PROFESSIONAL knowledge
At the level of understanding:
1. Types of plant nursing techniques, materials, equipment and structures. Availability of plant nursing materials and equipment on the market.
2. Plant quarantine rules.
3. Supply of species and varieties, criteria for their selection, market demand for certain varieties.
4. Techniques and technologies available for plant nursing.
5. Sowing and planting methods and times. Mechanisation options for sowing and planting.
6. Plant morphology, criteria for evaluating parent plants.
7. Plant propagation methods and technologies.
8. Automation of propagation.
9. Plant-specific fertilisation methods and fertilisers.
10. Register of Plant Protection Products. Plant protection methods and techniques.
Environmental protection requirements when working with PPP.
11. Species-specific harmful organisms. Signs of a healthy plant.
12. Species-specific harmful organisms, methods and means of control. Publicly accessible harmful organism distribution databases.
13. Options for mechanisation and robotics.
14. Mechanisation options.
15. Uses of plants. Plant morphology.
16. Optimum conditions for overwintering plants.
17. Mechanisation of work.
18. Fundamentals of load ergonomics.
At the level of use:
1. Technologies for plant nursing, labour time required to carry out the work.
2. Technological cards, terms, designations for nursing plants.
3. Use of computers and computer software, information processing methods. Application of plant nursing techniques and equipment, technological processes, soil composition, principles of inventory.
4. Environmental requirements of plants, influence of agro-climatic conditions on planting, cultivation and development.
5. Consumption norms for materials, tools and equipment.
6. Properties of materials (pots, cassettes, substrates, mulches, coverings), their quality characteristics.
7. Factors affecting production: species, variety, planting and growing density, weather conditions, soil, fertilisation, plant protection products (PPP), agronomy.
8. At the level of understanding:
9. Application of plant nursing tools, machinery and equipment.
10. Requirements of regulatory acts for plant nursing.
11. Technical requirements for the presentation of documents.
12. Requirements for drawing up a technological card for the nursing of plants.
13. Stages of plant development, sequence of work, time and resource consumption norms. Measures, methods and timing of plant care and nursing.
14. Cleaning and disinfecting agents for covered areas and their applications.
15. Concept of acidity and basicity (hereafter pH) and salinity (hereafter EC) and their levels in relation to the specific crop to be grown.
16. Types of substrates suitable for plant nursing and principles for their preparation. Types of covered areas, their use, maintenance and repair. Types, use and maintenance of watering, fertilisation, shading and heating systems.
17. Types and applications of soil cover.
18. Principles of base preparation. Criteria for selecting watering systems and their use in fertigation. Types of plant shading and darkening systems and their role in plant development. Plant transport requirements and options.
19. Mechanisation and automation options.
20. Principles of direct sowing.
21. Types of substrates suitable for plant nursing and principles for their preparation.
22. Parent plant growing technologies. Types of propagating material and harvesting times.
23. Methods of storage and preparation of propagating material, conditions. Practical application of the chosen propagation technology. Criteria for selecting substrates. Plant propagation materials and tools and applications. Methods, equipment and possible uses of propagated material.
24. Conditions favourable to the development of new plants, opportunities for providing them. Process automation.
25. Principles of fertilisation plan formulation.
26. Regulatory requirements.
27. Nutrient requirements of species and varieties.
28. Harmful organisms specific to the plants being grown, their biological characteristics.
29. Percentage calculations (for PPP use planning).
30. Use of PPP application equipment. Practical application of the information on plant protection product labels and instructions.
31. Safety precautions when working with PPP.
32. Effect of abiotic factors on plant development.
33. Materials and equipment for limiting abiotic factors and their application.
34. Basic principles, methods and times of plant formation.
35. Offer and application of plant care techniques.
36. Types and applications of picking techniques, containers and tools. Applications of product labelling techniques, record keeping, product labelling requirements.
37. Types of packaging materials.
38. Types of vehicles for transporting products. Plant transport requirements. Phytosanitary requirements for the transport of plants.
39. Biological requirements of plants for successful overwintering.
40. Overwintering methods, criteria for their selection.
41. Disinfectants. Plant microclimate requirements during storage.
42. Plant storage requirements.
43. Physiological processes in plants during storage.
44. Microclimate effects on plant storage.

PROFESSIONAL skills
1. Plan the time and resources needed to carry out the work.
2. Organise the work according to the technological card.
3. Plan own work and the work of one’s subordinates.
4. Keep up to date with trends in the plant growing market.
5. Keep inventory and analyse existing resources.
6. Find and choose the right machinery, materials, equipment and buildings for the farm’s profile and capabilities.
7. Choose the most suitable plant species and varieties for the farm’s capabilities, agro-climatic conditions and market.
