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Horticultural Trades
Horticultural trades workers intensively cultivate vegetables, plants, fruit, shrubs, trees and flowers in greenhouses, market gardens, nurseries and orchards.
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£25,454
Average salary
New workers start around £12,667.03. Normal pay is £25,454 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £40,071.83.
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Annual Openings
Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons in Cornwall, and do<br /> not distinguish between full and part-time jobs.
Daily Tasks
- Supports trees by staking and wiring.
- Prunes and thins trees and shrubs.
- Propagates plants by taking cuttings and by grafting and budding, applies weed-killer, fungicide and insecticide to control pests and diseases.
- Sows seeds and bulbs and transplants seedlings.
- Mixes soil, composts, fertilisers and/or organic matter and spreads fertiliser and manure.
- Prepares soil in field, bed or pot by hand or machine.
Skills Employers Are Looking For
The number of unique job postings in your area that have listed this skill in the last year.
Skills
Job postings
Monitoring
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Writing
55
Active Learning
54
Reading Comprehension
54
Active Listening
54
Critical Thinking
52
Mathematics
52
Speaking
50
Science
45
Learning Strategies
45
