Floral Designers
Tasks Include:
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- 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.
- Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: -7.9%
National: -20.9%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Median Earnings:
National
$33,160.00
State
$31,910.00
Regional
Floral Designers
Description
Career Cluster: | Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications |
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
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Floral Designers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 75.78%
- Some College Courses = 11.17%
- Bachelor's Degree = 7.91%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 3.34%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 0.90%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) = 0.90%
Related Work Experience
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 20.67%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 17.33%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.17%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 11.17%
- Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years = 11.17%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 10.59%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.11%
- None = 7.89%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.90%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Up to and including 1 month = 32.80%
- None = 19.06%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 13.14%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 12.34%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 11.48%
- Over 10 years = 11.17%
On-the-Job Training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 27.72%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 22.67%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 19.31%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 18.22%
- Over 10 years = 11.17%
- None or short demonstration = 0.90%
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Floral Designers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- 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.
- Order and purchase flowers and supplies from wholesalers and growers.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
- Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
- Decorate, or supervise the decoration of, buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.
- Perform general cleaning duties in the store to ensure the shop is clean and tidy.
- Unpack stock as it comes into the shop.
- Create and change in-store and window displays, designs, and looks to enhance a shop's image.
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Conduct classes or demonstrations, or train other workers.
- Grow flowers for use in arrangements or for sale in shop.
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Floral Designers
Additional Resources
For general information about art and design and a list of accredited college-level programs, contact:
National Association of Schools of Art and Design
11250 Roger Bacon Dr.
Suite 21
Reston, VA 20190
http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/
For information on industrial design careers and a list of academic programs in industrial design, write to:
Industrial Designers Society of America
1142 Walker Rd.
Great Falls, VA 22066
http://www.idsa.org
For information about graphic design careers, contact:
American Institute of Graphic Arts
164 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10010
http://www.aiga.org
For information on degree, continuing education, and licensure programs in interior design and interior design research, contact:
American Society for Interior Designers
608 Massachusetts Ave. NE.
Washington, DC 20002-6006
http://www.asid.org
For information on degree, continuing education, and licensure programs, and general information on the interior design profession, contact:
International Interior Design Association
997 Merchandise Mart
Chicago, IL 60654
http://www.iida.org
For a list of schools with accredited programs in interior design, contact:
Foundation for Interior Design Education Research
146 Monroe Center NW.
Suite 1318
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
http://www.fider.org
For information about careers in floral design, contact:
Society of American Florists
1601 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
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Floral Designers
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
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76.75 | Customer and Personal Service | 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. |
63.75 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
61.75 | Sales and Marketing | 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. |
60.25 | Design | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
59.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Skills
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Active Listening | 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. |
72.00 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
59.50 | Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
56.25 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
56.25 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
53.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
50.00 | Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
50.00 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
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75.00 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
75.00 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
72.00 | Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
65.50 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
65.50 | Originality | 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. |
65.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
65.50 | Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
62.50 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
59.50 | Fluency of Ideas | 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). |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
56.25 | Information Ordering | 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). |
53.00 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
53.00 | Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
53.00 | Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
53.00 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
53.00 | Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. |
53.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
50.00 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
50.00 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Floral Designers
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
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76.25 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
71.75 | Thinking Creatively | Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions. |
68.75 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
67.00 | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public | Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. |
63.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
62.75 | Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
60.50 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
60.25 | Handling and Moving Objects | Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things. |
59.75 | Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information | Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity. |
57.00 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
56.75 | Monitoring and Controlling Resources | Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money. |
54.50 | Performing General Physical Activities | Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials. |
54.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
52.75 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
52.00 | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others | Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. |
50.25 | Working with Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
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Floral Designers
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
85.25 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
82.25 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
80.50 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
77.75 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
76.25 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
71.75 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
71.50 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
70.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
70.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
68.75 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
65.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
63.00 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
63.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
62.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
60.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
56.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
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Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Achievement | Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement. |
61.17 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
61.17 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
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97.40 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
96.00 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
94.80 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
91.80 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
90.60 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
90.60 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
88.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
84.60 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
84.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
84.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
83.80 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
82.60 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
82.60 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
79.80 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
78.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
76.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
74.40 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
68.00 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
67.80 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
67.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
65.60 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
63.20 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
62.00 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
59.40 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
57.60 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
57.00 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
55.80 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
55.20 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
54.20 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
54.20 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
50.80 | Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings | How often does this job require exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings? |
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Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $23,540.00 | $33,160.00 | $37,770.00 |
Virginia | $24,380.00 | $31,910.00 | $36,730.00 |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | $28,307.75 | $35,377.42 | $38,899.80 |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $27,085.52 | $30,815.58 | $37,871.75 |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | $24,695.04 | $30,935.00 | $32,906.99 |
Greater Peninsula | $27,821.77 | $31,662.94 | $35,770.99 |
Hampton Roads | $28,486.37 | $30,975.50 | $36,992.19 |
New River/Mt. Rogers | $24,776.04 | $30,376.32 | $33,240.32 |
Northern Virginia | $32,467.73 | $38,532.19 | $43,399.34 |
Piedmont Workforce | $29,139.54 | $34,896.63 | $39,692.12 |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | $23,870.52 | $24,761.50 | $32,703.45 |
Southwestern Virginia | $23,973.32 | $29,871.64 | $33,831.19 |
West Piedmont | $25,219.45 | $31,798.98 | $35,138.58 |
Western Virginia | $25,757.36 | $30,810.38 | $33,279.78 |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
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Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 44,400 | 35,100 | -20.9% |
Virginia | 1,013 | 933 | -7.9% |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | 194 | 174 | -10.3% |
Hampton Roads | 149 | 124 | -16.8% |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | 240 | 206 | -14.2% |
Piedmont Workforce | 152 | 111 | -27.0% |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Titles
- Artificial Foliage Arranger
- Corsage Maker
- Design Maker
- Floral Arranger
- Floral Artist
- Floral Decorator
- Floral Designer
- Floral Designer Salesperson
- Florist
- Florist Designer
- Florist's Decorator
- Flower Arranger
- Flower Shop Laborer/Designer
- Spray Maker
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