Employability Skills in Horticulture Objective 4.01: Describe skills needed for employment and careers in the horticulture industry.

What are some jobs in horticulture? Make a spider web of the divisions of Horticulture And then assign careers to each division.

Horticulture Floriculture Olericulture Pomology Landscape/ Nursery

Careers in Horticulture There are various sources of employment for people trained in Horticultural Practices. High School Diploma Greenhouse Worker Nursery Worker Garden Center Employee Park Employee Golf Course Employee Floral Design Employee Lawn Maintenance Employee Irrigation Installer 2-Year Tech. School Landscape Foreman Golf Course Superintendant Groundskeeper Greenhouse Grower Tree Surgeon Propagator Irrigation Designer Nursery Manager Landscape Designer Landscape Contractor Sales

4-Year Degree/Higher Plant Pathologist Researcher Teacher Landscape Architect Extension Agent Consultant Botanical Garden Education Specialist Botanical Garden Director Inspection Agent Arborist

Grows vegetables and flowers including Greenhouse Employee Grows vegetables and flowers including cut flowers bedding plants potted plants hanging baskets Performs both sexual and asexual propagation of plants

Nursery Employee Grows seedlings and plants for landscaping, replanting in forests, or producing fruit

Garden Center Employee Cares for plants moves plants and supplies arranges and displays plants and supplies sells plants and supplies

Grounds Maintenance Employee Cares for the 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

Responsible for maintenance of: Golf Course Employee Responsible for maintenance of: golf course including turfgrass irrigation and drainage sand trap trees and shrubs buildings and equipment

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

What qualifications do I need to work in the horticulture industry?

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

Personal Interests and Qualifications Before seeking a job one must consider: Work inside or outside or a combination Work in a group or alone Work with people or plants Work at routine tasks or varying jobs Physical strength to do the job

Educational Qualifications Educational qualifications vary depending on the careers High school graduate or less for unskilled entry-level jobs Technical degree for skilled jobs Bachelors, masters or doctorate degree for most professional areas because of required licenses, paperwork, research and/or teaching

Career Assignment Break into groups of 3 – Choose a leadership role in your group Researcher Secretary Reporter Choose a career for your group to research – Investigate Description of career Education/Training required Job outlook – are there any jobs available? Working conditions – where? With whom? Earnings/Benefits