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Acquire the skills required to have a successful career in the Horticulture and Garden Centre trades
Graduates from this dynamic and exciting program learn the following:
• Principles of botany
• Principles of soils, amendments and fertilizer use
• Interior plants, edible and ornamental plants
• Propagation, production and growing of plants
• Seasonal maintenance of plants and gardens
• Pruning, planting and transplanting techniques
• Plant health and pesticide use
• Interpretation of landscape plans and specifications
• Landscape design
• Maintenance and operation of machinery and equipment
• Installation and maintenance of lawns
• Garden centre operations and sales
• Greenhouse operations
• Health and safety in the workplace
Register now to secure a spot in our program!• Possibility of bus transportation available to students in the valley• A Loans and Bursaries Program is available for qualified applicants• Emploi-Québec benefits may be extended by returning to school• Program subsidized by the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec• Open to all legal residents of Québec over 16 years of age as of June 30 of current year
FEES: Tuition is free – except for a nominal fee each semester, as well as books, materialsand/or tools.
For more information, you are just a call, visit or click away!
Call Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre at 450-264-9276www.huntingdoncentre.com
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This program will be offered at:• Huntingdon Adult Education and Community Centre
The Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations programprepares students to work as horticulturists for public orprivate organizations that may lead to a job in:
• Park management, maintaining green spaces, gardens and golfcourses, propagating plants as well as installing flower beds, massplantings, mosaics, containers and other floral displays. This work alsoconsists of preparing soils; seeding, planting, preparing and applyingplant protection products.
• This course may also lead you to work with horticultural consulting firmsor in specialized garden centres. In the retail industry, it involves workingas sales consultants; maintaining outdoor and indoor plants; monitoringand maintaining designated sales areas (annuals, perennials, shrubs,etc.); selling horticultural products or referring customers to specialists;and participating in general retail operations, such as inventory control,sales monitoring and customer needs analysis.
DIPLÔME D’ÉTUDES PROFESSIONNELLES (DEP)
Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations .........1335 hours 89 credits
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