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Job Description

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 37-3011.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 28,560.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
Currently, there are 906,570 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers”.

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Tasks for “Weeder”

Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain-saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses used on the fields.
Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
Advise customers on plant selection or care.
Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
Build forms and mix and pour cement to form garden borders.
Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.
Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens.
Haul or spread topsoil or spread straw over seeded soil to hold soil in place.
Gather and remove litter.
Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
Mark design boundaries and paint natural or artificial turf fields with team logos or names before events.
Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.
Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots and spread salt in those areas.
Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.

Related Technology & Tools

Handheld power drills
Aerial lift trucks
Concrete mixers
Turf rollers
Drag leveling bars
Field painting stencils
Forklifts
Oetiker clamps
Backpack pump sprayers
Tillers
Box blades
Drag spikers
Line trimmers
Arena rakes
Plow pan spikers
Trowels
Power sweepers
Front end loaders
Chain saws
Handsaws
Mound slope gauges
Screwdrivers
Infield grooming rakes
Turf striping rollers
Pole saws
Snowplow attachments
Paint sprayguns
Digital soil thermometers
Protective ear plugs
Hex pluggers
Turf sweepers
Drag mats
Scuffle hoes
Cultivators
Roller squeegees
Snow shovels
Flexible chain-link harrows
Socket wrenches
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Pallet trucks
Sod lifters
Soil profilers
Tractors
Land planes
Axes
Pressurized sprayers
Power saws
Riding mowers
Gas generators
Wood chippers
Saws
Shovels
Artificial turf groomers
Wheeled paint sprayers
Sprinklers
Mulching forks
Tractor broom attachments
Iron rakes
Measuring tapes
Power drills
Power rakes
Manual mowers
Rakes
Pipe cutters
X-drags
Precision files
Electrical cord reels
Safety gloves
Hedge trimmers
Landscape rakes
Hammers
Hand spreaders
Rubber mallets
Drag brooms
Cargo trucks
Fertilizer spreaders
Overseed enhancing tools
Gas welders
Knife sharpeners
Hedge shears
Backpack blowers
Truck-mounted chemical sprayers
Ladders
Leaf rakes
Snow blowers
Puddle pumps
Loppers
Measuring wheels
Extension ladders
Leaf-grinding machines
Pick axes
Leaf blowers
Bunker rakes
Utility vehicles
Flail mowers
Safety goggles
Pruning saws
Pruners
Drawn box scrapers
Ground tarps
Ground picks
Shielded arc welding tools
Brush trimmers
Dump trucks
Push mowers
Hydrostatic mowers
Hammer drills
String trimmers
Reversible spike harrows
Soil pulverizers
Salt spreaders
Adjustable wrenches
Soil probes
Hoes
Spades
Land levelers
Field layout systems
Dirt shovels
Greens mowers
Backhoes
Nail drags
Hydraulic booms
Bucket loaders

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