1. Landscaping By Amanda Hulsey

2. Landscaping Tasks • Care for established lawns • Mulching, Aerating, Weeding, Grubbing, Removing Thatch, and Trimming and Edging Flower Beds, Walks, and Walls • Mix and Spray • Fertilizers, Herbicides, or Insecticides • Into Grass, Shrubs, and Trees

3. Landscaping Tasks • Mow and Edge • Lawns • Using Power Mowers and Edgers • Planting • Seeds, Bulbs, Foliage, Flowering Plants, Grass, Ground Covers, Trees, Shrubs • Use Mulch for Protection • Decorate • Gardens with Stones and Plants

4. Needed Education • High School Diploma not required • May need formal education • Landscape Design • Horticulture • Business Management

5. Needed Licenses and Certificates • Needed for workers who apply pesticides • Need to know how to properly use and dispose of • Insecticides • Herbicides • Fungicides

6. General Qualifications • Responsible, self-motivated individuals • Works well with lack of supervision. • Need to learn quickly

7. Needed Knowledge • Mechanical • English Language • Administration • Management • Customer and Personal Service • Building • Construction

8. Extra Information • Personal Job • Need personal money for • Equipment • Transportation • Materials • etc

9. Extra Information • Engineering is a tough competition • You can get laid off easily • Slumping Housing Markets • Landscape Architectural films are having difficulty, but it's a good place for growth

10. References • http://job-descriptions.careerplanner.com/landscaping-and-groundskeeping-workers.cfm • http://www.myfuture.com/careers/education/37-3011.00 • http://www.indeed.com/forum/job/landscape-architect/landscape-architect-job-opportunities-growing-declining/t4555 • Google Images