groundsman/groundswoman
ISCO: 6113. Skills: 49. Essential: 31.
Essential skills
- construct greens and grounds
- ecology
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- estimate consumption of water
- execute disease and pest control activities
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- horticulture principles
- maintain irrigation systems
- maintain landscape site
- maintain turf and grass
- maintain turf management equipment
- monitor water quality
- operate turf management equipment
- perform pest control
- perform weed control operations
- pest control in plants
- plan sports areas
- plant disease control
- plant species
- prepare building site
- prepare site for construction
- prepare sites for planting of grass
- prepare the ground
- principles of landscape construction
- soil structure
- spray pesticides
- transport physical resources within the work area
- turf management
- use gardening equipment
- water chemistry analysis
- watering principles
Supporting skills
- communicate with customers
- crop production principles
- grow plants
- implement plans for the management of sports turf areas
- manage rainwater
- manage time in landscaping
- nurse plants
- nurse trees
- plant green plants
- prepare planting area
- propagate plants
- prune hedges and trees
- prune plants
- pruning techniques
- pruning types
- rainwater management
- report pollution incidents
- use technical documentation