The Intermediate Landscape and Parks Maintenance certificate program trains students to work as grounds or garden maintenance workers in a variety of settings, including public or private parks, golf courses, and commercial or residential gardens. The curriculum provides studies in basic horticulture, plant ID, and maintenance practices. These areas of emphasis can help a student gain employment in the field of landscape and parks maintenance with public works departments, landscape maintenance companies, parks and recreation departments, or to start their own landscape maintenance companies.<br>Program Learning Outcomes:<br>Students who complete the degree will be able to:<br>Design landscapes that provide basic human comfort and livability.<br>Design landscapes that respond to and support regional ecology.<br>Employ maintenance practices that minimize the use of gas power tools, source material regionally as available, and recycle or compost yard waste to minimize the dumping of green waste