Profession botanist

Botanists are occupied with the maintenance of an range of plants from around the world, often in a botanic garden. They conduct scientific studies and travel in order to study plants growing in the wild. Botanists are responsible for the maintenance and development of the botanic garden.

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Personality Type

• Investigative / Realistic

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Knowledge

• Ecology

  The study of how organisms interact and their relation to the ambient environment.

• Corporate social responsibility

  The handling or managing of business processes in a responsible and ethical manner considering the economic responsibility towards shareholders as equally important as the responsibility towards environmental and social stakeholders.

• Botany

  The taxonomy or classification of plant life, phylogeny and evolution, anatomy and morphology, and physiology.

• Characteristics of plants

  The varieties, characteristics and structural and functional features of plants, depending on their habitat.

• Variety of botanicals

  Principles of botanicals with a primary focus in herbaceous and annual plants in raw form.

• Recreation activities

  The field and characteristics of recreational activities for customers.

• Biology

  Tissues, cells, and functions of plant and animal organisms and their interdependencies and interactions with each other and the environment.

• Evolution of economic forecasts

  The ecological and economical changes in society and the way these factors evolved during the past, present and future economic forecasts.

Skills

• Schedule recreation facilities

  Schedule the use of recreational facilities.

• Establish daily priorities

  Establish daily priorities for staff personnel. Effectively deal with multi-task workload.

• Advise on acquisitions

  Investigate acquisition options, compare them and give advice.

• Liaise with local authorities

  Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

• Manage staff

  Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.

• Manage supplies

  Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and synchronise supply with demand of production and customer.

• Set organisational policies

  Participate in setting organisational policies that cover issues such as participant eligibility, program requirements, and program benefits for the service users.

• Delegate activities

  Delegate activities and tasks to others according to the ability, level of preparation, competence and legal scope of practice. Make sure that people understand what they should do and when they should do it.

• Promote recreation activities

  Promote the implementation of recreation programs in a community, as well as recreation services provided by an organisation or institution.

• Manage logistics

  Create logistic framework for transporting goods to customers and for receiving returns, execute and follow up the logistics processes and guidelines.

• Develop recreation programmes

  Develop plans and policies which aim to provide the desired recreation activities to a target group or in a community.

• Collect biological data

  Collect biological specimens, record and summarise biological data for use in technical studies, developing environmental management plans and biological products.

• Monitor grounds maintenance

  Supervise ground operations, such as mulching, weeding, bush-hogging, sweeping all walk areas, removing snow, repairing fences, and picking up trash.

• Manage recreational facility

  Manage the daily operations of a cultural facility. Organise all activities and coordinate the different departments functioning within a cultural facility. Develop a plan of action and arrange the necessary funds.

• Represent the organisation

  Act as representative of the institution, company or organisation to the outside world.

• Supervise daily information operations

  Direct daily operations of different units. Coordinate program/project activities to assure the respect of costs and time.

• Manage operational budgets

  Prepare, monitor and adjust operational budgets together with the economical/administrative manager/professionals in the arts institute/unit/project.

• Follow company standards

  Lead and manage according to the organisation's code of conduct.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB