Career Opportunities

Nurseries
Garden Centers
Greenhouses
Floral shops
Groundskeeping and maintenance for golf courses, school districts and municipalities

Soil conservationists
Soil scientists for federal agencies
Environmental consultants
Soil regulatory specialists
Soil, plant, water and atmosphere relations (determining irrigation needs, working with biometerologists)
Construction site analysis (soil analysis, sediment mapping, classification, interpretation, sampling, etc.)
Analyzing and determining soil quality (working with farmers, conservation, erosion prevention and restoration, soil fertility, etc.)
Water quality (analyzing chemicals, water analysis)
Waste management (analysis and transformation of agricultural and environmental pollutants in the soil-water zone)

Orchard, greenhouse, or nursery management
Golf course or parks superintendent
Laboratory technician
Supervisor or demonstrator of chemical or technical products Inspector of agricultural products
Private businesses in irrigation equipment sales
Work abroad through government or philanthropic foundations to help solve world food, soil, and environmental problems
Garden center, seed, and chemical sales
Agricultural production
Owning or managing farm-related businesses
Consulting
Agricultural product sales
Government agencies

Genetic engineering
Agribusiness
Plant breeding
Research laboratories
Government agencies
Agriculturally oriented research companies
Chemical firms
Work abroad through government or philanthropic foundations to help solve world food, soil, and environmental problems
Academia

Climate scientist for:
- Consulting firms
- Environmental instrumentation firms
- Government research labs

Associate Certificate