2. Agriscience Unit 17: Plant Science Careers 681029

3. Plant Science Areas Will include: Horticulture Forestry Agriscience Processing, distribution & products Agriscience Supplies and Services

4. Horticulture Includes the following areas Production Processing Marketing Landscaping and nursery production

5. Horticultural careers Varied as the industry itself

6. Floriculture careers Are related to flower production and use.

7. Floral designer Designs flowers for a florist or floral business

8. Flower grower Produces flowers used in floral design

9. Greenhouse manager Manages the production process for a flower grower

10. Retail florist Is floral business that furnishes flowers to general public

11. Wholesale florist Is a floral business that furnishes flowers and supplies to retail florists

12. Landscaping and nursery careers Are related to the use and production of plants for aesthetic purpose

13. Greenskeepers Takes care of golf course turf

14. Landscaper Installs plants in various locations in a landscape area of homes, churches, and businesses for aesthetic purposes

15. Landscaper architect Design landscape plans for plant installation and is a part of the horticultural industry

16. Nursery operator Grows trees and shrubs needed for landscaping

17. Turf farmer Grows turf grass for sale

18. Forestry careers Are careers related to growing, managing, and harvesting trees for wood and wood by- products

19. Forester Is a service- oriented career that helps with the science of growing trees

20. Forest rangers Work primarily with the government to manage forests on state and federal lands, but may also assist with fire prevention, etc. on private lands as well.

21. Logging foreman Will supervise a logging crew during the harvesting phase of trees from a forest or woodland sites

22. Horticulture provides career opportunities or jobs for individuals living in rural and urban areas Most jobs in horticulture are labor intensively

23. Small Plots or Greenhouses Where most horticultural crops are grown

24. Postsecondary Institutions Will give you more information about career opportunities in plant science

25. Information About Plant Science Can be attained from Agriscience teachers or Cooperative Extension Service

26. Plant Science Careers Botanist Turf manager Landscape architect Greenhouse manager or grower

27. Timber Cruiser Is career in forestry that involves estimating timber in woodlots

28. Forestry Consultant Is an individual responsible for provides consulting services related to managing and selling timber for the private land owner for a fee

29. Soil thermometer Is used to determine soil temperature

30. Planting Bar Is the best tool used for setting out tree seedlings

31. Hand Lopping Shears Is the best tool for cutting large branches when pruning shrubs

32. Pruning Shears Is the best tool to use when pruning small limbs to shape shrubbery

33. Pole Pruner Is the best tool to use when pruning limbs in high places

34. Hedge Shears Is the best tool to use when shaping shrubbery into a continuous row for screening

35. Bush Axe Best tool for cutting bushes and undergrowth

36. Grafting Tool Is the best tool to use when preparing a plant to be joined to another plant asexually

37. Tree Scale Stick Is the tool used to estimate the timber yield in a tree

38. Pruning Saw Best tool to use when sawing limbs from shrubbery and trees

39. Soil Auger Best tool to use to obtain soil for testing

40. Chain saws Are used for cutting trees and limbs

41. Plant Science Careers