Lawn Care Supervisor

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Hot
• Cold/refrigerated

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Direct planting of trees, gardens and lawns
• Organize planting of trees, gardens and lawns
• Plan and direct grounds maintenance
• Maintain work records and logs
• Repair and maintain equipment
• Operate all-terrain vehicles (ATV)
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Assess the health of lawns
• Operate machinery

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Pick-up truck
• Small engine equipment
• Lawn mowers

Area of work experience

• Snow removal
• Plant disease, pest and weed prevention and eradication

Area of specialization

• Lawn care
• Grounds maintenance
• Landscape construction

Equipment

• Power lawn mowers

Additional information

Security and safety

• Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Tight deadlines
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots

Personal suitability

• Initiative
• Team player