Trim and mow to make this career grow!
If you like caring for plants or enjoyed mowing lawns during your youth, then a job in landscape management could be your ideal career match. Landscape management and lawn care companies work to preserve and enhance a client’s landscape investment. The overall attractiveness of a property is referred to as “curb appeal.”
Landscape management projects can be as simple as caring for residential grass and shrubs, or as elaborate as a tending to turf, trees and other landscape elements at a world class resort.
Maintaining the curb appeal of landscapes is so popular that there is rarely a shortage of work for landscape management professionals. This isn’t your simple summer lawn-mowing job anymore!
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Technician
Duties:
- Monitor lawn and landscape quality
- Perform seeding and aeration (removal of small soil plugs from the ground)
- Perform grass fertilization
- Mulch and fertilize flower beds
- Prune and trim small trees and shrubs
- Control and prevent weeds, insects and diseases
- Perform Integrated Pest Management (IPM) using mechanical, organic and chemical controls
Education:
- High school education preferred
- Two-year technical college certificate a bonus
- Training provided by employer, but experience is helpful
Pay:
- Seasonal positions: $10 to $23 per hour
- Full-time, year-round positions: $23,000 to $47,000 per year (plus benefits)
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Crew Foreman/Manager
Duties:
- Monitor lawn and landscape quality
- Perform seeding and aeration (removal of small soil plugs from the ground)
- Perform grass fertilization processes
- Mulch and fertilize flower beds
- Prune and trim small trees and shrubs
- Control and prevent weeds, insects and diseases
- Perform Integrated Pest Management (IPM) using mechanical, organic and chemical controls
- Manage client questions and concerns
- Train and supervision lawn technicians
- Assist with marketing projects
- Maintain supplies and inventory
Education:
- High school diploma
- Two-year technical college certificate in horticulture a bonus
- 2-4 years of experience
Pay:
- Seasonal positions: $10 to $25 per hour
- Full-time, year-round positions: $23,000 to $55,000 per year (plus benefits)
