Careers in Horticulture

Mrs Sanchez
 Objectives

 Identify career opportunities in plant

science.
 Identify and describe the major areas of
plant science.
 Identify career opportunities in plant
science, and determine the education and
training they entail.
 Career Opportunities in Plant
Science
 Greenhouse caretaker
 Plant propagator
 Orchard Care Taker
 Pesticide Applicator
 Groundskeeper
 Tractor Operator
 Combine harvester
 Career Opportunities in Plant
Science
 Greenhouse manager
 Golf course manager
 Pesticide dealer
 Crop supply salesperson
 Greenhouse supply salesperson
 Career Opportunities in Plant
Science
 Crop marketing specialist
 Crop production specialist
 Fertilizer technologist
 Erosion control scientist
 Soil conservationist
 Seed technologist
 Turf grass specialist
 Graduate level careers in Plant
Science
 Plant geneticist
 Plant breeder
 Biotechnologist
 Genetic engineer
 Plant pathologist
 Plant physiologist
 Statistician
 Weed scientist
Some of the skills needed in the
horticulture industry
 Growing Skills
 Watering
 Fertilizing
 Transplanting
 Seed sowing
 Disease control
 Mechanical Skills
 Structure erection and
maintenance
 Equipment repair
 Plumbing, heating
and cooling
 Marketing Skills

 Advertising
 Price Setting
 Quality Control
 Post Harvest Storage
 Grading
 Packaging
 Shipping
 Administrative Skills
 Hiring/ Firing
 Coordinated responsibility
 Scheduling
 Financial elements
 Records/computer use
 Ordering
 Scheduling planting
 Billing
Legal Profession Skills
 Pesticide laws and
regulations
 Interstate
transportation
 Taxes
 Local and state
ordinances and laws
 Growers
 In charge of
production of one
large greenhouse
 Oversees every
element of their
assigned greenhouse
 Head Grower
 Over sees several
growers
 Reports to a range
superintendent
 Range Superintendent
 Works underneath the
owner
 Over sees multiple
head growers and
those under them
 Production Manager
 In charge of 1 crop
 Orders materials,
supplies and fertilizer
to produce the crop
 Marketing Manager
 Grading, post-harvest
and storage,
packaging and
shipment
 Orders cartons,
containers and
packaging materials
 In charge of the
graders and packers
 Shipping Room
Manager
 Handles the crop from
the time it comes
from the greenhouse
until it is packed
 In charge of the
graders and packers
 Other Career Areas
 Soil person
 Drivers
 General labor