Nursery Workers
Also called: Nursery Worker, Grower, Greenhouse Worker, Plant Production Worker
What they do:
Work in nursery facilities or at customer location planting, cultivating, harvesting, and transplanting trees, shrubs, or plants.
On the job, you would:
- Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants, shrubs, and trees, using hand tools and gardening tools.
- Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
- Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.
Arts and Humanities
Transportation
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Basic Skills
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Endurance
Hand and Finger Use
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People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Word processing software
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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See more details at O*NET OnLine about nursery workers.