Careers In Horticulture
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Horticultural Technician
Description: Horticultural Technicians are people that graduate from college knowing all there is to know about almost every kind of plant. Technicians have a chance to make a living in
many diffent ways. They can work with a wide range of careers: ranging from a doing just about anything at a nursery, taking care of plants that are used for landscaping or that are in a greenhouse, and they can also work as researches and consultants for a wide variety of people and businesses. Some technicians work inside with plants and focus on the science that is involved with them and some of the other technicians work outside with landscape architects and landscaping crews and nurseries to take care of plants. Technicians need to be able to work alone or in small groups along with being fit and patient.
Earnings: There isn't an exact entry level wage for horticulture technicians either is there a maximum salary that they can go up to. The average salary a techniciain is paid is around $28,000-$30,000.
Typical Tasks: Planting, fertilizing, watering, and digging are just some of the typical tasks that a technician has to do when taking care of a garden or a nursery. They also have to meet with clients and keep reports of there jobs or how plants are progressing. They may also supervise other technicians while learning more about science and there job everyday. They may also manage a business or a company.
Horticultural Scientist
Duties and Tasks: Scientists can act as a consultant for practices that they deal with. They can also do research programs that deal with breeding and diseases and other things. They also study certain effects plants and other plant like things have on the environment and other people. They may also help farmers plan and monitor agricultural needs when dealing with crops. They also head up experimental programs that deal with specific problems or things that could help dealing with plants and plant material. They also watch over and train technicians and field workers as they do their work. They may also
supervise or manage certain projects or funding when they get to a senior level.
Personal Requirements: They have to enjoy science and beable to solve analysises and other problems. They have to enjoy working with plants and the environment and sometimes people. They also have to have good communication skills along with being very organized and having good writen communication as well. They also have to be able to work with team members as a team to get research projects completed.
Earnings: Scientist that work a full time job as a scientist can earn anywhere from $500 a week up to almost $6,000 thousand a week. All depending on the project and where they are employed and what there seniority is.
Some Related Jobs: Agricultural Engineer, Aquaculture Technician, Environmental Scientist, Veterinarian, and Viticulturalist.
Horticulturalist
Horticulturalists: Horticulturalists find better ways to ship, grow, harvest, and store flowers, fruits, and vegetables. They work many different plants ranging from garden plants, field plants, nursery plants, and orchard plants. Horticulturists try to find and grow new and imporved plants that are hardier and can resist disease and other things that might effect them. They may also
try to make a flower more beautiful and give it something out of the ordinary. They also decide on proper methods to grow and store the newly created plants knowing what is best for them. They decide on which is the best way to harvest, spray, and cultivate a plants as well. Horticulturalists are concerned with many different things all the time.
Formal Education and Areas of Study: Many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in this horticulture program. There are fewer school that master's or doctorate degree programs. Horticulturalists usually need to have a four year degree in this area of study or one simular to it to get a job in a private landscaping firm or greenhouse. A scientist doing research may earn their doctorate degree that way. Some courses of study that prepare a person for this career include: Agronomy and Crop Science, Floristry Operations and Management, Horticultural Science, Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, and Soil and Plant Science.
Earning: Wages that a Horticulturalist will make all depend on what degree they have, training they have acquired, and who is employing them. Most horticulturists make between $25 an hour and up to $33 an hour.
Advancement Opportunities: Horticulturalists may move up to be research assistants, managers of retail garden stores, field super-intendents and production vice-presidents. Some may become there own owner of a small business or large. Some with bachelor's degrees can move to positions in processing, and product utilization and also sales with chemical fertilizer and machinary. They may also teach in high schools but have to have a master's or doctorate degree to teach research or anything at a college level.
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