According to people in this career, the main tasks are...
| Task | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gather and remove litter. | 82% |
| Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes. | 81% |
| Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws. | 79% |
| Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans. | 78% |
| Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws. | 76% |
| Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders. | 75% |
| Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste. | 75% |
| Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features. | 73% |
| Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots, and spread salt in those areas. | 73% |
| Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring. | 72% |
| Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens. | 71% |
| Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage. | 70% |
| Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls. | 70% |
| Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds. | 70% |
| Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes. | 70% |
| Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools. | 69% |
| Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers. | 68% |
| Rake, mulch, and compost leaves. | 68% |
| Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools. | 68% |
| Decorate gardens with stones or plants. | 67% |
| Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria. | 67% |
| Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment. | 66% |
| Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses. | 65% |
| Advise customers on plant selection or care. | 64% |
| Haul or spread topsoil, or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place. | 60% |
| Mark design boundaries, and paint natural or artificial turf fields with team logos or names before events. | 56% |
| Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders. | 51% |
