First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
SOC Code: 37-1012
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workerss establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 86.0/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Time Management, Monitoring, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 86.0 — Very High
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Median Salary
$56,170
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Job Growth
2.3%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Time Management
- •Monitoring
- •Speaking
- •Management of Personnel Resources
- •Active Listening
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
- ✓Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
- ✓Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
- ✓Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
- ✓Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation