Lawn care specialist vs keeper

The differences between lawn care specialists and keepers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a lawn care specialist and a keeper. Additionally, a keeper has an average salary of $33,606, which is higher than the $31,685 average annual salary of a lawn care specialist.

The top three skills for a lawn care specialist include lawn care, mowing and snow removal. The most important skills for a keeper are guest rooms, animal husbandry, and purchase orders.

Lawn care specialist vs keeper overview

	Lawn Care Specialist	Keeper
Yearly salary	$31,685	$33,606
Hourly rate	$15.23	$16.16
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	69,597	3,285
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Lawn care specialist vs keeper salary

Lawn care specialists and keepers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lawn Care Specialist	Keeper
Average salary	$31,685	$33,606
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $40,000	Between $23,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	Sacramento, CA	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	Hawaii
Best paying company	Medical City Arlington	The Boston Beer Company
Best paying industry	Health Care	Manufacturing

Differences between lawn care specialist and keeper education

There are a few differences between a lawn care specialist and a keeper in terms of educational background:

	Lawn Care Specialist	Keeper
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Business	Biology
Most common college	-	-

Lawn care specialist vs keeper demographics

Here are the differences between lawn care specialists' and keepers' demographics:

	Lawn Care Specialist	Keeper
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 93.3% Female, 6.7%	Male, 47.8% Female, 52.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 1.8% White, 64.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 10.7% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 24.8% Asian, 2.0% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between lawn care specialist and keeper duties and responsibilities

Lawn care specialist example responsibilities.

Provide and manage commercial and residential landscaping and mowing services.
Operate hand, power, and riding lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, aerators, string trimmers, etc.
Be able to provide first aid and CPR if need.
Operate heavy machinery such as; lawn tractor, spreaders and aerators.
Perform lawn maintenance using appropriate equipment such as tractors, aerators, etc.
Provide emergency response including crisis management, first aid, CPR and fire response as needed.

Keeper example responsibilities.

Record statistics of players and run the game clock.
Work with both African and Asian species of elephants.
Participate in USDA and AZA inspections and make corrections as needed.
Wash and sanitize dirty dishes by hand and by using a dishwasher
Assist in lab coat department administering lab coats and scrub sets to hospital personnel.
Assist with the maintenance of vary size lawns mowing, seeding, weeding, and trimming lawns.

Lawn care specialist vs keeper skills

Common lawn care specialist skills

Lawn Care, 32%
Mowing, 21%
Snow Removal, 10%
GRASS, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Customer Locations, 5%

Common keeper skills

Guest Rooms, 30%
Animal Husbandry, 11%
Purchase Orders, 10%
Computer System, 5%
Inventory Control, 4%
Customer Orders, 3%

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