Career Opportunities

• Over 130,000 people employed in Canada (more than half in Ontario)
• The Green Industry enhances the environment more than any other industry
• 50% of those working in the industry are expected to retire in the next 5-10 years
• Industry is forecasted to double in size by 2021
• Find a rewarding career that provides social, health and wellness, environmental and recreation benefits to our communities!

Nursery and Field
Crop Production

• Plant Propagator
• Inventory Controller
• Field Worker
• Field Foreperson
• Field Superintendent
• Manager
• Salesperson
• Sales Manager
• Shipping Foreperson
• Broker

Irrigation Contracting

• Technician
• Irrigation Auditor
• Designer
• Sales Rep

Grounds Management & Lawn Care

• Foreperson
• Crew Leader
• IPM Supervisor
• IPM Technician
• Sales Representative
• Licensed Pesticide Applicator
• Estimator
• Arborist and Utility Arborist
• Golf Course Technician
• Equipment Operator
• Turf Specialist

Garden Centre &
Retail Nursery

• Buyer
• Merchandiser
• Manager
• Specialist: Perennials, Giftware, Water Garden, Nursery Stock, etc.
• Salesperson
• Promotion and Marketing Specialist
• Greenhouse Manager
• IPM Specialist

Golf Courses

• Golf Course Superintendent
• Assistant Superintendent
• Golf Course Technician
• Equipment Operator
• Turf Specialist

Interior Plantscaping

• Designer
• Grower
• Salesperson
• Construction Foreperson
• Maintenance Foreperson
• Crew Member

Parks and Recreation Systems

• Executive Director of Parks
• Operations Manager
• Superintendent of Parks
• Horticultural Technician
• Park Planner
• Greenhouse Manager
• Horticultural Supervisor
• Gardener
• Horticultural Foreperson
• Landscape Architect
• IPM Specialist
• Arborist

Landscape Contracting

• Estimator
• Landscape Architect
• Landscape Designer
• Manager
• Construction Foreperson
• Construction Superintendent
• Salesperson
• Stone Mason
• Carpenter
• Landscape Technician

Suppliers to the
Trade

• Seed Specialist
• Equipment Dealers
• Supplier Specialist Landscape Designer/Architect
• Landscape Designer
• Senior Landscape Architect
• Landscape Architect
• Draftsperson
• Biologist
• Estimator

Botanical Gardens and Arboretums

• Writer
• Plant Propagator
• IPM Specialist
• Educational Director
• Librarian
• Horticulturist
• Director
• Superintendent of Operations
• Gardener
• Curator
• Plant Pathologist
• Plant Entomologist
• Conservation Manager
• Arborist
• Greenhouse Manager
• Grower

Education, Research and Government

• Horticulture Teacher: High School, College or University
• Extension Agent
• Researcher
• Horticultural Technician
• Consultant
• Plant Pathologist
• Plant Entomologist
• Garden Communicator
• Writer
• Plant Inspector
• Horticultural Therapist
• Garden Media

Floriculture

• Grower
• IPM Specialist
• Production Superintendent
• Marketing Manager
• Inventory Controller
• Buyer
• Wholesale Florist
• Salesperson

Construction or Maintenance

• Stone Mason
• Carpenter