NOC 2021 · 85121 · TEER 5
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers
Unit group 85121 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers perform work to assist in the construction of landscapes and related structures, and to maintain lawns, gardens, athletic fields, golf courses, cemeteries, parks, landscaped interiors and other landscaped areas. They are employed by landscaping and lawn care companies, golf courses, cemeteries, and landscaping operations of public works departments and private establishments.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- bulb planter - landscaping
- campground maintenance worker
- cemetery labourer
- cemetery worker
- chemical applicator - lawn care
- gardener helper
- gardening helper
- golf course labourer
- golf course worker
- grass cutter
- grave digger
- greens worker
- greenskeeper helper
- grounds maintainer
- grounds maintenance labourer
- grounds maintenance worker
- groundskeeper
- groundsman/woman
- groundsperson - campground
- landscape gardener helper
- landscape gardening helper
- landscape labourer
- landscape worker
- lawn care labourer
- lawn care worker
- lawn mower
- lawn-mowing worker
- park maintenance labourer
- park maintenance worker
- plant care worker
- plant doctor helper
- snow shoveller - grounds maintenance
- sod layer
- sod laying labourer
- stadium groundskeeper
- transplanter - landscape maintenance
- tree pruner - landscaping
- tree sprayer
- tree surgeon helper
- tree trimmer - landscaping
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.