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Floral Designers - 27-1023.00

O*NET-SOC Description

Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

  • Floral Designer
  • Florist
  • Flower Shop Laborer/Designer
  • Floral Artist

SOC Occupation Groups

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Conduct classes or demonstrations, or train other workers.
  • Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
  • Create and change in-store and window displays, designs, and looks to enhance a shop's image.
  • Decorate or supervise the decoration of buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.
  • Grow flowers for use in arrangements or for sale in shop.
  • Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
  • Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
  • Perform general cleaning duties in the store to ensure the shop is clean and tidy.
  • Perform office and retail service duties such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items and receiving payment.
  • Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
  • Select flora and foliage for arrangements, working with numerous combinations to synthesize and develop new creations.
  • Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
  • Unpack stock as it comes into the shop.
  • Water plants, and cut, condition, and clean flowers and foliage for storage.
  • Wrap and price completed arrangements.

Detailed Work Activities

  • advise clients or customers
  • apply field experience to classroom teaching
  • arrange floral offerings
  • arrange merchandise display
  • clean rooms or work areas
  • collect payment
  • conduct training for personnel
  • confer with client regarding type of arrangement desired
  • consult with customers concerning needs
  • create art from ideas
  • decorate using hand or power tools
  • demonstrate goods or services
  • design decorative displays
  • distinguish colors
  • estimate costs or price arrangements
  • fabricate craft or art objects
  • identify color or balance
  • maintain account records
  • make presentations
  • observe plants, flowers, shrubs or trees to ascertain condition
  • obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
  • order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
  • package goods for shipment or storage
  • prepare records of customer charges
  • price merchandise
  • provide customer service
  • receive customer orders
  • retrieve or place goods from/into storage
  • sell merchandise
  • stock or organize goods
  • use creativity to art or design work
  • use telephone communication techniques
  • wrap products

Military Crosswalk Titles

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Apprenticeship Crosswalk Titles

  • Floral Designer

DOT Crosswalk Titles

  • Artificial-Foliage Arranger
  • Floral Designer