Career Opportunities in Horticulture

Which of the following is not a technical skill?

• Plant and harvest crops

• Maintain power equipment

• Operate a cash register

• Promptness

Define Horticulturalist.

• A general career title sometimes given to a person trained in the science and art of the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery

• a person employed in a garden center who assists customers with horticulture knowledge in planting, growing, and maintaining a wide range of plants suitable for the landscape

• someone who develops plans for landscape projects, which are usually residential or small-scale commercial jobs

• a professional who travels throughout his or her region to provide advice to farmers, homeowners, community groups, and youth groups based on the latest research information. Extension agents work in partnership with land-grant universities and other public and private organizations.

True or False: An employee who works for someone else or is an entrepreneur can be a horticulturalist.

• False

• True

Define pomologist.

• is a scientist who studies the cultivation of plants that produce vegetables

• is a scientist who studies the cultivation of plants that produce fruits and nuts.

Define olericulturist.

• is a scientist who studies the cultivation of plants that produce vegetables

• is a scientist who studies the cultivation of plants that produce fruits and nuts.

Define greenhouse manager

• Works in a greenhouse performing tasks such as filling pots with media, disbudding plants, watering plants, packaging plants for shipping, taking cuttings, and seeing that desired temperatures and light exposure are maintained

• In charge of the day-to-day tasks involved in producing one or more crops. A grower oversees tasks such as planting, watering, fertilizing, and harvesting. Large operations have more than one grower, with each assigned to a different greenhouse or range of greenhouses.

• Responsible for handling a crop from the time it leaves the greenhouse until it is shipped

• the person responsible for the total greenhouse operation. Often the greenhouse manager is also the owner

Define production manager.

• In charge of all phases of the propagation of plant materials  or the reproduction of plants.

• In charge of the day-to-day tasks involved in producing one or more crops.

• Holds the job of planning and supervising the production of the crops that management has decided to grow.

• Works in a greenhouse performing tasks such as filling pots with media, disbudding plants, watering plants, packaging plants for shipping, taking cuttings, and seeing that desired temperatures and light exposure are maintained.

Define propagator.

• In charge of all phases of the propagation of plant materials or the reproduction of plants

• In charge of the day-to-day tasks involved in producing one or more crops.

• Holds the job of planning and supervising the production of the crops that management has decided to grow

• • Responsible for handling a crop from the time it leaves the greenhouse until it is shipped.

Define grower.

• In charge of all phases of the propagation of plant materials  or the reproduction of plants.

• In charge of the day-to-day tasks involved in producing one or more crops.

• Involved in market research, product distribution, sales strategy, public relations, and customer support

• Works in a greenhouse performing tasks such as filling pots with media, disbudding plants, watering plants, packaging plants for shipping, taking cuttings, and seeing that desired temperatures and light exposure are maintained.

Define greenhouse technician.

• In charge of all phases of the propagation of plant materials  or the reproduction of plants.

• Holds the job of planning and supervising the production of the crops that management has decided to grow

• Works in a greenhouse performing tasks such as filling pots with media, disbudding plants, watering plants, packaging plants for shipping, taking cuttings, and seeing that desired temperatures and light exposure are maintained.

• In charge of the day-to-day tasks involved in producing one or more crops