How to become a landscape worker
Official title: Landscape worker
Also called: Gardening labourer, Grass cutter, Landscape nursery worker, Lawn mower, Sod layer, Turf layer, Gardening labourer, Landscape nursery worker, Lawn mower, Turf layer
Landscape worker performs tasks to support and execute landscape maintenance as per instructions provided and under supervision. He/she performs maintenance tasks such as watering, fertilising, weeding, soil aeration, plant pruning and grass cutting, clearing of horticultural waste and plant pest and disease control for allocated portions of a landscape site. He/she also performs routine maintenance of tools and equipment. He/she may be involved in nursery work or arboricultural maintenance as well.
Main tasks
- Loading, unloading and moving supplies, produce and equipment
- Preparing garden sites and plots using hand tools and simple machines
- Assisting with planting and transplanting flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns
- Maintaining gardens and landscapes by watering, weeding and mowing lawns
- Cleaning gardens and removing rubbish
- Assisting with propagating, planting and potting seeds, bulbs and cuttings
- Tending plants by hand watering and weeding
- Harvesting and packaging plants for sale and transport
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $21,600 a year. The middle half earn $21,000 to $22,824 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 much does a landscape worker earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $21,600 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $21,000 to $22,824.
Will AI change the work of a landscape worker?
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