8. Choose the materials, tools and equipment needed to nurse plants.
9. Forecast production quantities.
10. Keep up to date with the supply and demand of species and varieties.
11. Keep up to date with the developments in plant nursing technology.
12. Develop a technological card for the plants to be grown.
13. Keep up to date with changes in agricultural legislation.
14. Maintain sector-specific documentation.
15. Purchase the materials, tools and equipment needed for plant nursing.
16. Clean and disinfect the covered area.
17. Prepare the soil and substrate.
18. Inspect and prepare the surface of covered areas.
19. Prepare and inspect equipment and facilities in covered areas.
20. Choose the type of landfill cover and equipment that suits the farm’s capabilities.
21. Organise the creation of a plant landfill.
22. Organise the transport of plants (from greenhouse to field, from field to field,
23. from field to the storage area).
24. Choose the most appropriate sowing and planting method.
25. Prepare or choose soil, substrate.
26. Carry out direct sowing.
27. Carry out planting.
28. Choose the most suitable parent plant species and varieties, according to the specificities of the farm and the cultivation technology.
29. Establish and maintain planting of parent plants.
30. Select the propagation technology.
31. Collect propagating material.
32. Store and prepare propagating material.
33. Choose the most appropriate method and equipment for growing the propagated material, according to the farm’s capabilities.
34. Grow and care for propagated material (young plants).
35. Maintain favourable conditions for the development of young plants.
36. Draw up a plant fertilisation plan.
37. Choose the most appropriate plant fertiliser and method.
38. Fertilise seedlings.
39. Develop a plant protection plan for the plants to be grown.
40. Survey the plants.
41. Use publicly available harmful organism monitoring data to prevent potential damage.
42. Recognise harmful organisms.
43. Choose the most appropriate plant protection product (PPP) and method.
44. Take measures to control harmful organisms.
45. Organise plant protection against abiotic factors.
46. Choose and use the right tools and equipment for the task.
47. Shape and support plants.
48. Water and fertilise plants.
49. Remove weeds from plants and stir the soil.
50. Arrange plants.
51. Shade and darken plants.
52. Assess the marketability of plants.
53. Assess the suitability of the product for the use intended.
54. Choose the right equipment, containers, tools for the plant picking type.
55. Choose and apply the appropriate type of labelling.
56. Prepare produce for transport to the point of sale.
57. Choose suitable means of transport for transporting plants.
58. Organise the loading and transport of plant products to the point of sale.
59. Ensure that the plants are stored in suitable conditions until marketed.
60. Choose the most appropriate overwintering methods.
61. Prepare plants for overwintering.
62. Provide optimal conditions for plants to overwinter in the nursery.
63. Prepare a storage room for the storage of plants.
64. Clean, disinfect rooms and containers.
65. Check the operation of the microclimate equipment.
66. Organise the working environment for maximum efficiency.
67. Arrange plants according to the type of produce and storage requirements.
68. Set storage modes.
69. Monitor the storage regime.

PROFESSIONAL competences
1. Ability to organise the process of plant nursing, keeping abreast of the latest market trends and growing technologies, selecting the necessary resources and the most suitable plant species and varieties.
2. Ability to draw up a technological card of plant nursing and keep records.
3. Ability to prepare covered areas for plant nursing.
4. Ability to choose the type of landfill cover and equipment appropriate to the farm’s capabilities and maintain the landfill.
5. Ability to sow and plant plants, choosing the most appropriate method.
6. Ability to select parent plants and propagate plants.
7. Ability to choose the right fertiliser and fertilise plants.
8. Ability to draw up a plant protection plan, select the most appropriate plant protection product and method and organise plant protection against abiotic factors.
