How to become a landscape or Plant nursery supervisor
Official title: Landscape/Plant nursery supervisor
Also called: Landscape nursery supervisor, Nursery supervisor (plant), Landscape Supervisor/ Landscape Assistant Supervisor, Nursery Supervisor
Landscape/Plant nursery supervisor plans work schedules and assigns duties to gardeners, horticultural and nursery workers. He/she implements plant propagation practices, and maintains and monitors production systems in addition to ensuring that plants are in the optimal condition for sale or delivery for landscape projects.
Main tasks
- Preparing land by conditioning soil, levelling ground and installing and operating irrigation and drainage systems
- Planting trees, hedges, garden plants and grass
- Pruning and trimming trees, shrubs and hedges, installing plant supports and protection, and rolling, mowing, aerating and edging lawns
- Constructing features and facilities within gardens, such as paths or paved areas, walls, rockeries, garden beds, ponds and water features, sheds and fences
- Checking the health of plants and trees, identifying and treating weeds, pests and diseases, and applying mulch and fertilisers
- Producing saplings, bulbs and seeds and raising plants from seeds or cuttings
- Harvesting crops, inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading products for sale or delivery to market
- Maintaining buildings, greenhouses and other structures, equipment and water supply systems
Ways in
- Apprenticeship: Work-study diploma. Related ITE work-study diplomas: Work-Study Diploma in Arboriculture & Horticulture. You are employed by a company and study at ITE at the same time. Peernovo matched these from course names.
- Polytechnic or ITE: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec). Related ITE courses: Higher Nitec in Landscape Management & Design. Peernovo matched these from course names; ITE does not publish which jobs each course leads to.; Polytechnic diploma. Related diplomas: Diploma in Landscape Design & Horticulture (Ngee Ann Polytechnic). Peernovo matched these from course names; polytechnics do not publish which jobs each course leads to.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $30,900 a year. The middle half earn $21,000 to $42,000 a year.
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a landscape or Plant nursery supervisor?
Ways in include: ITE course (Nitec or Higher Nitec); Polytechnic diploma; Work-study diploma.
How much does a landscape or Plant nursery supervisor earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $30,900 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $21,000 to $42,000.
Will AI change the work of a landscape or Plant nursery supervisor?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026