Identifying Specialized Hand Landscape Tools

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Identifying Specialized Hand Landscape Tools
Their Functions

• Course 01.463 Landscape Design Management
• Unit 1 Defining The Landscape Industry
• Lesson 3 Identifying Landscape Tools
  Equipment
• By Georgia Curriculum Resource Reference CD
  Adam Sconyers
• June 26, 2002

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Materials Needed

1. Examples of specialized hand tools.
2. Handout 1.3.1
3. Lab Handout Sheet

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Objectives

• Identify specialized hand tools and their uses.
• Demonstrate proper safety procedure for
  landscape.
• Demonstrate proper maintenance and storage
  procedures for landscape tools and equipment.

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Spade

• Performs obvious service in digging.
• It has a flat back and flat or pointed end.
• It has no sides and is not effective as a scoop.
• Never lay it on the ground for it can become
  broken or hurt someone by being step on.

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Garden (Spading) Fork

• Used for turning over soil when it is not too
  hard or compacted.
• Useful in preparing planting beds that need not
  to be too deep, as for flowers, bulbs, and
  groundcovers.
• Always make sure you keep from your body or
  others when in use.

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Shovel

• Used for cleaning loose soil from planting holes
  for scooping uses.
• It has sides in which a spade does not.
• The blade may be rounded or squared with either a
  short or long handle.
• Always make sure you keep it from your body or
  others when in use.

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Scoop

• Good for moving loose materials such as crushed
  stone, peat moss, and soil.
• It has high sides and is not used for digging.
• There are 2 major types Aluminum and Steel.
• Never lay it on the ground for it can become
  broken or hurt someone.

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Manure Fork Pitch Fork

• The best tool for moving coarse, lightweight
  materials, such as straw and wood chips.
• Always make sure you keep it from your body or
  others when in use

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Trowel

• Used to install bedding plants, groundcovers, and
  bulbs.
• Make sure to keep away from your hands when in
  use.

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Hoe

• Widely used for breaking soil prior to planting.
• It is helpful in the installation of all types of
  landscape plants.
• Never lay it on the ground for it can become
  broken or hurt someone.

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Scuffle Hoe

• Useful in weeding and cultivating in planted
  beds.
• It cuts off weeds and loosens surface soil.
• Make sure when in use that you keep you pay
  attention to your feet placement.

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Wheelbarrow

• It can be used for a multitude of functions.
• It can haul materials to and from the planting
  site.
• It can also be used at the site to hold soil
  conditioners for mixing.
• Always be careful not to overload it when in use.

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Bow Rake

• Used for heavy-duty raking that requires a strong
  tool.
• Commonly used in preparation of lawn seed beds
  and cultivation of planted beds.
• Never place in on the ground.

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Leave Rake

• Very useful in places where a lightweight, spring
  rake is needed.
• Very good for collecting depris and clippings
  from lawn service.
• Pay special attention to not lay it on the ground
  for it can be easily broken by being stepped on.

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Leave Rake

• An excellent rake for collection of leaves and
  coarse debris from lawn service.
• Make sure this device is not put under a strain
  when in use.

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Leave Rake

• Used for raking depris from small areas between
  shrubs.
• Never use it for its unattended purpose.

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Double-Bit Axe

• Obvious chopping uses.
• Especially useful in tree removal and for cutting
  up fallen timber.
• Pay special attention when swinging and cutting.

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Hook-and-Blade Pruners

• Used to trim tree and shrub twigs up to ½ inch in
  diameter.
• Never leave your free hand near the shear when in
  use.

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Hedge Shears

• Prunes shrubs grown closely spaced as hedges.
• These shears are only used on young, tender new
  growth.
• Never leave the shears open when not in use.

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Loppers or Lopping Shears

• Used to trim tree and shrub twigs from 1 inch to
  1 ½ inch in diameter.
• Make sure you are in a proper cutting position
  when using this shear.

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Pruning Saw

• Removes any tree or shrub part that cannot be
  easily cut with the lopping shears.
• Used to trim tree and shrub twigs 1 inch or more
  in diameter.
• Make sure you make the necessary relief cuts when
  using this saw.

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Sling Blade

• Removes annual weeds by cutting them off at
  ground level.
• Not very effective against biennial and perennial
  weeds.
• When swinging the device make sure others are not
  in your path.

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Proper Maintenance Storage Procedures

• When storing hand tools make sure they are put in
  a neat and orderly fashion.
• A rack designed for these tools is the best
  solution for storage of hand tools.

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Lab Project

• Divide into your designated groups and perform
  the following tasks.
• Go to the designated area and identify all of the
  specialized hand landscape tools by answering
  your lab worksheet.
• Once your group is completed of task 1 hand in
  the lab worksheet to the instructor and take a
  seat in your assigned area.
• When everyone completes task 1 and 2 each student
  will properly illustrate the safety procedures
  for each specialized hand landscape tool to the
  instructor.

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Summary

• Identified special hand and landscape tools and
  their uses.
• Demonstrated proper safety procedure for
  landscape.
• Demonstrated proper maintenance and storage
  procedures for landscape tools and equipment.