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Plant vet?

  • 27-10-2012 11:07am
    #1
    SubBusted
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    Is there such a job as a plant vet? What is this area called and are there many employment opportunities? How would one train to work in that area? Do you need to do a botany/horticulture degree or are their other courses available for the plant equivalent of vetinary medicine?


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  • #2
    beardedmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭beardedmaster


    Horticulture or forestry would be the closest bet at my guess!


  • #3
    Conor94
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Conor94


    The closest thing I could find to a "plant vet" was an "Arborist".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arborist


  • #4
    Zer0
    Site Banned Posts: 71 ✭✭Zer0


    you want to be a plant vet? As in people who choose to keep plants as pets will come to you and ask why rover the rose isn't eating much or doesn't fetch much sunlight these days? I believe arborist is in other words a tree doctor/ plant doctor. Although horticulture may help?


  • #5
    phragmities
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭phragmities


    Tree surgeon you can do courses in tree surgery with out a degree in plant sciences horticulture botany or agriculture. But a general horticulture degree which includes courses in plant pests and pathogens, and carries information on nutritional disorders etc allows a more generalised education on the subject but also in other areas which may allow you to specialise later. Some of the ITs and universities offer qualifications in horticulture including CIT. If you wanted to become a tree surgeon (quiet specalised) there are courses on offer in the UK and possibly in Ireland but I havent heard of any.
    Hope this helps?


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