
Tea Management
- Qualification: 12th Arts / 12th Arts + Maths / 12th Commerce / 12th Commerce + Maths / 12th PCM + B / 12th PCM / 12th PCB
- salary: Rs 3,00,000/year
Why Tea Management?
What could be better than tasting awesome teas and getting paid for it? Working as a tea sommelier can be high paying if you get the right opportunity. You can get a starting salary of Rs.50,000 per month in a five-star hotel. Sommelier tests the tea taste. Moreover, they advise tea companies on branding and quality improvements. They come with a good knowledge of cultivation and manufacturing.
What is work life in Tea Management?
There is a wide range of opportunities after doing diploma or master courses in tea management. Job opportunities in this field include:
- Tea tasting
- Research
- Plantation management
- Tea brokering
- Consulting
- Plantation
How do I become a tea manager?
Though basic education is usually enough for tea management careers, a degree in Agricultural Science, Botany, Food Sciences, or Horticulture and/or other allied fields does give an advantage. For marketing jobs, naturally, marketing degrees are preferred.
Personal Attributes-
- Love and interest in outdoor life.
- Physical fitness
- Leadership and communication qualities for dealing with laborers.
- Initiative taking
- Tea market sensitivity
- Topographic and geographic knowledge
Top colleges in India offering this course:-
1- Assam Agricultural University
2- Indian Institute of Plantation Management
3- Dipras Institute of Professional Studies
4- The Tea Research Association (TRA), Calcutta 5-?NITM, Darjeeling Tea Research and Management Association
Job Prospects-
Tea associations and the Tea Board of India are the primary job providers. Job opportunities in this field include:
- Tea tasting Research, like at the tea research association at Jorhat (Assam)
- Plantation management
- Tea brokering
- Consulting
- Plantation
- Processing
- Auctioning
- Branding
- Marketing
What do I as a Tea Manager Earn?
Trainees earn about Rs. 7,000 and senior professionals about Rs. 25,000 per month. Specialized professionals may earn up to 40,000- 50,000 per month.