Will AI Replace First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers?

Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Direct or perform mixing or application of fertilizers, insecticides, herbicides, or fungicides.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Identify diseases or pests affecting landscaping and order appropriate treatments.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Inventory supplies of tools, equipment, or materials to ensure that sufficient supplies are available and items are in usable condition.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain required records, such as personnel information or project records.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Perform personnel-related activities, such as hiring workers, evaluating staff performance, or taking disciplinary actions when performance problems occur.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Provide workers with assistance in performing duties as necessary to meet deadlines.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Prepare or maintain required records, such as work activity or personnel reports.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Investigate work-related complaints to verify problems and to determine responses.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform administrative duties, such as authorizing leaves or processing time sheets.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with other supervisors to coordinate work activities with those of other departments or units.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Direct or assist workers engaged in the maintenance or repair of equipment, such as power tools or motorized equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Review contracts or work assignments to determine service, machine, or workforce requirements for jobs.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Order the performance of corrective work when problems occur and recommend procedural changes to avoid such problems.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Confer with managers or landscape architects to develop plans or schedules for landscaping maintenance or improvement.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend changes in working conditions or equipment used to increase crew efficiency.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Answer inquiries from current or prospective customers regarding methods, materials, or price ranges.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Install or maintain landscaped areas, performing tasks such as removing snow, pouring cement curbs, or repairing sidewalks.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Design or supervise the installation of sprinkler systems, calculating water pressure, or valve and pipe coverage needs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.