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Landscaping

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

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  1. Landscaping By Amanda Hulsey

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Needed Education • High School Diploma not required • May need formal education • Landscape Design • Horticulture • Business Management

  5. Needed Licenses and Certificates • Needed for workers who apply pesticides • Need to know how to properly use and dispose of • Insecticides • Herbicides • Fungicides

  6. General Qualifications • Responsible, self-motivated individuals • Works well with lack of supervision. • Need to learn quickly

  7. Needed Knowledge • Mechanical • English Language • Administration • Management • Customer and Personal Service • Building • Construction

  8. Extra Information • Personal Job • Need personal money for • Equipment • Transportation • Materials • etc

  9. 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

  10. 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

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