Horticulture and Environment
Can being the “outdoorsy type” count as a professional asset?
A career in horticulture and environment presents you with the rarely-offered chance to do what you love and love what you do. No matter which path you choose within the study area, “the daily grind” is a concept that may very well remain foreign to you.
In fact, you might find that the hardest part about a career in the industry is finding which niche perfectly suits you. And that’s only because the options are so varied - from landscaper to park ranger, plant grower to field researcher, environmental officer to vineyard manager.
Careers and Employment report 2011
Horticulture and Environment (pdf, 65kb)
Possible position titles and careers these courses can lead to include:
- Arborist
- Conservation and Land Management Staff
- Golf Course Manager
- Development Specialist
- Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Officer
- Environmental Planner
- Environmental Research Assistant
- Florist
- Flower Grower
- Flower Production
- Garden Writer
- Gardener
- Golf Course Manager
- Horticultural Consultant
- Horticultural Sales Person
- Horticulture Teacher
- Landscape Contractor
- Landscape Designer
- Nursery Wholesaler
- Operations Manager
- Parks and Gardens Manager
- Plant Propagator
- Production Nursery Manager
- Production Nursery Owner
- Production Nursery Staff
- Ranger
- Resource Manager
- Retail Nursery and Garden Centre Manager
- Retail Nursery Manager
- Retail Nursery Owner
- Retail Nursery Staff
- Tree Manager
- Turf Manager
- Vineyard Manager
Horticulture and Environment students begin with different aspirations and develop different skills and careers.
Gain real hands on experience
Danielle James
Diploma of Conservation and
and Land Management/ Diploma of Sustainability
I was invited to work in the Netherlands
Dale Creed
Apprenticeship in Nursery
Production
Swinburne teacher got me my job
David Parlby
Diploma of Horticulture
I fell in love with the smell of the nursery
Diana Fullalove
Nursery Apprenticeship
Mature-age students can do it too
Ben Hutcheson
Certificate III in Horticulture
(Parks and Gardens)
