Skills
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Essential knowledge
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Optional knowledge
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Overview
Groundsmen and groundswomen maintain lawns, turf, planted areas and outdoor sites so sports grounds, parks, gardens or managed landscapes stay usable, healthy and tidy.
In job descriptions, look for turf care, irrigation, mowing, soil condition, pest and weed control, planting areas, landscape maintenance, outdoor equipment and customer or site contact.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Groundsmen and groundswomen keep outdoor surfaces usable and healthy. Daily work can include mowing, turf repair, irrigation checks, planting areas, water quality, pest control and maintenance of grounds equipment.
Skills and specializations
Useful skills include turf management, soil structure, plant disease control, watering principles, safe chemical handling, weed control, equipment operation and judging when a site needs repair or protection.
Salary context
Salary context depends on site type, seasonal workload, equipment responsibility, sports-turf standards, customer contact, weather exposure, plant-care scope and whether the role includes planning or supervision. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Career paths can move into senior groundskeeping, sports-turf management, landscape maintenance supervision, irrigation work, plant nursery roles or broader facilities and outdoor-site coordination.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name sports turf, irrigation systems, mowing equipment, pest control, planting, trees, customer contact or outdoor shifts. These details show the daily site demands.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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Occupation group
Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers (6113)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a48b9a5a-5ded-482d-8cda-7fd097a32c16 |
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| ESCO code | 6113.1 |
| ISCO group | 6113 |
| Concept type | Occupation |