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Landscaping. By Amanda Hulsey. Landscaping Tasks. Care for established lawns Mulching, Aerating, Weeding, Grubbing, Removing Thatch, and Trimming and Edging Flower Beds, Walks, and Walls Mix and Spray Fertilizers, Herbicides, or Insecticides Into Grass, Shrubs, and Trees. Landscaping Tasks.
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Landscaping By Amanda Hulsey
Landscaping Tasks • Care for established lawns • Mulching, Aerating, Weeding, Grubbing, Removing Thatch, and Trimming and Edging Flower Beds, Walks, and Walls • Mix and Spray • Fertilizers, Herbicides, or Insecticides • Into Grass, Shrubs, and Trees
Landscaping Tasks • Mow and Edge • Lawns • Using Power Mowers and Edgers • Planting • Seeds, Bulbs, Foliage, Flowering Plants, Grass, Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs • Use Mulch for Protection • Decorate • Gardens with Stones and Plants
Needed Education • High School Diploma not required • May need formal education • Landscape Design • Horticulture • Business Management
Needed Licenses and Certificates • Needed for workers who apply pesticides • Need to know how to properly use and dispose of • Insecticides • Herbicides • Fungicides
General Qualifications • Responsible, self-motivated individuals • Works well with lack of supervision. • Need to learn quickly
Needed Knowledge • Mechanical • English Language • Administration • Management • Customer and Personal Service • Building • Construction
Extra Information • Personal Job • Need personal money for • Equipment • Transportation • Materials • etc
Extra Information • Engineering is a tough competition • You can get laid off easily • Slumping Housing Markets • Landscape Architectural films are having difficulty, but it's a good place for growth
References • http://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/landscaping-and-groundskeeping-workers.cfm • http://www.myfuture.com/careers/education/37-3011.00 • http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/landscape-architect/landscape-architect-job-opportunities-growing-declining/t4555 • Google Images