Horticulture Careers What you need to succeed!

Horticulture Careers Greenhouse/Nursery Employee Grows vegetables, fruits, flowers including cut flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets and landscaping plants

Horticulture Careers Greenhouse Employee Employees do both sexual and asexual plant propagation

Horticulture Careers Garden Center Employee Care for plants, moves plants and supplies, arranges and displays plants and supplies, and sells plants and supplies

Horticulture Careers Grounds Maintenance Employee Cares for land area and plants that surround a business, school, church, industry or other public or private places that have lawns and plants that have to be maintained Includes IPM

Horticulture Careers Golf Course Employee Responsible for maintenance of golf courses including turf grass maintenance on fairways, irrigation and drainage, sand trap, trees and shrubs, buildings and equipment

Horticulture Careers Park Employee Maintains plants, grounds, buildings, facilities, equipment and driveways in national, state, city or privately owned parks

Horticulture Careers Inspectors Check plants and materials for disease, insects, and other quality issues

Horticulture Careers Agricultural Biotechnology There are many career opportunities in this field. Education required varies greatly You can be a technician, a researcher, a marketing specialist, and much more! There are also career opportunities in this field working for USDA, EPA, and the FDA.

Horticulture Careers Sales positions Available in a variety of wholesale and retail areas. You can work for a seed company or a wholesale grower

Horticulture Careers Green Industry Employees that work in jobs that are environmentally friendly and have to do with reusing, recycling and reducing the carbon footprint

Skill, Personal and Educational Qualifications Needed in Horticulture Careers

Horticulture Careers Skills Skills vary from unskilled to highly skilled depending on the career in horticulture For example: A materials handler needs few skills, but an inspector needs many skills to check for quality, for insects or diseases of for following governmental rules

Horticulture Careers Interests and Qualifications Working inside or outside or a combination Working in a group or alone Working with people or tools Working at routine tasks or varying tasks Physical strength to do the job

Horticulture Careers Educational Qualifications Vary depending on the career High school graduate or less for unskilled entry level jobs Technical Education for skilled jobs such as a technician (Community College) A Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD for professional areas such as engineer because of required licenses, paper work, research and teaching