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8612 – Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourers
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers perform manual work to assist in the construction of landscapes and related structures, and to maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, landscaped interiors and other landscaped areas. They are employed by landscaping and lawn care companies, golf courses, cemeteries, and landscaping departments of governments and private establishments.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Applicator, chemicals - lawn care
- Bulb planter
- Campground maintenance worker
- Cemetery labourer
- Cemetery worker
- Chemical applicator - lawn care
- Cutter, grass
- Digger, graves
- Gardener helper
- Gardening helper
- Gardening helper, landscape
- Golf course labourer
- Golf course worker
- Grass cutter
- Grave digger
- Greens worker
- Greenskeeper helper
- Grounds maintainer
- Grounds maintenance worker
- Groundskeeper
- Groundsman/woman
- Groundsperson - campground
- Helper, gardener
- Helper, gardening
- Helper, greenskeeper
- Helper, landscape gardener
- Helper, landscape gardening
- Helper, plant doctor
- Helper, tree surgeon
- Keeper, grounds
- Labourer, cemetery
- Labourer, golf course
- Labourer, grounds maintenance
- Labourer, landscape
- Labourer, park maintenance
- Labourer, sod laying
- Landscape gardener helper
- Landscape gardening helper
- Landscape labourer
- Landscape worker
- Lawn mower
- Lawn-mowing worker
- Maintainer, grounds
- Maintenance labourer, parks
- Maintenance worker, campground
- Maintenance worker, grounds
- Maintenance worker, parks
- Mower, lawns
- Park maintenance labourer
- Park worker
- Plant doctor helper
- Plant-care worker
- Planter, bulbs
- Snow shoveller
- Sod layer
- Sod laying labourer
- Sprayer, trees
- Transplanter
- Tree pruner - landscaping
- Tree sprayer
- Tree surgeon helper
- Tree trimmer
- Trimmer, trees - public utilities
- Worker, cemetery
- Worker, golf course
- Worker, greens
- Worker, grounds maintenance
- Worker, landscape
- Worker, lawn mowing
- Worker, parks
- Worker, plant care
- Bulb planter
- Cemetery labourer
- Gardening helper
- Golf course worker
- Grass cutter
- Grounds maintenance worker
- Landscape labourer
- Maintenance worker, parks
- Sod layer
- Transplanter
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers perform some or all of the following duties:
- Spread top soil, lay sod, plant flowers, grass, shrubs and trees and perform other duties to assist with the construction of a landscape and related structures
- Cut grass, rake, fertilize and water lawns, weed gardens, prune shrubs and trees and perform other maintenance duties as directed by supervisor
- Operate and maintain power mowers, tractors, snowblowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, pruning saws and other landscape maintenance equipment
- Spray and dust trees, shrubs, lawns and gardens, as directed, to control insects and disease
- Perform other manual duties to clean and maintain landscaped environments.
Employment requirements
- Some secondary school education may be required.
- A provincial licence to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides may be required.
Additional information
- Progression to technical or supervisory occupations in landscaping and horticulture is possible with additional training or experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 8 – Occupations Unique to Primary Industry
- Skill level
- D – On-the-job training is usually provided for occupations.
- Major group
- 86 – Labourers in Primary Industry
- Minor group
- 861 – Primary Production Labourers
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0