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8256 – Supervisors, Landscape and Horticulture
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.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Caretaker, park
- Cemetery foreman/woman
- Country club grounds supervisor
- Crew chief, greenhouse workers
- Crew chief, nursery workers
- Foreman/woman, cemetery
- Foreman/woman, groundskeeping
- Foreman/woman, landscaping
- Foreman/woman, nursery
- Foreman/woman, weed control
- Greenhouse foreman/woman
- Greenhouse supervisor
- Greenhouse worker crew chief
- Groundskeeper supervisor
- Groundskeeping foreman/woman
- Groundskeeping supervisor
- Head, park maintenance
- Horticulture workers supervisor
- Landscaping foreman/woman
- Lawn care supervisor
- Nursery foreman/woman
- Nursery supervisor
- Nursery worker crew chief
- Nursery worker foreman/woman
- Nursery workers supervisor
- Park caretaker
- Park labourers supervisor
- Park maintenance head
- Park maintenance supervisor
- Park section head - arboriculture
- Park supervisor, grounds maintenance
- Supervisor, groundsman/woman
- Supervisor, groundsperson - campground
- Supervisor, horticulture workers
- Supervisor, maintenance worker - campground
- Supervisor, nursery workers
- Supervisor, park labourers
- Supervisor, tree service
- Tree service supervisor
- Weed control foreman/woman
- Cemetery foreman/woman
- Greenhouse supervisor
- Groundskeeping supervisor
- Horticulture workers supervisor
- Landscaping foreman/woman
- Nursery foreman/woman
- Park caretaker
- Park supervisor, grounds maintenance
- Supervisor, nursery workers
- Supervisor, park labourers
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following 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.
Additional information
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 8 – Occupations Unique to Primary Industry
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 82 – Skilled Occupations in Primary Industry
- Minor group
- 825 – Contractors, Operators and Supervisors in Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture
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- NOC 2006 Version 1.0