WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE
HORTICULTURIST
O*NET/SOC CODE: 19-1013.01 RAPIDS CODE: 0236
Description: Conducts experiments and investigations to determine methods of breeding, producing, storing, processing, and transporting of fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables, flowers, bushes, and trees: Experiments to develop new or improved varieties having higher yield, quality, nutritional value, resistance to disease, or adaptability to climates, soils, uses, or processes. Determines best methods of planting, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting. May specialize in research, breeding, production, or shipping and storage of fruits, nuts, berries, vegetables, ornamental plants, or other horticultural products and be identified according to specialty. May prepare articles and give lectures on horticultural specialty.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING:
APPROXIMATE HOURS
A. SOIL, MEDIA, WATER, FERTILIZER
1450
1. Take soil samples, analyze and interpret.
2. Prepare Media.
3. Hand irrigates (water).
4. Regulate irrigation system.
5. Weigh and mix dry or liquid fertilizer.
6. Apply fertilizer
B. SEEDS, SEEDLINGS, CUTTINGS, GRAFTING
1700
1. Plant seeds, take cuttings, root cuttings.
2. Label plants or cuttings.
3. Transplant plants up to larger pots.
4. Harden off seedlings.
C. BEDS AND PLANTING
1200
1. Prepare planting beds.
2. Transplant bareroot and container grown plants.
3. Pinch to shape and debud flowering plants.
D. WEEDS, PESTS AND CHEMICALS
300
1. Remove weeds by h and, use mulch, control
weeds with chemicals.
2. Use growth control chemicals and apply pesticides.
E. PRUNING, LIGHT CONTROL, TEMPERATURE CONTROL
300
1. Prune and use light and black plastic to control photoperiod.
2. Set clocks and timers for automatic control for temperature, light and mist (water).
F. LANDSCAPE PLANS AND DESIGNS
500
1. Draw planting plans using accepted industry guidelines.
2. Participate in planting per planting designs.
G. MAINTENANCE
550
1. Maintain gardening equipment such as tiller, shredder and mixer.
2. Clean and sterilize hand tools.
3. Maintain fixed equipment.
4. Put up and take down shade screens.
5. Work with PVC and water fixtures.
6. Maintain greenhouse structure.
TOTAL HOURS
6000
RELATED INSTRUCTION OUTLINE
First Year (150 hours) Safety Instruction, History, Present and Future of Trade, Trade Jargon, Tools and Equipment, Mathematics, Applied Science, Reading Comprehension of Technical Materials and Writing of Technical Reports, Blueprint Reading
Second Year (150 hours) Algebra, Blueprint Reading and Specifications, Reading Comprehension of Technical Materials and writing of Technical Reports
Third Year (150 hours) Geometry and Trigonometry, Applied Physics, Blueprint Reading, Reading Comprehension of Technical Materials and Writing of Technical Reports, Design Applications and Estimating, Miscellaneous Specialties, Purchasing and Storage, Social Economics
