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maintain ground

🔄 Evolving ESCO reuse: sector-specific

Mow grass, rake leaves, and remove fallen limbs and trash. Remove weeds from landscapes in parks, greenways and other properties. Maintain the grounds and landscapes of private clients and businesses. Perform maintenance such as fertilising; spraying for weed and pest controls; planting, pruning and removing trees and shrubs; mow, trim, edge, cut and clean up uncontrolled weeds.

maintain ground — mow grass, rake leaves, and remove fallen limbs and trash. Remove weeds from landscapes in parks, greenways and other properties. Maintain the grounds and landscapes of private clients and businesses. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the evolving band (SCI 50.68/100) — the skill will still matter in 2030 but the nature of the work is changing. ESCO classifies it as a sector-specific (rooted in one industry) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 1 occupations in our catalogue, including garden labourer.

Category: skills › cultivating land and crops SCI: 50.68/100 Also known as: maintain grounds, maintaining landscape, maintaining landscapes, maintaining grounds, maintain landscapes, maintaining ground

Occupations that require maintain ground

Showing top 1 of 1 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

garden labourer · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is maintain ground?

Mow grass, rake leaves, and remove fallen limbs and trash. Remove weeds from landscapes in parks, greenways and other properties. Maintain the grounds and landscapes of private clients and businesses. Perform maintenance such as fertilising; spraying for weed and pest controls; planting, pruning and removing trees and shrubs; mow, trim, edge, cut and clean up uncontrolled weeds.

What category of skill is maintain ground?

ESCO classifies maintain ground under the skills category, specifically in the cultivating land and crops subcategory.

Is maintain ground an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the evolving band (SCI 50.68/100) — the skill will still matter in 2030 but the nature of the work is changing. Continue investing, but pair it with the AI-tool workflow that is reshaping the field so you evolve with it.

Which jobs require maintain ground?

In our catalogue, 1 occupations list maintain ground as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include garden labourer.

How transferable is maintain ground between industries?

ESCO tags maintain ground as a sector-specific (rooted in one industry) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is maintain ground the same as maintain grounds?

Yes — maintain ground is also known as maintain grounds, maintaining landscape, maintaining landscapes, maintaining grounds, maintain landscapes, maintaining ground, maintain landscape, or landscape maintaining. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn maintain ground?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands maintain ground and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.