Sustainable Landscape Certificate

Students completing this certificate program will learn skills to prepare them for crew leadership roles within the landscape industry. The certificate allows students to complete a nine-unit core of courses and then choose between two options: a general landscape track or an arborist track. Skills required for exam preparation for industry-recognized credentials leading to irrigation, tree care, or landscape maintenance certification are embedded in the course work. The landscape industry is a fifty-eight billion dollar industry with job opportunities in landscape maintenance, urban forestry, irrigation management,landscape construction, and restoration

Certificate completers are projected to be 15 to 20 students per year.  Industry credentials are embedded within each course so industry certification completers maybe greater.

At the completion of this program students should be able to:

 1. Demonstrate the skills required to successfully pass the California Landscape Contractors Assoc.  Certified Landscape Technician Exam.

2. Properly identify and prune a provided set of trees.

 3. Troubleshoot and repair an irrigation system and demonstrate skills and knowledge to pass the Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper certification.

Core Courses:

AGEH 10 Plant Identification and Usage    3 units

AGEH 33 Environmental Horticulture         3 units

AGEH 38 Landscape and Turf Management 3 units

Complete one of the following options:

General Landscape Option:

AGEH 31 Landscape Irrigation 3units

AGEH 94 Horticulture Worksite Learning 1unit

AGEH 52 Landscape Construction 3units

Arborist Option:

AGEH 26 Integrated Pest Management in Environmental Horticulture 3units

AGEH 94 Horticulture Worksite Learning 1unit

AGEH 50 Introduction to Tree Care and Urban Forestry 3units

Total Units 16 for Certificate