Sunday, January 26, 2014

When You Are A Plant Care Consultant

By George Dodson


Plant care specialist generally employed in different states, cities even in landscape companies as a plant protector. As a plant care specialist you should look after all the plants and save them from different diseases and pest. This job also includes landscape designing and maintaining.

Education quality

For this job it is not must for you to get higher education in any subject, but you should have a knowledge of common disease pests and nomenclature of tree. A university degree can boost up your knowledge in this field. You will get all the degrees in agriculture and forestry department. Some plant care specialist who drives on the long road should have a CDL license.

Necessary proficiency

You should be addicted nature for this job. When you are working as a tree care specialist; it is must for you to know about the planting system and lawn maintaining system. You should be fit enough to bear the high weight like large tree or laying sod. You have to know the use of power tools, ladder and ropes for accomplishing your work. Take time and analysis on the occurring problems. Then you can go for solution. Do not forget that it is a team work. You should become helpful enough to your team members and should have a tendency to follow the orders. You should be an excellent communicator and should have a level head. Again, you should comfortable under pressure.

Your work

A plant care specialist spent most of his time at outdoors. His duty includes carrying heavy sods, plant new seedlings and maintaining the existing. You may have to work everyday or once in a week. Pruning the higher branches of trees. Identify the diseases and pest affected trees. You have to brace the breaking branches with a stronger one and repair them. You should give fertilizer the tree when need. Your responsibility includes the calculating of the monetary value of trees. Your responsibilities includes financial planning.

You should be able to hold seminar in school and community level. You may have to work randomly both inside and outside. Your main task is to scrutinize the trees regularly, identify their problems and take effective measures to minimize the problem. You can accomplish these operations by pruning or trimming. For this you have to climb up trees. As a tree care specialist you are bound to work both in indoor and outdoor. Your indoor work includes some administrative duties.

Tree care specialist use powerful and dangerous machines and chemicals. They also like to lift twist and climb on trees. It is a team work. They work in two or more teams at a time.




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