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Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
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Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.
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Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.
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Maintain required records, such as personnel information or project records.
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Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.
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Confer with managers or landscape architects to develop plans or schedules for landscaping maintenance or improvement.
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Design or supervise the installation of sprinkler systems, calculating water pressure, or valve and pipe coverage needs.
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Perform personnel-related activities, such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, or taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.
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Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.
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Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
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Identify diseases or pests affecting landscaping and order appropriate treatments.
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Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.
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Install or maintain landscaped areas, performing tasks such as removing snow, pouring cement curbs, or repairing sidewalks.
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Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.
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Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.
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Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
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Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
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Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
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Answer inquiries from current or prospective customers regarding methods, materials, or price ranges.
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Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.
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Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
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Perform administrative duties, such as authorizing leaves or processing time sheets.
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Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
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Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, or workforce requirements for jobs.
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Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment used to increase crew efficiency.
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Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.
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Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
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Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.