What You'll Do

  • 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.

Essential Skills

Active Listening 4.0/5
Speaking 3.88/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.38/5
Service Orientation 3.38/5
Critical Thinking 3.25/5
Time Management 3.25/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.12/5
Active Learning 3.0/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Operations Analysis 3.0/5
Reading Comprehension 2.88/5
Coordination 2.88/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Artist: Creating original work and expressing ideas feels natural.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Attention to Detail, Dependability, Innovation, Social Orientation, Cooperation

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 4.0/5
Oral Expression 4.0/5
Visualization 3.88/5
Originality 3.62/5
Near Vision 3.62/5
Visual Color Discrimination 3.62/5
Speech Clarity 3.62/5
Category Flexibility 3.5/5

Technologies & Tools

Facebook Inventory tracking software Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Point of sale POS software Supply ordering software Timekeeping software Transaction accounting software Web browser software Word processing software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.43/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.37/5)
  • Innovation (High importance: 4.31/5)
  • Social Orientation (High importance: 4.31/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.23/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Artificial Foliage Arranger Corsage Maker Design Maker Designer Floral Arranger Floral Artist Floral Assistant Floral Clerk Floral Decorator Floral Department Specialist Floral Designer Floral Designer Salesperson Floral Specialist Florist Florist Assistant Florist Designer Florist's Decorator Flower Arranger Flower Designer Wedding Decorator Wedding Florist

Career Fit FAQs

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

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