£13,520
Average salary at age 20
£24,440
Average Salary
75
Average hours per week
Description
Horticultural trades workers intensively cultivate vegetables, plants, fruit, shrubs, trees and flowers in greenhouses, market gardens, nurseries and orchards.Main Tasks
- Prepares soil in field, bed or pot by hand or machine;
- Mixes soil, composts, fertilisers and/or organic matter and spreads fertiliser and manure;
- Sows seeds and bulbs and transplants seedlings;
- Propagates plants by taking cuttings and by grafting and budding, applies weed-killer, fungicide and insecticide to control pests and diseases;
- Prunes and thins trees and shrubs;
- Supports trees by staking and wiring.
Qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements. NVQs/SVQs in Horticulture are available at Levels 1, 2 and 3. Professional qualifications from the Royal Horticultural Society are also available.UK Prospects
7700
Workforce Size
1.81%
Predicted growth 2024 - 2027
2258
Predicted Replacement 2024 - 2027
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