Floral Designers
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
At a Glance
Floral Designers earns a median of $36,120/yr with -5.9% projected growth. Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent. Top skills: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Facebook.
$36,120/yr
-5.9%
5
High school diploma or equivalent
Skills & Requirements
Skills (6)
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Knowledge (5)
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Abilities (11)
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Technology (6)
Work Activities (11)
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
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