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groundsman/groundswoman

Code 6113.1

Groundsmen/groundswomen provide landscape and lawn services and maintain grounds for private households, commercial and public facilities, schools, hotels, botanical gardens, golf courses, parks and athletic fields.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • water chemistry analysis
  • plant disease control
  • ecology
  • plant species
  • soil structure
  • environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
  • turf management
  • horticulture principles
  • principles of landscape construction
  • watering principles
  • pest control in plants

Skills and competences

  • estimate consumption of water
  • construct greens and grounds
  • monitor water quality
  • perform pest control
  • plan sports areas
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • operate turf management equipment
  • handling chemical products for soil and plants
  • maintain turf and grass
  • maintain turf management equipment
  • maintain landscape site
  • maintain irrigation systems
  • prepare the ground
  • prepare sites for planting of grass
  • preparar terreno para construcción
  • preparar terreno para la colocación de césped
  • spray pesticides
  • perform weed control operations
  • transport physical resources within the work area
  • use gardening equipment

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Sources

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences