Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations

Durée

1 335 heures · 10 mois

Diplôme

DEP

Unités

89

Code

5788

Offert à

2 endroits

Ce que tu vas apprendre

The Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program prepares students to practise the trade or occupation of plant-care worker. Plant-care workers work in a variety of settings: for public or private organizations that manage parks, green spaces, gardens and golf courses; for horticultural consulting firms; in specialized garden centres; in the horticultural department of department stores. Plant-care workers maintain parks and green spaces by producing, maintaining and propagating plants as well as installing flower beds, mass plantings, mosaics, containers and other floral displays. In horticulture, their work consists in preparing soils; seeding, planting and maintaining plants; and preparing and applying plant protection products. In the retail industry, plant-care workers are often referred to as sales consultants. Their work involves receiving merchandise and displaying living or inert horticultural products; maintaining outdoor and indoor plants; monitoring and maintaining designated sales areas (annuals, perennials, shrubs, etc.); analyzing and responding to customer inquiries by providing information; selling horticultural products or referring customers to specialists; and participating in general retail operations, such as inventory control, sales monitoring and customer needs analysis.

Le métier, en bref

Jardinier paysagiste Les jardinières-paysagistes et les jardiniers-paysagistes entretiennent des jardins, des arbres, des arbustes, des gazons ou des plantes d’intérieur. Ils vendent des végétaux et de l’équipement de jardinerie. Dans le cadre de leurs fonctions, ils peuvent avoir à concevoir et dessiner des plans d’aménagements paysagers. C’est un métier pour qui aime le plein air et possède une bonne endurance physique. Un emploi comme jardinier-paysagiste convient aux personnes actives, habiles de leurs mains, autonomes et minutieuses. Formation(s) connexe(s) Fleuristerie Réalisation d'aménagements paysagers Élagage Salaire moyen Jardinier paysagiste — 17,89 $ Appellation(s) d'emploi Concepteur-paysagiste/conceptrice-paysagiste Horticulteur/horticultrice Manoeuvre à l'entretien de terrains Ouvrier jardinier/ouvrière jardinière Ouvrier/ouvrière en horticulture Vendeur/vendeuse d'accessoires et de fournitures de jardin et de pelouse – commerce de détail

Ce que ça te prend pour entrer

To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements: Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor's degree OR Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning OR Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test (see the following table), or recognition of equivalent learning OR Persons who have obtained Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister are required to pursue general education courses, concurrently with their vocational training, in order to obtain the Secondary IV credits they lack in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister. Préalables fonctionnels A person who has reached the age of 18 can be admitted to a program of study leading to a Diploma of vocational studies (DVS) based on functional prerequisites. These prerequisites, in place for those aged at least 18 years at the start date declared for the vocational training program, are: successful completion of the general development test (GDT) and obtaining and passing the tests relative to the specific prerequisites in the language of instruction and mathematics, if applicable. This table indicates the new course codes for common core basic education (CCBE) and diversified basic education (DBE) required for the specific prerequisites in language of instruction and mathematics for the targeted program of study. In the cases where the new course codes for the CCBE and the DBE are in progressive implementation, the old codes are indicated in parenthesis and are still valid. The equivalent course codes in basic education in the youth sector are also indicated in the table. When a DVS does not require any specific prerequisites in language of instruction or in mathematics, a (-) will be displayed in the appropriate field. Please note that the functional prerequisites do not apply to attestation of vocational specialty (AVS) programs. Préalables spécifiques Langue d'enseignement Langue seconde Mathématique Adultes Jeunes Adultes Jeunes Adultes Jeunes ENG-3101-1 et ENG-3102-2 ou (ENG-3070-3) 632-306 ou (630-316) - - - -