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    The Horticulture Technician Foundation Program is a 36-week, full-time program starting in April at Quesnel Careers with a tuition of $4,500. The program teaches students to become horticulture apprentices by learning plant identification and characteristics, propagation, arboriculture, turf maintenance, soil science, and equipment maintenance. Students must have completed Grade 10 with certain courses or equivalents and pass English and math achievement tests to be accepted on a first-qualified, first-accepted basis. The program covers topics such as plant identification, supervision, equipment safety, plant science, health, soils, and skills.

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    The Horticulture Technician Foundation Program is a 36-week, full-time program starting in April at Quesnel Careers with a tuition of $4,500. The program teaches students to become horticulture apprentices by learning plant identification and characteristics, propagation, arboriculture, turf maintenance, soil science, and equipment maintenance. Students must have completed Grade 10 with certain courses or equivalents and pass English and math achievement tests to be accepted on a first-qualified, first-accepted basis. The program covers topics such as plant identification, supervision, equipment safety, plant science, health, soils, and skills.

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    The Horticulture Technician Foundation Program is a 36-week, full-time program starting in April at Quesnel Careers with a tuition of $4,500. The program teaches students to become horticulture apprentices by learning plant identification and characteristics, propagation, arboriculture, turf maintenance, soil science, and equipment maintenance. Students must have completed Grade 10 with certain courses or equivalents and pass English and math achievement tests to be accepted on a first-qualified, first-accepted basis. The program covers topics such as plant identification, supervision, equipment safety, plant science, health, soils, and skills.

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    Horticulture Technician Foundation Program

    Full-time Starts: April Tuition: $4,500 36 weeks Quesnel Careers Learn to become a horticulture apprentice that meets industry standards. Youll learn how to explain and identify plant morphological characteristics, growing requirements, life cycles and adaptations as they apply to plant identication, plant propagation, aboriculture, and turf maintenance. Youll examine the internal anatomy of stems, roots and leaves as they relate to photosynthesis and respiration. Youll describe chemical characteristics of soil and soil-less media. Youll also learn how to practise safe horticultural skills and practise maintenance on one- and multiple-cylinder engines. Admissions requirements: 1. Successful completion of at least one of the following: Grade 10, with English 10, Mathematics 10 and Science 10 or equivalents ABE/CCP Intermediate Certicate GED Students who do not meet the above requirement, and think they may be admissible as a mature student should consult a CNC counsellor/advisor. 2. All applicants must write the English and Math Achievement Test, which includes math, English and mechanical reasoning. Acceptance process Youll be accepted to the program once youve met all the admission requirements. This is called rst-qualied, rst accepted. If you qualify after the programs full, youll be put on a waitlist. Program overview Topics include the following: Identication and use of plants Understanding effective supervision Equipment maintenance and safety Plant science as it applies to horticulture Plant health and pest management Managing soils Practicing horticulture skills You might also be interested in . . . Biology Natural Resources and Environmental Technology Northern Outdoor Recreation and Ecotourism Important dates Classes: TBA
    Revised: 10.08.11

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