Building, Grounds Cleaning, & Maintenance

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Types of occupations for this career path:

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers: Supervise work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.
Important Abilities & Skills: Written comprehension; oral expression; inductive reasoning; reading comprehension; critical thinking; active listening; writing; complex problem solving; judgment and decision making; systems analysis;  engineering and technology; design; mathematics
Training Programs: Agricultural/biological engineering and bioengineering

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers: Plan, organize, direct, or coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities, such as planting and maintaining ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, and lawns, and applying fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals, according to contract specifications. May also coordinate activities of workers engaged in terracing hillsides, building retaining walls, constructing pathways, installing patios, and similar activities in following a landscape design plan. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and work force requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; oral expression; comprehension sensitivity; active speaking; listening; critical thinking; coordination; management of personal resources; time management; administration and management; public safety and security; English language
Training Programs: Ornamental horticulture; landscaping and groundskeeping; turf and turfglass management

Janitors and Cleaners: Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.
Important Abilities & Skills: Trunk strength; manual dexterity; static strength; critical thinking; active listening; speaking; coordination; time management; social perceptiveness; public safety and security; customer and personal service; chemistry

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers: 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.
Important Abilities & Skills: Arm-hand steadiness; multi-limb coordination; control precision; active listening; speaking; critical thinking; operation and control; time management; operation monitoring; mechanical; English language; customer and personal service
Training Programs: Landscaping and groundskeeping; turf and turfgrass management

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: Perform any combination of light cleaning duties to maintain private households or commercial establishments, such as hotels, restaurants, and hospitals, in a clean and orderly manner. Duties include making beds, replenishing linens, cleaning rooms and halls, and vacuuming.
Important Abilities & Skills: Oral comprehension; extent flexibility; near vision; active speaking; listening; critical thinking; service orientation; social perceptiveness; time management; customer and personal service; English language; public safety and security 

Pest Control Workers: Spray or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill pests and vermin, such as mice, termites, and roaches, that infest buildings and surrounding areas.
Important Abilities & Skills: Speech recognition; speech clarity; near vision; critical thinking; active listening; writing; time managemetn; social perceptiveness; judgment and decision making; customer and personal service; law and government; sales and marketing
Training Programs: Agricultural/farm supplies retailing and wholesaling

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation: Mix or apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation or chemical application on trees, shrubs, lawns, or botanical crops. Usually requires specific training and State or Federal certification.
Important Abilities & Skills: Arm-hand steadiness; control precision; near vision; active listening; critical thinking; reading comprehension; time management; judgment and decision making; complex problem solving; customer and personal service; mechanical; mathematics
Training Programs: Landscaping and groundskeeping; plant nursery operations and management; turf and turfgrass management

Tree Trimmers and Pruners: Cut away dead or excess branches from trees or shrubs to maintain right-of-way for roads, sidewalks, or utilities, or to improve appearance, health, and value of tree. Prune or treat trees or shrubs using handsaws, pruning hooks, sheers, and clippers. May use truck-mounted lifts and power pruners. May fill cavities in trees to promote healing and prevent deterioration.
Important Abilities & Skills: Control precision; reaction time; multi-limb coordination; active listening; critical thinking; monitoring; operation and control; operation monitoring; coordination; mechanical; customer and personal service; public safety and security
Training Programs: Applied horticulture/horticultural business services

Education & training for this career path:
Agriculture Sciences ; Engineering Related Technology ; Mechanical Engineering Technology ; Production Trades