What you’d do
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
- Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.
- Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
Skills that matter
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
How to get there
Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one
Also called
- Floral Artist
- Floral Clerk
- Floral Studio Designer
- Florist
- Floral Business Owner
- Wedding Decorator
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