Mower operator vs lawn care technician

The differences between mower operators and lawn care technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a mower operator and a lawn care technician. Additionally, a lawn care technician has an average salary of $32,439, which is higher than the $31,027 average annual salary of a mower operator.

The top three skills for a mower operator include GRASS, mowing and rakes. The most important skills for a lawn care technician are lawn care, customer service, and mowing.

Mower operator vs lawn care technician overview

	Mower Operator	Lawn Care Technician
Yearly salary	$31,027	$32,439
Hourly rate	$14.92	$15.60
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	27,318	102,726
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	2	2

Mower operator vs lawn care technician salary

Mower operators and lawn care technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mower Operator	Lawn Care Technician
Average salary	$31,027	$32,439
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $40,000	Between $25,000 And $41,000
Highest paying City	-	Billings, MT
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Four Seasons
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between mower operator and lawn care technician education

There are a few differences between a mower operator and a lawn care technician in terms of educational background:

	Mower Operator	Lawn Care Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Mower operator vs lawn care technician demographics

Here are the differences between mower operators' and lawn care technicians' demographics:

	Mower Operator	Lawn Care Technician
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 94.3% Female, 5.7%	Male, 93.5% Female, 6.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 20.8% Asian, 1.6% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 1.8% White, 63.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	3%	3%

Differences between mower operator and lawn care technician duties and responsibilities

Mower operator example responsibilities.

Maintain, operate, and manage a riding lawn-mower to ensure that it run to the best of itscapabilities.
Operate different power mowers, blowers, weed whackers, trimmers etc.
Mow grass, weed whacking, and blowing off remains.
Trim grass using the lawn mower, operate the weed eater, and leaf blower.
Drive mowing route, repairing mowers on the spot when they break, mowing yards to look neat and professional
Operate specialty mowers for fairways and greens along with rough and sand trap maintenance.

Lawn care technician example responsibilities.

Manage hardscape installation team and project
Used various types of lawn equipment lawn mower, edger, leaf blower, chippers/shredder, aerators, rakes and shovels.
Utilize hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge, brush trimmers and axes.
Weed eating, edge, tree trimming and chipping, and cut grass on walk behind and ride on mowers.
Used hand and power tools, mowers, weed eaters, blowers, edgers, and administer chemicals to control weeds.
Dog trenches or holes using shovels, picks, hands or trench tools, plant trees flowers and lawns.

Mower operator vs lawn care technician skills

Common mower operator skills

GRASS, 40%
Mowing, 32%
Rakes, 18%
Mowers, 4%
Blowers, 2%
Snow Removal, 1%

Common lawn care technician skills

Lawn Care, 30%
Customer Service, 19%
Mowing, 8%
GRASS, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Weed Control, 6%

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