Horticultural workers grow and sell plants in garden centres, and tend to plants in parks and gardens.
£13,000 Starter
to£30,000 Experienced
43 to 45 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays on a rota
You can get into this job through:
You could take a course at college. Relevant courses include:
You'll usually need:
You may be able to get into this job by doing a horticulture and landscape operative intermediate apprenticeship.
You'll usually need:
You can apply directly if you have experience of working with plants. You could get trained up on the job or develop your skills through a part-time course. Employers may ask for GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C) in maths, English and science.
You could do a training course through a professional body like the Royal Horticultural Society. Their courses can be done at a training centre, with some available by distance learning.
Getting experience and skills from working in related jobs like gardening, forestry or farming could be useful.
Customer service experience would also be helpful if you want to work in a garden centre.
You can find out more about careers in horticulture through Grow Careers and the Royal Horticultural Society.
You'll need:
Your day-to-day duties may include:
You could work on a country estate, in a park, in a garden or at a garden centre.
Your working environment may be outdoors in all weathers.