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Automation Squad

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AI for Landscapers

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

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.

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers · O*NET 37-3011.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

6 of 6tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

12 matched to the tools landscaping and groundskeeping workers use. Showing 12.

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  • Microsoft

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  • Make (make.com)

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The tools this job actually uses

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What this job involves

27 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.

  1. Gather and remove litter.
  2. Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
  3. Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
  4. Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.
  5. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
  6. Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
  7. Use irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption and to prevent waste.
  8. Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features.
  9. Shovel snow from walks, driveways, or parking lots, and spread salt in those areas.
  10. Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
  11. Plan or cultivate lawns or gardens.
  12. Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
  13. Follow planned landscaping designs to determine where to lay sod, sow grass, or plant flowers or foliage.
  14. Trim or pick flowers and clean flower beds.
  15. Attach wires from planted trees to support stakes.
  16. Plant seeds, bulbs, foliage, flowering plants, grass, ground covers, trees, or shrubs, and apply mulch for protection, using gardening tools.
  17. Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
  18. Rake, mulch, and compost leaves.
  19. Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
  20. Decorate gardens with stones or plants.
  21. Care for artificial turf fields, periodically removing the turf and replacing cushioning pads or vacuuming and disinfecting the turf after use to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
  22. Install rock gardens, ponds, decks, drainage systems, irrigation systems, retaining walls, fences, planters, or playground equipment.
  23. Care for natural turf fields, making sure the underlying soil has the required composition to allow proper drainage and to support the grasses.
  24. Advise customers on plant selection or care.