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| Career in Tea Industry |
Large number of people's initiate their good day with a refreshing cup of tea. From morning to evening, we drink tea on a continuous basis. One can simply assume the demand of career opportunity in the tea industry. India, being the world's largest producer, exporter and consumer of tea, there is a for careers in this faculty. There are many career opportunities in tea Industries.
There are many different Careers that do not end with only having a tea garden but there are large amount of other opportunities connected with tea. As a whole, we can say the job in surrounded with tea is tea management. There are many other different choices such as research and development, tea brokers, tea tasters, etc. Working in the Tea industry contains plant work, processing, auctioning, branding, marketing and research.
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| Tea plant |
Assam is one of the largest producers of tea, there are ample demands for the youths of the Northeast to get connected with tea management. Apart from Assam, the best or good tea growing Field's are Darjeeling and Nilgiri hills.
For becoming a cultivator of tea planter, one does not required any specific qualification. It is very simple to come to the tea faculty but there are several classes that are very helpfulful for the entrepreneurs and others who want to get connected with tea management. With India being the leading producer of tea in the world, the demand for a career or jobs in this area is immense. Tea companies or tea gardens, Tea broking houses, tea associations and the Tea Board of India offer lucrative positions.
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| Jobs in tea Industry |
The Tea industry in India is one of the most popular industry in the world with over 13,000 gardens, and a total workforce of over two million people. And hence, there is highest scope for jobs or careers in the tea industry, which caters to a lucrative market internationally with the UK and US being the chief importers. Though it is not a very good known career option but a job in this industry can be interesting and lucrative as well.
About the industry-
The Industry required direct employment to over two million people in India. It is also a substantial foreign exchange earner and provides sizeable amount of revenue to the government. The total turnover of the Indian tea industry is Rs9000 crore. Presently, Indian tea industry is having 1692 registered tea manufacturers, 2200 registered tea exporters, 5548 number of registered tea buyers and nine tea auction centers.
Work area-
Work area in the tea industry includes plantation work, processing, auctioning, branding, marketing and research. Plantation work included nurturing tea plants. The work also included manufacturing soil, using fertilizers and supervising the prevailing situation and plucking of leaves. Processing work contains crushing, tearing and curling of leaves in the industries. Then the tea is closed and dispatched to auction centers. The samples of tea from several plantations are tested, blended and branded by the tea connoisseur in the auction centers. Tea brokers usually have a sound knowledge of market. So, they auction the tea and marketing personnel market the final product.
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| Work area for tea Industry |
Jobs-
In the tea industry, there are a many different types of jobs one can specialise in, within the tea industry. Tea tasting is one of the highly specialised areas of work. Research, plantation management, tea brokerage and consultancy are some of the other areas that can be specialized. One that can work as a factory manager. The work contains supervision of whole plantation work right from planting, plucking, processing to packing and transport of tea to auction houses. Freshers are given the position of assistants and with hands on experience they may get the job of manager. As a tea taster one has to differentiate between several taste of tea to classify the samples according to their quality. Another work area in the tea management is research. Research is an most important part of the industry. The Study is conducted by botanists, biotechnologists and other researchers. They study techniques of creating disease-resistant and high production types of tea.
The Tea Research Association at Jorhat, Assam is a premier organisation in the faculty of study. Scientists are mostly employed by research associations and tea plantation owners. One can also work as a tea broker. There are brokerage houses in the country where the brokers test the several tea samples that come from the many different types tea gardens.
Personal attributes-
Those who wish to become a part of tea industry should have interest and loving for the profession in this tea industry. The area is more suited for nature lovers. One must have knowledge about the tea market. The tea tasters required to have keen taste buds and should be inclined to keep smoking and drinking in check. Leadership qualities and the capacity to deal with labourers is an added application for plantation and factory managers.
Education -
Anybody with basic educational background can get into tea industry and pick up the skills needed for the job. However, a degree in agricultural science or a BSc in botany, food sciences, horticulture or allied fields suitable for these days. The minimum qualification needed to get admission in a training institute is class 10 or 12. These institutes learn about tea production to processing, finance, and sales where tea tasting forms part of the curriculum.
Remuneration-
The careers offers attractive perks and incentives connecting a suitable lifestyle. Beginning with Rs15,000 per month for trainees, senior professionals can draw up to Rs40,000-50,00 per month.
