Training–Horticulture|Garden Centre Operations|Québec métiers d'avenir

TRAINING
DESCRIPTION

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.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING TRAINING

École d'agriculture de Nicolet - CFP de la Riveraine
Nicolet, Centre-du-Québec
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DURATION : 0 Weeks
CLASSES START : August 07 2024
COSTS : 27 209,40 $*
* Please update your nationality in the general menu
* Costs are subject to change until the letter of admission is issued

Legend Welcoming services

Integrating into the community

— Practical tour of the city and help with initial purchases
— Contact with local aid organizations

Reception on arrival

— Reception at airport, bus terminal or train station

Integrating into the school system

— School tour and twinning with another student
— Monthly follow-up with the student

Integrating the family

— Referral to employment agencies for your spouse
— Help with child daycare or school registration
— Information on family social activities

General information and administrative follow-up

— Direct contact with a resource person
— Registration, information and provision of mandatory health insurance card
— Explanation of the Centre’s teaching techniques and operations

Accommodation

— Reserving temporary accommodation prior to arrival
— Help with finding permanent accommodation

Note: Services may vary slightly from one training centre to another.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

Acquire skills in pruning, fertilization, planting, photoprotection and plant production
Perform a multitude of practical work focused on the job
Discover the main plants available on the Quebec market, namely trees and shrubs; hardwoods and evergreens, annuals and perennials, native plants, edible aquatic plants, and more
Design landscaping plans
Ensure the satisfaction of visitors in garden centers.
Efficiently organise sales areas for horticultural and gardening products

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TRAINING CONTENT

Competency statement

HOURS

Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process  

Use outdoor pesticides

Analyze plants considering the principles of botany

Prune woody plants

To amend and fertilize soils

Plant and transplant plants

Solve problems related to the phytosanitary status of plants

Perform plant production work

Maintain edible plants

Perform summer maintenance of a garden

Perform autumn maintenance of a garden

Perform spring maintenance of a garden

Interpret plans and quotes

Use pesticides in sheltered crops

Find information on horticulture

Maintain houseplants and flowering pots

Communicate in the workplace

Design the layout of a garden

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Maintain horticultural machinery, equipment and tools

Implant and maintain lawns

Develop sales spaces and warehousing spaces

Sell horticultural products and equipment

Use job search methods

Enter the work force

Prevent damage to health, safety and physical integrity on construction sites

Horticulture and garden center operations