Staff role
Floral Designer
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Floral Artist; Floral Business Owner; Floral Clerk; Floral Studio Designer; Florist; Wedding Decorator
Tasks
- Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, using knowledge of design and properties of materials, or select appropriate standard design pattern.
- Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items, using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials.
- Confer with clients regarding price and type of arrangement desired and the date, time, and place of delivery.
- Perform office and retail service duties, such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware items, and receiving payment.
- Wrap and price completed arrangements.
- Deliver arrangements to customers, or oversee employees responsible for deliveries.
- 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.
- Perform general cleaning duties in the store to ensure the shop is clean and tidy.
- Decorate, or supervise the decoration of, buildings, halls, churches, or other facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions.
- Inform customers about the care, maintenance, and handling of various flowers and foliage, indoor plants, and other items.
- 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.
- Conduct classes or demonstrations, or train other workers.
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- Production and Processing
- English Language
- Sales and Marketing
- Design
- Administrative
- Mathematics
Skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Visualization
- Originality
- Near Vision
- Visual Color Discrimination
- Speech Clarity
- Category Flexibility
- Fluency of Ideas
- Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Manual Dexterity
- Speech Recognition
- Written Comprehension
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Selective Attention
- Finger Dexterity
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