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horticulture-worker Occupational skill for the role 'horticulture worker' (also: flower picker, crop worker, berry picker, fruit picker, horticultural farm worker, horticultural worker). Use when the user asks for typical horticulture worker work such as: Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.; Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.; Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.

Horticulture Worker

Horticulture workers carry out practical activities and assist in nurseries or greenhouses for the production of horticultural crops.

Core workflow

  1. Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, or pruning saws.
  2. Mow or edge lawns, using power mowers or edgers.
  3. Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch, or trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
  4. Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
  5. Prune or trim trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears, pruners, or chain saws.
  6. Gather and remove litter.
  7. Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
  8. Water lawns, trees, or plants, using portable sprinkler systems, hoses, or watering cans.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • drive agricultural machines
  • execute fertilisation
  • grow plants
  • harvest crop
  • maintain gardening equipment
  • maintain storage facilities
  • maintain the greenhouse
  • monitor fields
  • nurse plants
  • prepare planting area
  • propagate plants
  • prune plants
  • store crops
  • store products
  • supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Facebook
  • Microsoft Word

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1a9d99ba-4c08-4864-8f6a-1b0f2b4cf883), ONET 30.3 (37-3011.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*