A degree can be followed by post-graduate qualifications. An alternate qualification is the Bachelor's degree in Agriculture. Horticulturists may work in nurseries, private sports clubs, on fruit and vegetable farms, in market gardens, for local authorities, private estates and in national parks. They may work in a large multifunctional concern where there are many employees with separate jobs to do or in small family businesses where everyone does a bit of everything. It helps to develop an interest in plants early.
Growers employ casual labour in peak harvesting periods.
Some of the work is routine, although it tends to come in seasonal cycles with each job lasting a certain amount of time. There are craftsmen and women involved in preparation, planting, tending and harvesting work, while at a higher level there are technicians who may be supervisors of small units. Those with experience and qualification may move into management positions in agriculture and horticulture and their various support industries. Apart from practical cultivation there are some openings for teachers in Colleges and Universities or Departments of Agriculture and some for advisors for example in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries etc. and advising commercial growers throughout the country. There are opportunities to take up research positions.