First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
Architecture & Construction · Maintenance/Operations
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $36,410; experienced workers reach $72,160. About 690 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +11.4%
- Openings a year
- 126
- Employed in 2024
- 1,084
Typical entry education: High school diploma or equivalent · Experience: Less than 5 years
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
1 program, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Time Management3.9
- Monitoring3.8
- Active Listening3.9
- Management of Personnel Resources3.9
- Speaking4.0
- Critical Thinking3.8
- Coordination3.8
- Social Perceptiveness3.6
What the work is
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
- Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
- Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
- Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
- Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
- Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
- Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less24%
- Certificate13%
- Some college10%
- Associate degree14%
- Bachelor's degree32%
- Master's degree6%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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