What careers are available in the horticulture industry

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What careers are available in the horticulture
industry?

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2
What areas are careers available in?

• Landscape horticulture
• Floriculture
• Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts
• Turfgrass
• Other

3
What occupations are in nursery production?

• Nursery production growing of plants in
  containers or fields
• Propagator
• Inventory Manager
• Field Supervisor
• Manager
• Salesperson
• Sales manager
• Shipping supervisor

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What occupations are in landscape nursery?

• prepares sites for landscaping, purchases and
  plants trees, shrubs, vines, and turfgrasses as
  specified by designer
• Construction supervisor
• Construction superintendent
• Designer
• Salesperson

5
What occupations are in Landscape Maintenance?

• Care of established plants
• Crew supervisor
• Superintendent of Operations
• Salesperson
• Manager

6
What occupations are in Herbaceous Plant and Seed
Production?

• Supply seed and young plants to commercial
  growers
• Plant Breeder
• Propagator
• Independent Grower
• Sales Manager
• Salesperson and Dealer

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What occupations are in a retail nursery?

• Garden Center- retail sector of the nursery
  industry
• Buyer
• Landscape Designer
• Plant Technician
• Manager

8
What occupations are in Arboretum, Botanical, and
Horticultural Gardens?

• Arboretum- collection of trees arranged in a
  natural fashion
• Botanical garden- plant collection habitat
• Horticultural garden- assortment of plants of
  many different varieties chosen for aesthetic
  effect

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What occupations are in Arboretum, Botanical, and
Horticultural Gardens?

• Writer
• Researcher
• Propagator
• Educational Director
• Librarian
• Director
• Curator
• Greenhouse Manager

10
What is floriculture?

• The cultivation, harvesting, storing, designing,
  and marketing of flowering plants
• Industry directs production toward special
  holidays
• Christmas, Easter, Mothers Day
• When flowers are most often bought

11
What occupations are in floriculture production?

• Grower
• Production Superintendent
• Marketing Manager
• Inventory Controller

12
What occupations are available in the wholesale
florist area?

• Manager
• Buyer
• Salesperson

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What occupations are available in the retail
florist area?

• Common outlet for flowers, houseplants (foliage
  plants, flowering plants, dish gardens), and
  terrariums
• Store manager
• Sales clerk
• Designer

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What occupations are in the fruits, vegetables,
and nuts area?

• Olericulture
• Production, storage, processing, and marketing of
  vegetables
• Pomology
• Production, storage, processing, and marketing of
  fruits and nuts

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What occupations are available in fruits,
vegetables, and nuts production?

• Depends on climate
• Manager
• Processing Company Field Technician

16
What occupations are available in fruits,
vegetables, and nuts marketing?

• Grading and packaging equipment and materials,
  chemical treatments to reduce spoilage, devices
  to increase shelf life, shipment
• Sales Agency
• Broker
• Marketing and Promotional Organizations

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What occupations are available in Turfgrass?

• Sod Production
• Turf Establishment
• Golf Course Design Maintenance

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What occupations are available in Sod Production?

• Farm Manager
• Assistant Farm Manager
• Spray Technician
• Staff Leader

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What occupations are available in turf
establishment?

• Construction Superintendent
• Planting Superintendent

20
What occupations are available in Golf Course
Design Maintenance?

• Golf course architect
• Superintendent
• Assistant Superintendent
• Irrigation Technician
• Spray Technician
• Landscape Technician
• Equipment Operator

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What are other career areas in horticulture?

• Horticulture therapist
• Extension Agent or Hort Specialist
• Consultant
• Communicator in Horticulture
• Teacher
• Research Scientist and Technician or Assistant
• Plant Inspector