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.

Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.

Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.

Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.