Ground worker resume examples for 2025
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How to write a ground worker resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in ground worker-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the ground worker position.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a ground worker resume:
- Mowing
- GRASS
- Hand Tools
- Grounds Maintenance
- Blowers
- Routine Maintenance
- Mowers
- Perform Routine Maintenance
- Rakes
- Snow Removal
- Minor Maintenance
- Athletic Fields
- Manual Labor
- Snow Blowers
- Grounds Equipment
- Flower Beds
- Safety Rules
- Irrigation Systems
- Shovels
- Loaders
- Plumbing
- Weed Control
- Prune
- Dump Truck
- Equipment Operation
- Mechanical Equipment
- Riding Mowers
- Building Maintenance
- General Upkeep
- Landscape Maintenance
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How to structure your work experience
Next you should include your work experience. Structure your work experience section by listing your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
Include only recent, relevant jobs. Avoid including work experience over 20 years to avoid ageism.
Beneath each job, you should have bullet points to emphasize why you're the perfect fit for the ground worker.
How to write ground worker experience bullet points
Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:
- Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
- Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
- Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.
Here are examples from great ground worker resumes:
Work history example #1
Ground Worker
Worley
- Mowed and trimmed lawns, pruned trees and shrubs, removal of trees, and planted bushes and flowers.
- Cultivated, fertilized, pruned, trimmed, and maintained lawns, flowers, shrubs and trees.
- Mowed and edged lawns and flowerbeds using Weedeaters and Straighten Edgers.
- Maintained professional appearance of greens and fairways
- Maintained greens, fairways, collars, and approaches to PGA standards.
Work history example #2
Landscaper
U.S. Lawns
- Provided pesticide applications, operated bobcats, front end loader, commercial mowing equipment and various hand and power tools.
- Mowed and trimmed lawns, pruned trees and shrubs, removal of trees, and planted bushes and flowers.
- Edged flowerbeds, mulched, seeded, spread loam, pruned and trimmed plants.
Work history example #3
Ground Worker
Saint Louis University
- Provided support and backup to Security personnel when necessary
- Trimmed and pruned shrubs, trees, weeds, plantings and shrubs.
- mowed grass, prune and provide landscaping for the University of Ga.
- Pruned, trimmed, and shapes shrubs, trees, and hedges.
- Pruned trees with pole saws.
Work history example #4
Grounds Keeper
Dell
- Operated a wood chipper, operated a boom, helped remove brush from working sites.
- Supervised HVAC technicians in maintaining site building and all utilities (water, cooling, power and building structure).
- Drafted and disseminated timely Sigint products in support of Operation Enduring Freedom sensitive missions over several areas of operation in Afghanistan.
- Chipped brush and cleared debris off of ground.
- Utilized a wood chipper and chainsaw to minimize size of branch for easy discard.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:
Certificate in criminal justice
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, FL
2012 - 2013
Highlight your ground worker certifications on your resume
Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your ground worker resume:
- Certified Grounds Manager (CGM)
- OSHA Safety Certificate
- EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)