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name: landscape-designer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'landscape designer' (also: landscaper, landscaping designer, garden advisor, garden designer, landscape advisor, landscape consultant). Use when the user asks for typical landscape designer work such as: typical landscape designer responsibilities"
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# Landscape Designer

Landscape designers design and create outdoor public areas, landmarks, structures, parks, gardens and private gardens to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes.

## Core workflow


## How to use this skill

- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).

## Key competences (essential)

- advise supervisors
- create landscape designs
- design principles
- develop architectural plans
- ecology
- environmental design
- inspect project regulations
- landscape analysis
- landscape architectural instruments
- landscape architecture
- make drawings
- manage landscape design projects
- perform pest control
- perform studies and field investigation
- perform weed control operations

## Hot technologies

- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Cloud software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Autodesk Revit
- Bentley MicroStation
- ESRI ArcGIS software

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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a424aa0f-b3f1-41fb-901f-85e05fed83ed), O*NET 30.3 (17-1012.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*