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Plant Nursery Worker - Jenny I often spent time gardening, first with my father & grandmother, then by myself. At the time I believed I would follow in my parents career of teaching. Opportunities: No lucky breaks, decided this was my career of choice and
searched for employment, getting a job on my previous work experience & merits.
Education: None of my education directly contributed to my career, excepting general communication and literary skills. I excelled in english, music & drama, past teachers are surprised at my career. Teachers & school always encouraged gaining varied experiences, but didn't direct to career. School work has never been helpful, bar basic maths. Training: Trained on the job.
Employment: My source of income led to my career, being that I worked first in retail for income and used that experience to tranfer to my career of choice. The only preparation for retirement I have is my employer contributed superannuation. I have typical tasks rather than days, I work with the public, and many people comment that it must be a happy job to have, it must be lovely working with plants. They often ask about plants or gardening rather than my job, but they do so because of my job. Development:
1. Scenario: You own a nursery and have
established that buyers want to see lots of colour in flowering plants all
year. You are to
work out a chart showing the types of flowering plants (at least 10
varieties) that you will display making sure that each flowering plant
overlaps with the next one to have a continuous display in the nursery.
2. While you need to have
introduced species of flowering plants you need to also have at least 30%
Native Flowering Plants; and, another 20% with distinctive foliage only.
There has to be 1000 plants on display at any one time.
3. The nursery is going
very well commercially, and sells around 600 plants per week. 90% of all
sales are from stock that you have propagated on the nursery site.
4.
You are to work out:
a. The flowering plants (introduced
species - not native] - when they flower and the number required. How many
can be propagated (how long does propagation take and when will the plants
be ready for sale).
b. The Native plants - both flowering and
distinctive foliage - when they flower and the number required.
c. The distinctive
foliage plants - the number required.
How many can be propagated (how long does
propagation take and when will the plants be ready for sale).
5. Develop a chart showing
the your plants and the months of the year, and, the number available and
required.
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