In Canada, where almost three quarters of Canadian households have a lawn or garden, large retailers sold over $2 billion worth of landscaping products, equipment and plants in 2006. Earn a living with your green thumb and construction skills in a range of such growth industries as design, horticulture, construction, maintenance, irrigation, lighting and lawn care. A complete list of job opportunities, career positions, and salaries is available at horttrades.com.
This intensive program stresses practical skills through applied study in the Humber construction laboratory and the Humber Arboretum. The in-college component of the program coincides with the typical slowdown in the industry from November through March.
Note: All students entering this program must have received a tetanus injection or booster shot within the last 19 years.
Refer to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) at humber.ca/faq for up-to-date information.
Humber is proud to partner with Landscape Ontario, which has 2,000 member firms, many of which are looking to support apprenticeship training. These firms provide speakers for various classes and provide students with industry experience and knowledge.
Graduates receive a Certificate of Apprenticeship from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Non-academic admission criteria may also be required.
Note: This trade is regulated by the Apprenticeship and Certification Act.
Applicants are required to register through their local Apprenticeship Branch Office of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU).
The Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) is now in place in some Ontario school boards. It allows students to complete high school while working part-time as a registered apprentice. Contact your guidance counsellor or technical director for more information.
The 2009/2010 fee for this program is
- Basic - domestic $400
- Advanced - domestic $600.
For further information, refer to Fees and Financial Assistance in this publication.
Trainees will need work clothes appropriate for outside use; gloves; CSA-approved, green patch safety boots; hardhat; and a pair of secateurs.
| Basic Session (31 hours/week) | Credits |
| HCAP 110 | Plant Identification 1 | 3 |
| HCAP 116 | Pest Control | 6 |
| HCAP 119 | Turf Management 1 | 2 |
| HCAP 120 | Plant Science | 2 |
| HCAP 121 | Landscape Construction 1 | 4 |
| HCAP 123 | Landscape Equipment Maintenance | 2 |
| HCAP 126 | Workplace Safety | 2 |
| HCAP 127 | Plant Materials 1 | 3 |
| HCAP 152 | Trade Calculations | 4 |
| HCAP 161 | Workplace Communications | 2 |
| HCAP 330 | First Aid | 1 |
| Advanced Session (30 hours/week) | Credits |
| HCAP 318 | Irrigation | 2 |
| HCAP 324 | Landscape Construction 2 | 7 |
| HCAP 331 | Plant Identification 2 | 3 |
| HCAP 332 | Plant Materials 2 | 2 |
| HCAP 333 | Turf Management 2 | 3 |
| HCAP 334 | Plant Propagation | 4 |
| HCAP 335 | Plant Production | 4 |
| HCAP 336 | Site Layout and Grading | 2 |
| HCAP 337 | Plan Reading and Quantity Takeoff | 2 |
Humber also offers the Landscape Technician Diploma 01521. Laddering possibilities also exist for successful apprenticeship graduates to obtain diploma credits toward their college diploma.
416.675.6622 ext. 4392
apprenticeship@humber.ca
appliedtechnology.humber.ca
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