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Unit 2

Discover a range of rewarding careers in the horticulture industry, including greenhouse/nursery employees, garden center employees, grounds maintenance employees, golf course employees, park employees, agriculture biotechnology professionals, sales positions, and green industry employees. Gain insight into the skills, interests, and education qualifications required for each career. Watch informative videos for more details.

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Unit 2

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  1. Unit 2 Careers in the Horticulture Industry

  2. Horticulture • Comes from the Latin word meaning “garden cultivation” • It is the cultivation, processing, and marketing of flowers, ornamental plants, vegetables, fruits, and nuts

  3. Divisions of Horticulture • Pomology • Olericulture • Floriculture • Landscape and Nursery • Viticulture

  4. Pomology The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing tree grown fruits

  5. Olericulture The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing vegetables

  6. Floriculture The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing, and marketing flowering plants

  7. Landscape and Nursery The science and practice of propagating, growing, planting, maintaining, and using grasses, annuals, shrubs, and trees

  8. Viticulture The science and practice of growing, maintaining, and processing grapes

  9. Horticulture Industry Careers Greenhouse/nursery employees • Grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, cut flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets, landscaping plants • Practice both sexual and asexual plant propagation https://youtu.be/Ki-CgFrL1HE?list=PL7B61381EE0438243

  10. Horticulture Industry Careers Garden center employees • Care for plants • Move plants and supplies • Arrange and display plants and supplies • Sell plants and supplies

  11. Horticulture Industry Careers Grounds maintenance employees • Care for the land area and plants that surround a business, school, church, industry, or other public or private places that have lawns and plants to be maintained https://youtu.be/ot7TfquBTSc

  12. Horticulture Industry Careers Golf course employee • Responsible for maintenance of golf courses including turf grass, pest management, irrigation and drainage, sand trap, trees and shrubs, buildings and equipment

  13. Horticulture Industry Careers Park employee • Maintains plants, grounds, buildings, facilities, equipment and driveways in national, state, city, or privately owned parks

  14. Horticulture Industry Careers Agriculture biotechnology • Technician • Researcher • Marketing specialist • Much more • Work for USDA, EPA, FDA https://youtu.be/Z18JTR3HlAM?list=PL7B61381EE0438243 https://youtu.be/2k5-Wrlyj9k?list=PL7B61381EE0438243

  15. Horticulture Industry Careers Sales positions • Wholesale • Retail • Seed company • Wholesale grower

  16. Horticulture Industry Careers Green industry employees • Work in jobs that are environmentally friendly and have to do with reusing, recycling, and reducing the carbon footprint

  17. Skills Skills can vary from unskilled to highly skilled depending on the career in horticulture. Ex) A materials handler needs few skills Ex) An inspector needs many skills to check for quality, for insects, or diseases or for following governmental rules

  18. Personal Interests/Qualifications • Working inside or outside or a combination • Working in a group or alone • Working with people or plants • Working at routine tasks or varying tasks • Physical strength to do the job

  19. Education Qualifications • Unskilled entry-level  high school graduate or less • Skilled  technical education • Professional  bachelors, masters, doctoral

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