skillfactor-pipeline/skills/horticulture-production-team-leader/references/tasks.md

Tasks & work activities — horticulture production team leader

Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 37-1012.00 (First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers).

Task statements

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

Detailed work activities

• Assist skilled construction or extraction personnel.
• Confer with coworkers to coordinate maintenance or cleaning activities.
• Determine resource needs.
• Document work hours or activities.
• Establish work standards.
• Estimate maintenance service requirements or costs.
• Evaluate current or prospective maintenance employees.
• Inspect buildings or grounds to determine condition.
• Inspect landscaping to determine treatment needs.
• Inspect work to ensure standards are met.
• Instruct staff in work policies or procedures.
• Inventory materials or equipment.
• Investigate work related complaints to determine corrective actions.
• Irrigate lawns, trees, or plants.
• Plan employee work schedules.
• Plant greenery to improve landscape appearance.
• Prepare chemicals for work application.
• Provide information about landscaping services or costs.
• Recommend organizational process or policy changes.
• Remove snow.
• Supervise maintenance workers.
• Trim trees or other vegetation.