9. Ability to carry out agro-technical measures independently on cultivated plants.
10. Ability to prepare seedlings for marketing and transport them to the point of sale.
11. Ability to prepare plants for overwintering and store them until marketing under optimum storage conditions.

1. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of notion:
1.1. irrigation and drainage systems;
1.2. types of covered areas and coverage;
1.3. support systems in the open fields and covered areas;
2. The KNOWLEDGE at the level nderstanding:
2.1. cultivating technologies in the biological, integrated, intensive and conventional gardening;
2.2. plant protection;
2.3. soil structure and characteristics, soil procession techniques;
2.4. agro-chemistry;
2.5. agro-ecology;
2.6. plant (including weeds) morphology, physiology, and ontogenesis;
2.7. knowledge of the assortment of the gardening plant species ;
2.8. seed quality indicators, knowledge of seed pre-treatment methods;
2.9. physiologically active substancesregulating the plant growth;
2.10. quality criteria for planting material;
2.11. botanical  distribution of flowers (annual flowers, wintergreens, medical wintergreens, houseplants);
2.12. soil (substrate), temperature, light and humidity interconnections;
2.13. knowledge of the plant fertilizer peculiarities;
2.14. harmful organisms in flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berry bushes;
2.15. the determined quality criteria for flowers or plants;
2.16. the features of plant nutrient element shortage and abundance;
2.17. mechanization possibilities in vegetable cultivation;
2.18. maturity degrees of plant products;
2.19. harvest quality and packing;
2.20. garden planning (infrastructure, protecting seedlings, variety locations);
2.21. pollination features of vegetables, fruits and berry bushes;
2.22. fruit and berry varieties, rootstock assortment, suitability for growing conditions;
2.23. planting material quality and category requirements;
2.24. laws and regulations in the field of gardening;
2.25. operating standards of equipment and tools;
2.26. work organization and planning, planning of staff and technical resources;  
2.27. basics of document management;
2.28. basics of communication  and conflict management;
2.29. professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.
3. The KNOWLEDGE at the level use:
3.1. plant names in Latin;
3.2. storage conditions of gardening materials;
3.3. principles of plant compatibility and crop rotation;
3.4. calculation of fertilizer norms and doses, calculation of the concentration in soil improvement;
3.5. methods of substrate preparation and soil improvement;
3.6. sowing types and times, seed insertion depth, seedling rate calculations;
3.7. plant multiplying techniques;
3.8. quality, sorting, packaging and labeling requirements for horticultural products;
3.9. annual flowers, wintergreens, medical wintergreens, houseplants cultivation methods;
3.10. forced flower cultivation technologies;
3.11. possibilities of limiting harmful organisms in plants;
3.12. specific method features of plant protection (agro-technical, preventive, mechanical, biological, chemical) in vegetable cultivation;
3.13. purchase, use, and storage of professional plant protection products;
3.14 plant cultivation methods and techniques in covered areas and open fields;
3.15. optimal harvest storage conditions and technologies;
3.16. soil processing methods in cultivation of plants, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berry bushes;
3.17. agro-technical methods in disadvantaged cultivating conditions;
3.18. methods to detect the readiness degree of fruits and berries;
3.19. maintenance and use of equipment and inventories used in the work;
3.20. area, volume, and mass calculations;
3.21. A and B category tractor driver license;
3.22. information technologies;
3.23. legal employment relations;
3.24. basics of economics and business;
3.25. accounting principles;
3.26. principles of professional and general ethics;
3.27. fire safety requirements, fire safety products and their uses;
3.28. labour protection (the requirements of labour protection laws and regulations, labour protection products and their uses, first aid);
3.29. chemical substances and absorbents;
3.30. waste sorting;
3.31. principles of energy efficiency and economical management;
3.32. environmental protection, environmental friendly technologies and materials;
3.33. official language;
3.34. one foreign language at the professional communication level.

1. To take soil samples and identify soil type, mechanical properties, and soil reactions.
2. To identify soil processing terminology and evaluate processing quality and degree of soil cultivation.
3. To calculate the necessary substrate preparation components and prepare them.
4. To evaluate the impact of agro-climatic and environmental factors, link the occurring processes in the plants and soil.
5. To choose the optimal plant density in the plantation.
6. To measure the planting area and calculate the necessary quantity of the seed material, seedlings, plants.
7. To prepare seeds and planting material and to choose the type and time of sowing and seeding.
8. To choose the optimal plant sowing or seedling depth, to perform sowing and planting according to the chosen plant and soil properties.
9. To recognize plants (including weeds), seeds, sprouts, seedlings at different development stages.  
10. To choose and use the necessary working tools, agricultural equipment and devices,  observe their maintenance requirements.
11. To choose types of watering systems according to the plant requirements and usage possibilities.
12. To evaluate the technical condition of the irrigation and drainage system.
13. To choose and use the most appropriate propagation method for plant sort according to the planting conditions and plant cultivating purposes.
