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Employment Opportunities

 

An education at MJC opens doors, increases opportunities, and ultimately earnings.  By getting a degree or certificate from MJC you immediately set yourself ahead of 70% of other applicants.

Following is just some of the careers you can join, in the Horticulture Field.
 

Nursery Management

Wholesale Production Nursery

  • Propagator
  • Inventory Controller
  • Field Foreperson
  • Field Superintendent
  • Manager
  • Salesperson
  • Sales Manager
  • Shipping Foreperson
  • Broker
  • Landscape Draftsperson

Wholesale Production of Seeds

  • Breeder
  • Propagator
  • Independent Grower
  • Sales Manager
  • Salesperson and Dealer

Retail Nursery & Garden Center

  • General Manager
  • Buyer
  • Division Manager
  • Plant Doctor (Horticulturist)
  • Landscape Designer
  • Salesperson
  • Floral Designer
  • Maintenance Person
  • Delivery Person (Truck Driver)
  • Production Superintendent or Foreman

Arboretum, Botanical Garden and Horticulture Garden

  • Director
  • Superintendent of Operations
  • Educational Director
  • Curator
  • Librarian
  • Writer
  • Propagator
  • Researcher
  • Greenhouse Manager

Education and Research

  • Extension Agent (Farm Advisor)
  • Private Horticulture Consultant
  • Garden Writer
  • O.H. Instructors, High School
  • Landscape Design
  • Landscape Contracting
  • Floriculture Production
  • Diseases and Pests
  • Floral Design
  • Management
  • Research Scientists
  • Research Technicians
  • Plant Inspector
  • Horticulture Therapy

Landscape Industry

Landscape Contracting

  • Landscape Designer
  • Landscape Estimator
  • Landscape Contractor
  • Landscape Construction
  • Crew Foreman
  • Landscape Maintenance
  • Foreperson
  • Landscape Gardener
  • Salesperson

 Turf Management

  • Greenskeeper
  • Greenskeeper, Head
  • Foreperson
  • Turf Grower

Parks Management

  • Community College, University
  • Parks Service Manager
  • Parks Maintenance
  • Supervisor
  • Groundskeeper

 Arboriculture

  • Urban Forester
  • Tree Trimmer
  • Tree Trimming Foreman
  • Tree Surgeon

Floriculture and Design

  • Production
  • Grower
  • Marketing Manager
  • Propagator
  • Inventory Controller

 Wholesale Commission

  • Florist
  • Manager
  • Buyer
  • Sales Manager
  • Salesperson
  • Route Salesperson
  • Retail Florist
  • Store Manager
  • Sales Clerk
  • Designer
  • Wire Service Field
  • Representative
  • Panel or Show Designer