Work site environment

• Outdoors
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Various locations
• Willing to relocate

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Plan the incorporation of landscape structures
• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Estimate costs
• Survey and assess designated sites
• Prepare contracts and tenders
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
• Plant and move trees

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Landscape construction