Program Title
Tree Care Specialist
TOPs Code
Horticulture (010900)
Projected Start Date
2018-08-27
Program Description
This one year Tree Care Specialist Certificate Program trains students to work in the following fields/jobs: Tree care specialist/worker with certification; ground worker; arborist; plant health care technician; utility arborist; sales and consulting; city, county or municipal forester. The curriculum provides a strong foundation in basic horticultural principles, plant biology and physiology, tree ID, and urban forestry concepts; industry standard skills and practices related to safe work practices, trees/shrub maintenance, such as pruning, planting, establishment; small equipment use, tree health care and tree risk assessment.
Enrollment Completer Projections
20.