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Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
Designs, builds and cares for yards, parks and outdoor spaces.
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Landscapers plant, mow, prune, build patios and walls, and keep grounds healthy for homes, businesses, golf courses and parks. Many start on crews and go on to run their own businesses.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Foods and Culinary · Career and Technical
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.