Training – Landscaping Operations | Québec métiers d'avenir

TRAINING
DESCRIPTION

The Landscaping Operations program prepares students to start a new career in the landscaping field. Landscapers work on gardens and maintain and beautify residential and commercial grounds. This program will prepare you to build wooden and stone structures and install concrete features such as walkways and patios. A nature lover’s dream, training in Landscaping Operations will prepare you for a career in the great outdoors!

Duration : 1 035 Hours

IMPORTANT: This training program is eligible for the PGWP according to the current IRCC list.
NOTE: This list may change with the scheduled update in 2026.

academic
prerequisites

SCHOLARITY LEVEL : Quebec's Secondary 4th (France's Second) or equivalent
LANGUAGE LEVEL :
The level of language required varies according to the training center chosen.

* The validation of your eligibility will be confirmed by our admissions department once your application has been completed.

JOB
PROSPECTS

Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services

Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists

Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers

Nursery and greenhouse workers

Visit Emploi-Québec to learn more about these opportunities.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

Acquire skills related to the landscaping
Develop versatility and create layouts
Design development plans
Carry out landscaping and grounds maintenance
Build wooden structures (benches, arbours, pergolas)
Build stone structures (stone walls, rock gardens)
Install concrete features such as walkways and patios
Work with inert and living materials such as flowers, trees and shrubs

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Horticulture and garden center operations + Landscaping operations (view)
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TRAINING CONTENT

Competency statement

HOURS

Determine their suitability for the trade and the training process

Use pesticides outdoors

Maintain horticultural tools, equipment and machinery and operate machinery

Take measurements and make estimates

Interpret plans, specifications and technical documentation

Communicate in the workplace

Differentiate plants

Landscape a site

Maintain grounds

105

Install irrigation and lighting systems

Build concrete structures

Build mortarless structures using stone and concrete products

120

Build mortared stone structures

Build wooden structures

105

Use job search techniques

Build and maintain a water and a rock garden

Produce a sketch for a residential landscape design

Enter the workforce

Ensure health, safety and physical well-being on construction sites

Landscaping operations

Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services

Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists

Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers

Nursery and greenhouse workers