Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management

Types of Degrees Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many floriculture/floristry operations & management graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	69
Undergraduate Certificate	22
Associate Degree	11
Graduate Certificate	1

What Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to floriculture/floristry operations and management were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Majors

Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills for Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Majors

When studying floriculture/floristry operations and management, you’ll learn many skills that will help you be successful in a wide range of jobs - even those that do not require a degree in the field. The following is a list of some of the most common skills needed for careers associated with this major:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Abilities for Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Majors

A major in floriculture/floristry operations and management will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

What Can You Do With a Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Major?

People with a floriculture/floristry operations and management degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	3.8%	$39,630

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management

Some degrees associated with floriculture/floristry operations and management may require an advanced degree, while others may not even require a bachelor’s in the field. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to floriculture/floristry operations and management have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	14.6%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	53.5%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	9.2%
Some College Courses	6.3%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	19.5%
Bachelor’s Degree	0.4%

Online Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	10	0
Certificate (2-4 Years)	0	0
Associate’s Degree	12	0
Bachelor’s Degree	1	1
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	0	0
Post-Master’s	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Floriculture/Floristry Operations and Management

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to floriculture/floristry operations and management.

Major	Number of Grads
Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations	2,034
L&scaping & Groundskeeping	916
Turf & Turfgrass Management	401
Plant Nursery Operations & Management	130
Ornamental Horticulture	127
Applied Horticulture/Horticultural Business Services, Other	109
Greenhouse Operations & Management	108
Urban and Community Horticulture	4
Public Horticulture	0

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
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