82031 Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services

What this occupation covers

Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services supervise and coordinate the activities of workers in the following unit groups: Nursery and greenhouse workers (85103) and Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (85191). They are employed by landscaping companies, cemeteries, lawn care and tree service companies, nurseries and greenhouses and by landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments. Contractors may be self-employed.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 12 main duties for this code.

• Supervise and co-ordinate the activities of workers who maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, interior plantscapes and other landscaped areas
• Tender bids on contracts for landscaping and grounds maintenance work
• Plan and estimate the materials and labour requirements for individual contracts
• Organize the planting and maintenance of trees, gardens, lawns, shrubs and hedges and the construction and installation of fences, decks, patios, walkways and retaining walls
• Establish work schedules and procedures and co-ordinate activities with other work units
• Resolve work-related problems and prepare and submit progress and other reports
• Requisition supplies and materials
• Maintain financial and personnel records
• Hire staff and train workers in job duties and company policies
• May manage operations of own company
• May provide snow removal services during winter months
• May perform the same duties as workers supervised.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 12 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews
• 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers
• 22114 Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists
• 21201 Landscape architects
• 80020 Managers in agriculture
• 80021 Managers in horticulture

Excluded from this code

• Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews (See 72021 Contractors and supervisors, heavy equipment operator crews)
• Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers (See 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers)
• Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists (See 22114 Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists)
• Landscape architects (See 21201 Landscape architects)
• Managers in agriculture (See 80020 Managers in agriculture)
• Managers in horticulture (See 80021 Managers in horticulture)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

cemetery foreman/woman · country club grounds supervisor · greenhouse foreman/woman · greenhouse supervisor · greenhouse worker crew chief · grounds maintenance contractor · grounds maintenance park supervisor · grounds maintenance supervisor · groundskeeper supervisor · groundskeeping foreman/woman · groundskeeping supervisor · groundskeeping supervisor - cemetery · groundsman/woman supervisor · groundsperson supervisor - campground · horticultural contractor · horticulture workers supervisor · interior plantscaping contractor · landscape design contractor · landscape maintenance contractor · landscape service contractor · landscaping contractor · landscaping foreman/woman · landscaping supervisor · lawn care contractor

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• A college diploma, specialized courses or industry-related training and certification in landscaping and horticulture are usually required.
• Experience as a landscape or horticulture supervisor or as a landscape or horticulture technician is required.
• Experience in the type of work supervised is required.
• A provincial licence to apply chemical fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides and pesticides may be required.