Careers In Horticulture

There's a whole crop of exciting careers out there for people in the horticulture industry. These days getting skilled for a career in horticulture is very flexible with a number of programmes available while you are employed, or you can choose to go fulltime. There are a variety of institutions around the country:

• Primary Industry Training Organisation for nursery Modern Apprenticeships and Training
  www.primaryito.ac.nz, Phone 0800 20 80 20
• ServiceIQ - Retail Training, www.serviceiq.org.nz, Phone 0800 863 693
• Massey University for Bachelor in Agricultural Science (Horticulture) and post graduate diplomas
  www.massey.ac.nz, Phone: 0800 62 77 39
• Plant & Food Research www.plantandfood.co.nz,
  Phone 09 925 7000
• Lincoln University for diplomas and degrees
  www.lincoln.ac.nz, Phone 0800 10 60 10

A range of programmes are offered by polytechnics, such as:

• Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay
  www.eit.ac.nz, Phone 0800 22 55348
• Northland Polytechnic - www.northland.ac.nz,
  Phone 0800 162 100
• Manukau Institute of Technology - www.manukau.ac.nz,
  Phone 0800 626 252
• Waikato Institute of Technology - www.wintec.ac.nz,
  Phone 0800 294 6832
• Nelson and Marlborough Institute of technology - www.nmit.ac.nz,
  Phone 0800 42 27 33
• Otago Polytechnic - www.op.ac.nz,
  Phone 0800 762 786
• Open Polytechnic - www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz,
  Phone 0508 65 02 00