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High School Career Planning Outline

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Career Pathways in: 
Career Focus:  
What is it? Focuses on producing plants for food or recreational or ornamental purposes
Salary Range: Floral Designers: $15k - $25k/yr, Groundskeepers:  $20k - $35k/yr, Crop Farmers and Agricultural Managers: $12k - $40k/yr, Nursery/Greenhouse Managers: $35k - $50k/yr, Agricultural Educators: $28k - $52k/yr, Agronomists, Botanists, Landscape Architects & Soil Scientists: $40k - $60k/yr

 

College and Career Planning

Job Titles

Certificate & Diploma Programs

Associate Degrees

Bachelor Degrees

 Graduate and Post Graduate Degrees

1.       Floral Designer

2.       Lawn Maintenance Worker

3.       Nursery/Greenhouse Worker

4.       Landscaper & Groundskeeper

5.       Greenhouse Manager

6.       Golf Course Superintendent

7.       Crop Farm/Agricultural Manager

8.       Landscape Architect

9.       Agricultural Educator

10.     Agronomist/Crop Scientist

11.     Botanist

12.     Integrated Pest Manager

13.     Entomologist

14.     Soil Scientist

NH Community Technical College – Concord

Landscape Design

 

Thompson School of Applied Science at UNH

Landscape Design Diploma
Thompson School of Applied Science at UNH

Horticultural Technology

-         Floral Design

-         Garden Center

-         Greenhouse

-         Landscape Design

-         Landscape Construction

-         Nursery

 

 

Dartmouth College

Earth Sciences

 

Plymouth State University

Geography  - Terrain Analysis Option

University of Massachusetts

Landscape Architecture

 

University of New Hampshire

Soil Science

Hydrology

Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences Teaching

Environmental Horticulture

Plant Biology

Harvard University

Landscape Architecture

 

University of New Hampshire

Earth Science

Education

Hydrology

Forestry

Soil Science

Plant Biology
NOTE:  The level to which an advanced degree is required will vary from one employer to the next and one position to the next.

High School Course Planning

 

9th Grade

10th Grade

11th Grade

12th Grade

     English

English 9

 

English 10

English 11

English 12 and or College Composition I*

Math

Algebra I

Geometry

Algebra II

Pre-Calculus or Calculus

Science

Introduction to Life Sciences or

Physical Science

Biology

Chemistry

 

Microbiology*

AP or College General Biology I*

AP or College General Chemistry I*

Physics

Social Students

World History

Government and or Ethics

United States History

Economics

Foreign Language

Foreign Language I

Foreign Language II

Foreign Language III

 

Technical Core

 

Biotechnology

Agricultural Mechanics

Agricultural Science

Biotechnology

Plant Science

Horticulture

Landscaping/Landscaping Design

Agricultural Science

Biotechnology

Plant Science

Floriculture

Landscaping/Landscape Design

Technology

IT & ME

Computer Applications

 

 

 

Electives

Consumer Science

Communications

Ethics & Society

Introduction to Business*

 

 

 

*College Credit Courses through NH Community Technical College Project Running Start Program

Note:  Check with your guidance counselor to identify the comparable courses offered at your high school or technical center.              

School to Career Connection

  • Informational Interview with a local employer

  • Industry Tour

  • Postsecondary laboratory tour

  • The National FFA

  • Paid or unpaid Internship

  • Project Based Learning

  • Community Service or Service Learning Project
NH Tech Prep September 2004  
       
Eastern Region Partnership, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA
Phone: (603) 433-1964         E-Mail Us