First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers resume example

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

• Golf Course Superintendent
• Grounds Manager
• Grounds Supervisor
• Landscape Supervisor
• Field Manager
• Grounds Crew Supervisor
• Grounds Foreman
• Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
• Groundskeeper Supervisor
• Landscape Manager
• Arborist Crew Leader
• Buildings and Grounds Supervisor
• Cemetery Workers Supervisor
• Gardening Manager
• Gardening Supervisor
• Golf Course Manager
• Greens Superintendent
• Greenskeeper Supervisor

O*NET records 39 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

• 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.

28 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

• Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
• Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

• Facebook
• Inventory management software
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Payroll software
• Work order software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

• Adjustable hand wrenches
• Adjustable widemouth pliers
• Bed shapers
• Brick cutters
• Bucket trucks
• Chainsaws
• Claw hammers
• Cordless drills
• Desktop computers
• Dump trucks
• Equipment trailers
• Farm tractors

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

1. 01Monitoring
2. 02Time Management
3. 03Active Listening
4. 04Management of Personnel Resources
5. 05Coordination
6. 06Critical Thinking
7. 07Speaking
8. 08Instructing
9. 09Judgment and Decision Making
10. 10Social Perceptiveness

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

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

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

• 32%Bachelor's Degree
• 20%High School Diploma, or the equivalent
• 14%Associate's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Medium Preparation Needed”. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Common questions

What does a First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers do?

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Day to day that includes work like establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety and Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.

What skills should a First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers put on a resume?

O*NET rates Monitoring, Time Management, Active Listening, Management of Personnel Resources, and Coordination among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.

What software should a First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes Facebook, Inventory management software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft Outlook. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.

What other job titles cover First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers work?

O*NET records 39 titles for this occupation, including Golf Course Superintendent, Grounds Manager, Grounds Supervisor, and Landscape Supervisor. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 32% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

Will this resume pass an ATS for a First-Line Supervisor of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers role?

No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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