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Grounds keeper resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a grounds keeper resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your 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 writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in grounds keeper-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some grounds keeper interviews.

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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:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical grounds keeper skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some grounds keeper interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a grounds keeper resume:

  • GRASS
  • PET
  • Lawn Care
  • Snow Blowers
  • Mowing
  • Weed Control
  • Minor Maintenance
  • Snow Removal
  • Cleanliness
  • Grounds Maintenance
  • Asphalt
  • Mowers
  • General Upkeep
  • Blowers
  • Perform Routine Maintenance
  • Flower Beds
  • Pruning Saws
  • End Loaders
  • General Maintenance
  • Rakes
  • HVAC
  • Custodial Maintenance
  • Safety Hazards
  • Hedge Trimmers
  • Routine Maintenance
  • Field Maintenance
  • Preventative Maintenance
  • Dump Truck
  • Athletic Fields
  • Shovels

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write grounds keeper experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

Here are examples from great grounds keeper resumes:

Work history example #1

Ground Worker

YARD WORKS

  • 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.
  • Edged flowerbeds, mulched, seeded, spread loam, pruned and trimmed plants.
  • Pruned, trimmed trees and lawns to the satisfaction of personal clients.
  • Provided pesticide applications, operated bobcats, front end loader, commercial mowing equipment and various hand and power tools.

Work history example #2

Ground Worker

SOMERO ENTERPRISES

  • Operated lawn mowers, weed eaters, and other lawn equipment Pruned and trimmed shrubbery and trees Maintained lawn equipment
  • Operated commercial mowers and other equipment.
  • Helped customers select product and load pick-up and semi-trucks with forklift.
  • Planted shrubs and flowers, cut grass, and pruned trees.
  • Mowed and edged lawns and flowerbeds using Weedeaters and Straighten Edgers.

Work history example #3

Grounds Keeper

Quality Landscape Construction

  • Mowed and trimmed lawns, pruned trees and shrubs, removal of trees, and planted bushes and flowers.
  • Worked with quality control team to ensure, all food products were properly prepared to OSHA and plant standards.
  • Completed employee I-9s and W-4s Kept employee time Preinted payroll
  • Edged flowerbeds, mulched, seeded, spread loam, pruned and trimmed plants.
  • Provided pesticide applications, operated bobcats, front end loader, commercial mowing equipment and various hand and power tools.

Work history example #4

Bus Boy

Taneko Japanese Tavern

  • Promoted to stocker after being busperson for 2 years.
  • Co-operated with team of bussers to ensure clean and sanitary dining area.
  • Transported dishes to the dishwasher and brought out refreshments occasionally to customers.
  • Returned dirty dishes to the dishwasher area, cleaned and neatly stacked them.
  • Removed dirty plates from tables when diners were finished, and brought them to the dishwasher in the kitchen.

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Add an education section to your resume

Employers are looking for a few things when looking at the Education section of your resume:
  • The highest degree you have achieved.
  • TWhere you attended school, and the dates (Although if you graduated some time ago, leave the date off to avoid ageism)
  • TField of study
  • TAny honors, relevant coursework, achievements, or pertinent activities

Here are some examples of good education entries from grounds keeper resumes:

High School Diploma

2003 - 2003

High School Diploma

2014 - 2014

Highlight your grounds keeper certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on grounds keeper resumes:

  1. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)

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