, grades and cleans traps, and repairs roadbeds, using shovels, rakes, spades, and other tools.
* May plant, trim, and spray trees and shrubs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who performs any combination of following duties, as directed by greenskeeper I, to maintain grounds and turf of golf course in playing condition. Respnsibilities include:
* Operates tractor, using specific attachments, to till, cultivate, and grade new turf areas, to apply prescribed amounts of lime, fertilizer, insecticide, and fungicide, and to mow rough and fairway areas at designated cut, exercising care not to injure turf or shrubs.
* Cuts turf on green and tee areas, using hand mower and power mower.
* Connects hose and sprinkler systems at designated points on course to irrigate turf.
* Digs and rakes ground to prepare new greens, grades and cleans traps, and repairs roadbeds, using shovels, rakes, spades, and other tools.
* May plant, trim, and spray trees and shrubs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares graves and maintains cemetery grounds. Respnsibilities include:
* Locates grave site according to section, lot, and plot numbers, and marks area to be excavated.
* Removes sod from gravesite, using shovel.
* Digs grave to specified depth, using pick and shovel or backhoe.
* Places concrete slabs on bottom and around grave to line it.
* Mixes and pours concrete to construct foundation for grave marker, using premixed concrete, wheelbarrow, and handtools.
* Positions casket-lowering device on grave, covers dirt pile and sod with artificial grass carpet, erects canopy, and arranges folding chairs to prepare site for burial service.
* Builds wooden forms for concrete slabs, using hammer, saw, and nails.
* Sets grave marker in concrete on gravesite, using shovel and trowel.
* Mows grass, using hand or power mower.
* Prunes shrubs, trims trees, and plants flowers and shrubs on grave, using handtools.
* Removes leaves and other debris from graves, using leaf blowers and weed eaters.
* May drive vehicles, such as backhoe, trucks, and tractors.
* May repair and maintain tools and equipment, using handtools and power tools and applying mechanical knowledge.
* May open and close mausoleum vaults, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who prepares graves and maintains cemetery grounds. Respnsibilities include:
* Locates grave site according to section, lot, and plot numbers, and marks area to be excavated.
* Removes sod from gravesite, using shovel.
* Digs grave to specified depth, using pick and shovel or backhoe.
* Places concrete slabs on bottom and around grave to line it.
* Mixes and pours concrete to construct foundation for grave marker, using premixed concrete, wheelbarrow, and handtools.
* Positions casket-lowering device on grave, covers dirt pile and sod with artificial grass carpet, erects canopy, and arranges folding chairs to prepare site for burial service.
* Builds wooden forms for concrete slabs, using hammer, saw, and nails.
* Sets grave marker in concrete on gravesite, using shovel and trowel.
* Mows grass, using hand or power mower.
* Prunes shrubs, trims trees, and plants flowers and shrubs on grave, using handtools.
* Removes leaves and other debris from graves, using leaf blowers and weed eaters.
* May drive vehicles, such as backhoe, trucks, and tractors.
* May repair and maintain tools and equipment, using handtools and power tools and applying mechanical knowledge.
* May open and close mausoleum vaults, using handtools.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who maintains grounds of industrial, commercial, or public property, performing any combination of following tasks. Respnsibilities include:
* Cuts lawns, using hand mower or power mower.
* Trims and edges around walks, flower beds, and walls, using clippers, weed cutters, and edging tools.
* Prunes shrubs and trees to shape and improve growth or remove damaged leaves, branches, or twigs, using shears, pruners, or chain saw.
* Sprays lawn, shrubs, and trees with fertilizer, herbicides, and insecticides, using hand or automatic sprayer.
* Rakes and bags or burns leaves, using rake.
* Cleans grounds and removes litter, using spiked stick or broom.
* Shovels snow from walks and driveways.
* Spreads salt on public passage ways to prevent ice buildup.
* Plants grass, flowers, trees, and shrubs, using gardening tools.
* Waters lawn and shrubs, using hose or by activating fixed or portable sprinkler system.
* May repair fences, gates, walls, and walks, using carpentry and masonry tools.
* May paint fences and outbuildings.
* May clean out drainage ditches and culverts, using shovel and rake.
* May perform ground maintenance duties, using tractor equipped with attachments, such as mowers, lime or fertilizer spreaders, lawn roller, and snow removal equipment.
* May sharpen tools, such as weed cutters, edging tools, and shears, using file or knife sharpener.
* May make minor repairs on equipment, such as lawn mower, spreader, and snow removal equipment, using handtools and power tools.
* May perform variety of laboring duties, common to type of employing establishment.
Industry:Professional careers
