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

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.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 2.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: an eligible skilled trade (2 years in the last 5 years).
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 2: Occupations that usually need a college diploma, an apprenticeship of 2 or more years, or supervisory duties. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 82031 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 82031

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• 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.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• greenhouse supervisor
• grounds maintenance contractor
• groundskeeping supervisor
• horticulture workers supervisor
• interior plantscaping contractor
• landscaping contractor
• landscaping foreman/woman
• landscaping supervisor
• lawn care contractor
• nursery foreman/woman
• park maintenance supervisor
• tree service 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.

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