Program Outcomes
Certificate of Achievement
Description
Students who complete this program will gain fundamental knowledge in business aspects, including contracts, time management, as well as soft skills that are critical for successful horticulture and landscape services. Students will have opportunities to apply their understanding of effective and efficient business functions to maintain and expand the business with a focus on being sustainable in horticulture and landscape design, construction and maintenance. Graduates with these skills can gain entry-level employment or start their own businesses in horticulture and landscape professions.
All professions in horticulture and landscape design industries need many different levels of business management, including projects, time, human resources and assets. Also, being able to prepare and manage legal and financial tasks, such as, cost estimates and budgets, schedules, proposals and contracts, is critical for sustaining the business. Some examples of jobs may be Office managers, Cost estimators, Team leaders, Construction supervisors, Maintenance schedulers, etc.
