horticulture worker
Horticulture workers carry out practical activities and assist in nurseries or greenhouses for the production of horticultural crops.
Also called: crop worker, horticultural farm worker, flower picker, horticultural worker, fruit picker, berry picker
- 16
- essential skills
- 46
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 9214
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- hop farmerWhat changes?12 skills in common
- horticulture production team leaderWhat changes?12 skills in common
- agronomic crop production team leader10 skills in common
- crop production workerWhat changes?10 skills in common
- horticulture production manager9 skills in common
- fruit production team leader8 skills in common
- garden labourer6 skills in common
- landscape gardener6 skills in common
Essential skills
16- drive agricultural machines
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain gardening equipment
- maintain storage facilities
- maintain the greenhouse
- monitor fields
- nurse plants
- prepare planting area
- propagate plants
- prune plants
- store crops
- store products
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- use gardening equipment
Optional skills
46- advise customers on types of flowers
- advise on plant fertilizer
- aeroponics
- agritourism
- agronomy
- apply alternate wetting and drying techniques
- apply sustainable tillage techniques
- carry out work related calculations in agriculture
- coordinate greenhouse environment
- create flower arrangements
- crop production principles
- customer relationship management
- direct the preparation of food
- execute disease and pest control activities
- fertilisation principles
- food safety principles
- greenhouse types
- handle veterinary emergencies
- horticulture principles
- hydroponics
- implement landscaping projects
- integrated pest management
- keep task records
- organic farming
- perform on-farm product processing
- pest control in plants
- pick orders of agricultural products
- place orders for flower products
- plant disease control
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- plant species
- prepare flower arrangements
- present the farm facilities
- process flower bulbs
- promote farm products
- provide agri-touristic services
- pruning techniques
- pruning types
- quality criteria for storage facilities
- select adequate packaging for food products
- sell flowers
- soil structure
- types of storage facilities
- use agricultural information systems and databases
- watering principles
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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