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Certificate of Achievement in Nursery Technician

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Total Units: 18

Term 1

12 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	EH-20: Intro-Environ Horticult	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level III; English Level II; Math Level II Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 85.00 This course is an introduction to environmental horticulture including nursery operations, landscaping, turf management and arboriculture. Topics include basic botany, cultural practices, propagation, structures and layout, pest management, planting, transplanting, container gardening, houseplants, plant identification, turfgrass installation and care, and a broad survey of the 'Green Industry' and other career opportunities.
	EH-30: Irrigation Pract-Matl	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level II Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 85.00 This course is an introduction to the materials, equipment, installation procedures, operation and maintenance of landscape irrigation systems and their components.
	EH-70: Plant Propagation/Nursery Prac	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level IV; Math Level III Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 85.00 This course is an introduction to plant propagation and production practices with emphasis on nursery operations including sexual and asexual reproduction, planting, transplanting, fertilizing, plant pest and disease control; structures and site layout; preparation and use of propagating and planting mediums; use and maintenance of common tools and equipment; regulations pertaining to plant production. (C-ID AG-EH 116L).
	Required Core Choice (Select One)	3	To be successful in EH-23 or EH-24, department recommends that students have a knowledge base of plant science or plant physiology. EH-23 is taught Fall only. EH-24 is Spring only.
EH-23: Fall Plant Identification (3.00 units) EH-24: Spring Plant Identification (3.00 units)

Term 2

6 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.

	Course Name	Units	Notes
	EH-38: Greenhouse Production	3
Unit(s): 3.00 Recommended Prep: Reading Level IV; English Level III; Math Level III Transfer Status: CSU Contact Hours: 34.00 hours Lecture / 51.00 hours Lab Total Course Hours: 85.00 This course is a survey of the greenhouse industry. Emphasis will be placed on analysis, description, and operation of greenhouses and other forcing structures. The relationship of light, temperature, moisture, aeration, and humidity to plant growth will be described. Emphasis will be placed on potted plants grown for foliage or flowers, cut flowers and bedding plant production.
	Required Core Choice (Select One)	3	EH-26 is fall only.
EH-26: Landscape Plan-Design (3.00 units) EH-60: Principles of Pest Mgmt (3.00 units) EH-61: Plant Protection Materials (3.00 units) EH-62: Weed Science/Invasive Plants (3.00 units)