Horticulture Careers Web Quest, 2.01, P: 1

  1. What is a job?
  2. What is an occupation?
  3. What is a career?
  4. Describe how these terms are alike and different.

Using the internet or your text book Introductory Horticulture, find the following horticultural careers and answer the following questions for each occupation.

Greenhouse Employee / 1. Description:
2. Does this person work inside, outside, or both?
3. Should you have some horticultural knowledge?
4. Do you have to work with people?
Nursery Employee / 1. Description:
2. Does this job require a lot of labor?
3. Is this job indoors or outdoors?
GardenCenter Employee / 1. Description:
2. Does this person work inside, outside, or both?
3. Does this person need to have some horticultural knowledge?
4. Do you work with people?
Grounds Maintenance / 1. Description:
2. Does this person work with a team?
3. What type of education would this person need?
Golf Course Employee / 1. Description:
2. Where would this person work?
3. Would this job require a lot of manual labor?
Park Employee / 1. Description:
2. What skills would this person need?
3. Where are three places a park employee could work?
Agriculture Inspector / 1. Description:
2. Do you need to travel for this job?
3. What are things that you would be inspecting?
4. Would you need to have a specific education or training?
Viticulturist / 1. Description:
2. What type of education would this person need?
3. What classes would be good to take in high school for this position?
4. Is this an indoor or outdoor job?
Agriculture Educator / 1. Description:
2. What education would you need for this occupation?
3. What traits would you need to have for this occupation?
4. Do you work inside or outside?
Landscape Designer / 1. Description:
2. What type of training do you need?
3. Would a landscape designer work inside or outside?
4. How do landscape designers and architects differ?
Green Industry Employee / 1. What does this type of career involve?
2. What should a person in this field enjoy doing?
Agricultural Sales / 1. What does this type of career involve?
2. What should a person in this field enjoy doing?

General Career Education Knowledge

  1. What is the Green Industry?
  2. What is Agricultural Sales?
  3. What are careers in Agricultural Biotechnology?
  4. What are an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral Degree?
  5. The more education you earn will mean that you will have to do more ______work.