14. To evaluate the quality of seeds, seedlings, sprouts, flowers, fruits, and berries.
15. To choose and use the most suitable technologies and regimes for cultivation of seedlings, flowers, fruits, and berry bushes.
16. To evaluate the results of soil and plant agro-chemical analysis.
17. To provide balance of nutrients in seeds, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berries, know and use fertilizers at the appropriate stages of plant development.
18. To calculate the concentration of fluid feeders and prepare them.
19. To evaluate the phytosanitary plant status, determine the necessity of the plant protection measures, use the plant protection products, regulate sprayers, control mist quality.
20. To plan plant rotation in the open fields and plant circulation in covered areas.
21. To evaluate suitability of the gardening plant assortment with the cultivating conditions.
22. To plan the plant flowering time by using appropriate technologies, force plant growing according to the planned realization time.
23. To evaluate the necessity of pollination.
24. To use plant and harvest care methods in disadvantaged growing conditions.
25. To compose technological maps for manufacturing of horticultural products.
26. To evaluate the soil readiness for processing, sowing, and planting.
27. To provide optimal harvest storage conditions and control harvest storage.
28. To choose rootstock and sort combinations according to the soil and agro-climatic conditions and cultivating technologies.  
29. To cultivate flower, vegetable seedlings, create fruit wreaths according to the cultivated culture and chosen crown type, maintain and build berry bushes.
30. To determine harvesting deadlines, organize and perform harvesting and tracking.
31. To organize one’s own work independently, analyse the work progress, take responsibility for the results or the own work.
32. To follow the latest farm production market trends, demand and prices (World Stock) and identify the actual trends.
33. To plan and develop work tasks within one’s competence.
34. To record and analyse the work results and economic indicators, plan the cash flow.
35. To perform the accounting record documents.
36. To use computer equipment and special software to perform the horticultural works.
37. To observe the standards of the legalemployment relations.
38. To observe the principles of professional and general ethics, act in non-standard situations and conflict situations.
39. To observe the requirements of the  environmental protection laws and regulations, use environmentally friendly technologies and materials.
40. To sort waste resulting from the work process.
41. To have good knowledge about storage of chemical substances, use chemical substance absorbents.
42. To meet the Requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations.
43. To observe the requirements of the fire safety laws and regulations.
44. To choose and use appropriate personal and collective labour protection products.
45. To provide the first aid.
46. To have a good command of the official language.
47. To have a good command of one foreign language at the professional communication level.
48. To use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language, use plant names in Latin.

1. Ability to follow the current events of the field and evaluate market trends, master assortment of plants, flowers, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits and berry bushes.  
2. Ability to evaluate agro-climatic conditions.  
3. Ability to understand agrochemical and physiological interrelationship in plants.
4. Ability to use liming products and fertilizers in accordance with particular soil characteristics.
5. Ability to plan and calculate the necessary number of plants, seeds and seedlings independently for the production needs, choose and perform appropriate seeding and planting measures by assessing their economic efficiency.
6. Ability to choose the method of plant propagation and perform plant propagation.
7. Ability to choose and use soil working machines, plant care and plant protection techniques according to the physical soil properties and requirements of flowers, plants, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits, and berries.
8. Ability to choose a variety of flowers, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits, and berries according to the farm specialization, production, and realization possibilities.
9. Ability to plan and regulate the plant development processes according to market demand.
10. Ability to identify harvest ripeness, choose the correct harvest technology at the correct time.
11. Ability to organize and perform high quality harvesting, record the harvest.
12. Ability to identify harvest storage conditions according to the planned sales terms.
13. Ability to choose and use agriculturalequipment, inventory and materials for manufacturing of gardening products.
14. Ability to plan, organize and perform work independently and in a team, take responsibility for the results of the work.
15. Ability to prepare product accounting and sales documents according to the requirements.
16. Ability to observe the energy efficiency and economic management principles in gardening product manufacturing process.
17. Ability to observe the standards of  legal employment relations.
18. Ability to observe the principles of professional and general ethics.
19. Ability to meet the requirements of the labour protection and fire safety laws and regulations.
20. Ability to observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations, use chemical substances and technologies without harming people or the environment.
21. Ability to use personal and collectiveprotection products according to the labour protection requirements and prepare the work place for safe work performance.
22. Ability to sort waste resulting from the work process.
23. Ability to provide the first aid.
24. Ability to use computers and specific software to perform professional activity.
25. Ability to communicate in the official language and one foreign language.
26. Ability to use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.