National Occupation Code (NOC): 82031

Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Nursery and greenhouse workers (85103) and Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (85191). They are employed by landscaping companies, cemeteries, lawn care and tree service companies, nurseries and greenhouses and by landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments. Contractors may be self-employed.

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Job Duties for Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services

• Supervise and coordinate the activities of workers who maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, interior plantscapes and other landscaped areas
• Tender bids on contracts for landscaping and grounds maintenance work
• Plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements for individual contracts
• Organize the planting and maintenance of trees, gardens, lawns, shrubs and hedges and the construction and installation of fences, decks, patios, walkways and retaining walls
• Establish work schedules and procedures and coordinate activities with other work units
• Resolve work-related problems and prepare and submit progress and other reports
• Requisition supplies and materials
• Maintain financial and personnel records
• Hire staff and train workers in job duties and company policies
• May manage operations of own company
• May provide snow removal services during winter months
• May perform the same duties as workers supervised.

Alternate Job Titles

• Cemetery Foreman/woman
• Country Club Grounds Supervisor
• Greenhouse Foreman/woman
• Greenhouse Supervisor
• Greenhouse Worker Crew Chief
• Grounds Maintenance Contractor
• Grounds Maintenance Park Supervisor
• Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
• Groundskeeper Supervisor
• Groundskeeping Foreman/woman
• Groundskeeping Supervisor
• Groundskeeping Supervisor - Cemetery
• Groundsman/woman Supervisor
• Groundsperson Supervisor - Campground
• Horticultural Contractor
• Horticulture Workers Supervisor
• Interior Plantscaping Contractor
• Landscape Design Contractor
• Landscape Maintenance Contractor
• Landscape Service Contractor
• Landscaping Contractor
• Landscaping Foreman/woman
• Landscaping Supervisor
• Lawn Care Contractor
• Lawn Care Service Contractor
• Lawn Care Supervisor
• Lawn Maintenance Contractor
• Lead Grower - Cannabis
• Maintenance Worker Supervisor - Campground
• Nursery Foreman/woman
• Nursery Supervisor
• Nursery Worker Crew Chief
• Nursery Worker Foreman/woman
• Nursery Workers Supervisor
• Park Caretaker
• Park Labourers Supervisor
• Park Maintenance Head
• Park Maintenance Supervisor
• Park Section Head - Arboriculture
• Plantscape Maintenance Contractor
• Public Works Grounds Maintenance Labourer Supervisor
• Public Works Grounds Maintenance Worker Supervisor
• Section Grower - Cannabis
• Tree Removal Contractor
• Tree Service Contractor
• Tree Service Supervisor
• Weed Control Foreman/woman