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Download full textAlberta Advanced Education and Technology, 2011
The graduate of the Landscape Gardener apprenticeship program is a certified journeyperson who will be able: (1) apply the principles and processes of landscape design and construction; (2) construct and install landscape structures and other accessories of various materials; (3) estimate and handle orders of plant and related materials; (4) plan…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Course Descriptions, Botany
Oliver, Michael L. – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2008
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Gardening, Horticulture, Water, Associate Degrees
Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1970
Developed by a technical education specialist, this guide is designed to aid school administrators in planning and developing 2-year post-high school programs or evaluating existing programs in ornamental horticulture technology. In addition to general information on the program, contents include course outlines with examples of tests and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Guides, Floriculture, Landscaping
McMahon, Robert W. – 1992
This student manual provides a basic text for those preparing for greenhouse and floriculture work. At the beginning of each chapter, competencies are listed, along with related math and science concepts, and a list of "terms to know"; figures, tables, and photographs may be included. At the end of each chapter, a self-check can be made…
Descriptors: Floriculture, Greenhouses, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Skills
Geer, Barbra Farabough – 1981
This learning packet contains teaching suggestions and student learning materials for a course in basic horticulture aimed at preparing students for employment in a number of horticulture areas. The packet includes nine sections and twenty instructional units. Following the standard format established for Oklahoma vocational education materials in…
Descriptors: Horticulture, Learning Activities, Learning Modules, Nurseries (Horticulture)
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1988
This document contains the occupational duty/task lists for 9 occupations in the horticulture series. Each occupation is divided into a number of duties. A separate page for each duty in the occupation lists the tasks in that duty along with its code number and columns to indicate whether that particular duty has been taught and to provide space…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Employment Qualifications, Field Crops
Reneau, Fred; And Others – 1990
A curriculum for the jobs of specialty grower, plant propagator, and horticultural worker I and II is provided in this guide. It contains curriculum guidesheets for seven duties: performing administrative functions; preparing soil and growing media; propagating horticultural plants; growing plants; performing maintenance operations; harvesting…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Greenhouses, Job Performance, Landscaping
Richards, F. L. – 1971
Intended to suggest subject matter content of courses or programs in ornamental horticulture for high school and postsecondary vocational-technical programs, this curriculum guide was prepared by staff members of the Agricultural Education Department at the Pennsylvania State University, and tested in a workshop with vocational agriculture…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Curriculum Guides, High Schools, Landscaping
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. – 1980
An Illinois project developed competency-based curriculum guides for Gardening/Groundskeeping and Floriculture using the V-TECS (Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States) catalogues. The programs were designed to provide students at the senior high school and two-year college level with entry-level and higher job skills and to provide…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
Bell, Richard C.; Glazener, Dennis – 1980
Landforms, vegetation, water bodies, climate and solar radiation can be analyzed and used to design an energy-conserving landscape and horticulture operation. Accordingly, this course instructor's manual covers the use of the elements of the environment to make landscaping and nursery design and operation more energy-efficient. Five sections…
Descriptors: Energy, Energy Conservation, Environmental Education, Greenhouses
Reneau, Fred; And Others – 1988
This Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) criterion-referenced test item bank provides 325 multiple-choice items and 18 matching items for ornamental horticulture production occupations. Job titles covered are specialty grower, plant propagator, and horticultural worker I and II. The following information is provided in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Item Banks
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 1997
This document of skill standards for the greenhouse/nursery cluster serves as a guide to workforce preparation program providers in defining content for their programs and to employers to establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition. These 23 occupational skill standards describe what people should know and be able to do in an…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education
Petrick, Glenn H. – Agricultural Education, 1977
An instructor in the Horticulture Department of the Milwaukee Area Technical College describes their work experience program which simulates closely the occupational conditions of the horticulture industry. The new campus gives students practice in landscape skills and an internship program places students with suitable employers. (MF)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Internship Programs, Landscaping, Ornamental Horticulture
Boor, Mary Ann – 1994
This revised version of "Mathematics for Horticulture" was developed to meet the needs of educators faced with teaching a mathematics curriculum based on real-life applications. The manual includes a wide range of topics, some remedial in nature, but all very basic to success in the industry. The manual contains seven chapters that cover the…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
DIRKSEN, DENNIS A. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE (1) KINDS OF JOBS AND NUMBER OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE IN UTAH, (2) SKILLS AND INFORMATION NEEDED BY NURSERY WORKERS, (3) TRAINING PROGRAMS ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE NATION, (4) NEEDS OF GOLF COURSES, AND (5) THE USE OF DATA IN DEVELOPING A TRAINING PROGRAM. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE…
Descriptors: Age, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Employment Opportunities
