First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The short answer
Parts of this job are expected to change. AI can already assist with some of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,266 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth for how much AI could touch it—right around the middle.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the middle fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 57% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather conditions.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Negotiate with customers regarding fees for landscaping, lawn service, or groundskeeping work.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare service estimates based on labor, material, and machine costs and maintain budgets for individual projects.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Identify diseases or pests affecting landscaping and order appropriate treatments.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance and personnel safety.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions of plants and soil.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Direct activities of workers who perform duties, such as landscaping, cultivating lawns, or pruning trees and shrubs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Plant or maintain vegetation through activities such as mulching, fertilizing, watering, mowing, or pruning.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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