Source: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/spring/art03.pdf

Occupational Outlook Quarterly Spring 2005

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Individuals in this occupation design yards, golf courses, and commercial landscape.   They plan for the proper location of walkways, trees, and drainage. They create a detailed plan using computer aided design (CAD) software.  Given this information, what type of occupation is this?

If you are interested in raising plants in a greenhouse, retail work, grounds maintenance, installing gardens and applying pesticides what area of the Green Industry might you consider as a career?

• Greenhouse workers
• Grounds maintenance workers

If you are interested in working at a golf couse and maintaining the grounds, what career goal would you look at?

You might be interested in running your own business.  If you like to manage people and projects having to do with lawns and landscaping, what field might you be interested in?