Floriculture Job Description
The floriculture industry involves all aspects of the agricultural production and commercial sales of flowers. Floriculturists are the professionals who play a number of different roles within the floriculture industry.
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Function
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Floriculture involves growing and harvesting flowers, distributing flowers to stores and retailers and selling flowers to the public. In addition, floriculture also involves education and research.
Types of Jobs
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Floriculture managers oversee the day-to-day operations on farms that grow flowers, while flower wholesalers purchase harvested flowers from farms and sell them to retailers known as florists. The florists create arrangements and bouquets from the flowers and sell their designs to the public.
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Industry Education and Research
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Floriculture educators teach courses in the field at community and agricultural colleges as well as traditional universities. Floriculture researchers investigate ways to make flowers more resilient to pests, diseases and weather conditions, and also develop new hybrids or breeds of flowers.
Required Education
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The required education for careers in floriculture varies from one-year certificates in floral design for florists to two-year associate's and four-year bachelor's degrees for floriculture managers. Education and research in the field of floriculture typically requires a graduate-level degree, such as a master's or Ph.D., in horticulture or botany.
Compensation
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In December 2009, the average annual salary for all workers in the field of floriculture was $47,009, according to Indeed.com. Individual pay rates vary largely within the various fields, but jobs that require higher levels of education tend to result in higher salaries.
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