With the improvement of living standards, everyone's aesthetic taste has also improved. What is the hottest profession in the "aesthetic industry"? There is no one better than a flower gardener who has been working with flowers and plants for a long time.
In recent years, the trade volume of flowers in mainland China has been growing, and the market demand for professionals such as flower horticulturists is also very large. At the same time, with the strategic adjustment of the rural economic structure, the development of efficient agriculture and tourism agriculture gradually rise, the demand for professional and technical personnel engaged in seedlings, flowers, and bonsai cultivation is increasing year by year, and it is convenient to start a business independently, providing a broad entrepreneurial opportunity and development space for commercial flower professionals.
So, what is a flower horticulturist and what is the current development of the horticultural flower industry in the mainland? What are the prospects for a flower gardener? How do I apply for the Flower Gardener exam? Let's take a look with Xuenongjun.
1. What is a flower gardener?
To put it simply, a flower horticulturist is a highly skilled person with knowledge of flower production, design and marketing. They not only know how to grow and maintain flowers and plants, but also decorate flowers for marketing and selling.
The main tasks are:
1. Rake, rest and improve the garden soil of the flower bed, optimize the planting process, and improve the survival rate;
2. Build, maintain and manage greenhouses, flower rooms and other horticultural facilities to ensure that plants can grow in a suitable environment;
3. Carry out flower breeding, improved seed breeding, selection and rejuvenation;
4. Carry out sowing, seedling, potting, pruning and grafting;
5. Collect seeds and seedlings;
6. Maintenance tools, etc.
Second, the development of the horticultural and flower industry in the mainland
Horticultural flowers in mainland China have a history of more than 3,000 years and are currently the largest flower production base in the world. In 2021, the total planting area of flowers in mainland China will be about 7.83 million hectares, an increase of 4.96% year-on-year; The retail market reached 220.5 billion yuan, an increase of 17.5% over 2020. It is estimated that in 2031, the annual market consumption demand for flowers in mainland China will reach 500 billion yuan. It can be seen that the flower market still has room for rapid growth, and the advantages are obvious:
1. The land area is large, covering a variety of climate types. Natural conditions such as temperature, humidity, topography, soil quality, rainfall, and light vary greatly, providing a diversified basic environment for the growth of different varieties of flowers. Different flowers need different natural conditions to grow, and natural geographical features just provide such a basic environmental condition.
2. Ornamental horticultural flowers are rich and diverse. After the cultivation and improvement of horticulturists in successive dynasties, the quality resources of ornamental horticultural flowers and plants are quite abundant, and it is a precious resource bank of horticultural flowers in the world. According to incomplete statistics, there are tens of thousands of species of ornamental plants, which are the origin of many famous flowers in the world, such as plum blossoms, lilies, chrysanthemums, camellias, etc. Chrysanthemums, for example, have been cultivated over thousands of years to produce thousands of ornamental qualities.
3. The future market potential is huge. Due to historical reasons, in the past, flower consumption was more limited to the upper class of society and the intellectual class. With the development of social economy, the level of flower consumption of ordinary people is constantly improving, but the gap between the per capita flower consumption of Europe, America and Japan is still relatively large. Overall, the consumption of flowers in mainland China has a broad space for growth, and the future market potential is very large.
Although the flower industry in mainland China has obvious advantages, it also has many shortcomings:
1. There is scale but no benefit, and the professional procedure is low. In terms of planting area, the mainland has ranked first in the world, but it shows typical scattered characteristics, low degree of specialization, no competitiveness in the international market, almost no particularly well-known flower brands, and the international market share is very low, less than 5%. In terms of economic benefits, the flower industry is also in the extensive development stage, the added value of products is low, and the benefits are low.
2. The technical level is relatively backward. The mainland has invested a huge amount of manpower and material resources in flower planting, and more than 500 kinds of ornamental plants and flowers have been introduced in the past 30 years, which is quite an astonishing number. However, due to the relatively backward cultivation and management technology, the cultivation of many flowers cannot be formed on a large production scale. At present, compared with the advanced countries, the flower planting industry on the mainland is still relatively backward, mainly including the preservation of flowers, the prevention and control of pests and diseases, the way of cultivation, and the processing and transportation.
3. Lack of flower production standards leads to uncompetitiveness. The traditional mode of production occupies the mainstream, the domestic itself lacks effective industry standards for flower production, and the flower enterprises themselves do not know enough about the international flower information and technology, so that the flower industry can only be at the low end of the industrial chain for a long time, which can neither improve the overall quality nor increase the sales price, and basically has no way to enter the world's high-end market, resulting in the lack of overall competitiveness.
4. There is no awareness of intellectual property protection, which hinders exports. The world is paying more and more attention to intellectual property rights, and this is also true in the field of flower cultivation. According to the formal rules of the flower industry, customers who buy seedlings must pay a certain patent fee to the breeder, which is also conducive to the protection and development of the flower industry. However, because the mainland flowers are planted by self-employed and small enterprises, there is no strong sense of property rights, so little attention is paid to this aspect of the problem, resulting in the mainland can not grow and export the latest high-end flowers, and there is no export advantage.
To sum up, although the mainland is a garden flower power, but there are also many deficiencies in the development of the flower industry, which shows that the training of a group of professional flower horticulturists is the biggest demand in the current market, holding the "flower horticulturist vocational skills certificate" is the "pass" to enter the flower horticulture employment, and has also become a major flower and horticulture companies to compete for talents.
3. The development prospects of flower horticulturists
The development advantages of the flower industry show that the future market potential is huge, and the existing shortcomings also bring opportunities to professional talents such as flower horticulturists.
Flower horticulturist as a kind of horticulturist, engaged in a wide range of work, is a designer of beautifying the city, has a non-negligible role in urban greening, ecological livable projects, is an indispensable planner for many activities, and in daily life many young people and romantic middle-aged people also have a certain demand for flowers.
As a result, there is a growing demand for flower gardeners and a lack of professionals in the market. The national average monthly salary is about 7K, and the salary package increases greatly according to personal work experience and personal ability, and the upper limit is high. The profession of horticulturist can be said to confirm the old saying: "The older you are, the more valuable you are." "The monthly salary of a junior horticulturist is only about 1,000 yuan, while the monthly income of a senior horticulturist with systematic professional skills and certificates is more than 10,000 yuan.
So, what are the employment directions of flower horticulturists who have obtained the certificate?
1. Management or technical personnel of garden plant production enterprises such as flower and tree companies and greening nurseries;
2. Managers of flower companies, flower shops and other flower business enterprises, flower arrangers or flower gardeners;
3. Floral environment designer in hotels, hotels and other service industries;
4. Managers or technicians of parks, urban management, agriculture and forestry, and garden systems;
5. Other positions related to the major.
4. How to obtain a flower horticulturist certificate?
The Training Center of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has created a course of "Horticulturist (Advanced Floriculturalist)" for you, which can not only improve your professional skills, but also take the exam to obtain the professional skills certificate of flower horticulturist, so that you can go further and more steadily on the road of horticulture.
To apply for the certificate, pay attention to the WeChat public account [Special Operation Certificate Encyclopedia]