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Job Description

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 37-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 28,560.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
Currently, there are 906,570 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers”.

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Tasks for “Laborer”

Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens.
Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots and spread salt in those areas.
Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders.
Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses used on the fields.
Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
Gather and remove litter.
Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
Advise customers on plant selection or care.
Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.
Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
Mark design boundaries and paint natural or artificial turf fields with team logos or names before events.
Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.

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Cargo trucks
Chain saws
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Backhoes
Drag brooms
Axes
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Spades
Rakes
Truck-mounted chemical sprayers
Bucket loaders
Gas welders
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Mulching forks
Pick axes
Artificial turf groomers
Oetiker clamps
Backpack pump sprayers
Sod lifters
Power sweepers
Flail mowers
Dump trucks
Ground tarps
Overseed enhancing tools
Wheeled paint sprayers
Hedge shears
X-drags
Infield grooming rakes
Soil profilers
Socket wrenches
Snow blowers
Safety goggles
Ground picks
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Hydrostatic mowers
Drag leveling bars
Box blades
Pole saws
Tractors
Manual mowers
String trimmers
Forklifts
Saws
Tillers
Arena rakes
Digital soil thermometers
Pruning saws
Leaf rakes
Mound slope gauges
Tractor broom attachments
Drawn box scrapers
Electrical cord reels
Greens mowers
Puddle pumps
Pipe cutters
Precision files
Pallet trucks
Drag mats
Extension ladders
Drag spikers
Power saws
Field painting stencils
Protective ear plugs
Handheld power drills
Trowels
Soil probes
Roller squeegees
Measuring tapes
Brush trimmers
Safety gloves
Reversible spike harrows
Bunker rakes
Turf rollers
Adjustable wrenches
Hydraulic booms
Front end loaders
Flexible chain-link harrows
Pressurized sprayers
Hammers
Leaf-grinding machines
Plow pan spikers
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Land planes
Wood chippers
Power rakes
Screwdrivers
Shielded arc welding tools
Gas generators
Sprinklers
Shovels
Field layout systems
Paint sprayguns
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Hoes
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