Landscaping & OutdoorLeadGrounds & Maintenance
Grounds Supervisor
You run the maintenance crews: routes, quality, and client relationships.
What you'd actually do
- Schedule crews and routes
- Inspect work quality and correct issues
- Manage equipment and material budgets
- Handle client communication
The facts
- Training time
- 3-5 years
- Experience expected
- 3-5 years
- Physical demand
- moderate
- Room to advance
- moderate
- Path to ownership
- high
- Level
- Lead
Work environment
Outdoors · Team leadership · Vehicle-based
Skills
Core to the job
- Crew leadership
- Scheduling & logistics
- Horticulture
- Training others
- Customer service
Helps you stand out
- Estimating & bidding
- Software & apps
- Equipment maintenance
- Clear communication
Education & credentials
- High school diploma or GED
- 3+ years field experience
Licensing rules vary by state, county, and job scope. Always confirm what applies where you plan to work.
Shortest route from the ground up
The usual ladder people climb to reach this role.
Where this leads
Landscape Estimator
Landscaping & OutdoorManagement
You price the work. Get it wrong and the company loses money on every job, which is why experienced estimators are well paid.
- Training:
- 3-6 years
- Experience:
- 3-6 years
Landscape Business Owner
Landscaping & OutdoorOwner
Landscaping has one of the lowest barriers to self-employment on this site — a truck, a mower, and a license can start it.
- Training:
- 2-5 years
- Experience:
- 2-5 years
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