Groundsman vs landscape technician

Differences between groundsman and landscape technician duties and responsibilities

Groundsman example responsibilities.

• Used hand saws and hand pruners as well as motorized saws to manage tree cuttings on the ground.
• Use of gas and electric equipment to include mowers, edger's, weed eaters, blowers, hedgers, and saws
• Certify adult cpr and first aid.
• Locate underground utility lines with the use of electronic locators and shovels.
• Use chipper to dispose of brush, use bobcat to load wood into trailer.
• Range from running a chainsaw to roping a limb, to running the bobcat machine.
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Landscape technician example responsibilities.

• Manage hardscape installation team and project
• Operate powered equipment such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, clippers and pruning saws.
• Handle the tasks of transplanting, pruning, weeding, fertilizing, spraying, constructing and mowing for landscape maintenance.
• Experience with the use of typical yard work equipment including, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and gas power trimmers.
• Maintain shrubs, flowers and landscape areas with the use of mowers, edgers and other necessary hand and mechanical equipment.
• Target and complete assignments such as mowing and treating various lawns, trimming shrubbery and bushes, sod installation and mulching.
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