Supervisors, Landscape and Horticulture (8256)

Job titles

• cemetery foreman/woman
• country club grounds supervisor
• greenhouse foreman/woman
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Nature of work

Supervisors in this unit group supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourers (8612) and Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (8432). They are employed by landscaping companies, cemeteries, lawn care and tree service companies, nurseries and greenhouses, and by landscaping departments of government and private establishments.

Fields of interest

• Managing, organizing, administrating
• Working in nature and with animals

Main duties

• Supervisors in this unit group perform some or all of the following duties:
• - Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers who perform the following duties: maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, interior plantscapes and other landscaped areas; spread topsoil and lay sod; spray, prune, cut and remove trees and shrubs; construct landscape and landscape structures; and plant, cultivate and harvest trees, shrubs, flowers and plants
• - Establish work schedules and procedures and co-ordinate activities with other work units
• - Resolve work-related problems and prepare and submit progress and other reports
• - Train workers in job duties and company policies
• - Requisition supplies and materials
• - May perform the same duties as workers supervised.

Employment requirements

• * Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• * Experience in the occupation supervised is required.
• * A provincial licence to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides may be required.

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