Horticultural Managers
Job description
These individuals run and coordinate nursery and greenhouse staff activities.
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Climatic conditions
Main tasks
- Plan, organize, run, and control nursery and greenhouse activities.
- Identify the environmental conditions required to grow plants.
- Develop planting and tending schedules and determine the type and quantity of produce to be grown.
- Hire, train, manage, and supervise staff and set work schedules.
- Identify and control insects, diseases, and weeds.
- Develop marketing plans.
- Educate clients on gardening techniques and lawn and plant care.
- Order nursery and greenhouse equipment, products, and accessories.
- Maintain inventory and financial records.
Hourly wage
Not available.Job prospects for 2022-2026
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Job prospects for 2022-2026
Job prospects
All of Québec
All of Québec
Total jobs for 2021
All of Québec
All of Québec
Gender distribution
All of Québec
- 47.2% Female
- 52.8% Male
- 47.2% Female
- 52.8% Male
Job types
All of Québec
- Full time
- Part time
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage
All of Québec
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
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NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 115283% of jobs
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NAICS 113, 11536% of jobs
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NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
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NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
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NAICS 5413, 54142% of jobs
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Others3% of jobs
All of Québec
-
NAICS 111, 112, 114, 1151, 115283% of jobs
-
NAICS 113, 11536% of jobs
-
NAICS 44, 453% of jobs
-
NAICS 55, 563% of jobs
-
NAICS 5413, 54142% of jobs
-
Others3% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
College
DCS in farm Management and Technology 
Placement rate: 76.5%
21% of graduates pursue further studies
University
Agriculture
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 78.4%
18.9% of graduates pursue further studies
Rural economics
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 68.8%
31.3% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 100%
Also required
- Experience as a nursery or greenhouse supervisor.
Sometimes required
- Pesticide application certificate (e.g. CD4 Certificate - Application in Ornamental Horticulture) may be required, depending on the nature of the work.
- Membership in the Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec (OTPQ [Quebec Order of Professional Technologists]) may be considered an asset.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Oral expression
- Human resource management
- Coordination
- Result evaluation
- Active listening
- Teaching
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Time management
- Negotiation
- Social perception
- Solving complex problems
- Information processing
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Persuasion
- Systems evaluation
- Written expression
- Material resource management
- Service oriented
- Financial resource management
- Learning strategies
Abilities
- Oral comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Awareness of issues
- Classification
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Written comprehension
- Information organization
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Near vision
- Speech recognition
- Originality
- Idea generation
- Processing flexibility
- Selective attention
- Digital dexterity
- Colour perception and distinction
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Leadership
- Knowledge of administration and management
- Knowledge of personnel and human resource management
- Sense of responsibility
- Knowledge of customer and personalized services
- Capacity to work in a team
- Knowledge of production and treatment
- Versatility
- Attention to detail
Interests
- Direct, organize, and manage
- Self-employment
- Develop and exploit natural resources
- Work in contact with nature and animals
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Enterprising
- People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Note about CNP
Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.
Official name of the NOC 0822 (80021)
Managers in horticulture
Job titles
- Tree grower - nursery
- Christmas tree farm operator
- Flower grower
- Greenhouse manager
- Nurseryman
- Hydroponics operator
- Nursery operator
- Tree nursery operator
- Greenhouse operator
- Horticultural greenhouse operator
- Hydroponic greenhouse operator
- Nursery manager
- Head grower - cannabis
- Evergreen grower
- Shrub grower
- Hothouse flower grower
- Plant grower - nursery
- Rose grower
- Hydroponics grower
Skill type
Management
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Last update: April 28, 2023
