Agricultural Opportunity: Horticultural worker

Horticultural Worker Current Vacancies

2008-06-13:

Horticultural workers are involved in the large-scale cultivation of plants. production horticulture producing and selling plants for either food or ornamental purposes.
Garden centres producing plants for sale to the public along with related products such as tools and garden furniture, producing young or new plants by sowing seeds or planting bulbs, transferring seedlings, growing from cuttings, or by grafting.

Plant care such as watering, weeding, pruning, feeding and spraying, arranging displays of plants and products, mowing grass, cutting dead growth and branches and general tidying, retail sales and advising customers in garden centres.

machinery, such as chainsaws, mowers, tractors and crop-harvesting equipment. Weekend and evening work may be required, particularly in garden centres.

The work is physically demanding, involving bending, kneeling, lifting and carrying, and outdoor work involves exposure In commercial horticulture, nurseries and garden centres are to be found nationwide, while production horticulture is In amenity horticulture, jobs are mainly in larger towns and cities, working for local authorities in maintaining public parks, gardens and playing fields.

Councils increasingly employ private contractors to do this work, so opportunities exist with these.
qualifications. work abroad. design, horticultural therapy or quality inspection for supermarkets as a food technologist.
Income depends on the employer and type of work. (Permalink)