The Collar360

Botanist

Other names

garden intendant, director of horticulture learning and operations, horticulture manager, director of horticulture, garden manager, garden supervisor, garden overseer, director of science, head botanist, head gardener, botany manager

Life sciences and biology

They care for plants from around the world, often in a botanic garden, and study plants growing in the wild.

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    Look after many kinds of plants from around the world.

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    Care for plants, often in a botanic garden.

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    Do scientific studies of plants.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
botaniste
español
botánico/botánica
العربية
عالم نباتات / عالمة نباتات
português
Botânico/Botânica
Deutsch
Botaniker/Botanikerin
italiano
botanico

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