Various Formats

Grounds Horticulture/Forestry Lead: Job Skills Training

Description:

As a new Grounds-Horticulture Forestry Specialist Lead, you will also learn about role-specific skills and tasks. Each year, you will also do refresher training with the Forestry crew, to prep for the upcoming season.

A few examples include:

SPRING

  • Bed clean-up
  • Bed treatment

SUMMER

  • Planting/watering
  • Mulching

FALL

  • Leaf clean-up
  • Hedging

WINTER

  • Pruning
  • Snow removal

Forestry Lead Workers also

  • coordinate, organize, and lead large mulching projects.  You will learn more about this project management from your Supervisor.
  • work closely with Supervisors, on in-field training, including modeling proper techniques, sharing knowledge, and giving feedback.  You can take a Train the Trainer course to enhance your skills to be an effective trainer for your crew.
Register:

No registration needed for your internal job skills training.

Your supervisor and/or Lead will schedule you.

Grounds Horticulture/Forestry: Job Skills Training

Description:

All Grounds employees learn how to plant trees, prune shrubs, spray weeds, and other all- staff job tasks. Everyone has annual refresher training, to prep for upcoming seasons. Training opportunities include in-person equipment training with your Grounds Technical Trainer on staff.

A few examples include:

SPRING

  • Bed clean-up
  • Bed treatment

SUMMER

  • Planting/watering
  • Mulching

FALL

  • Leaf clean-up
  • Hedging

WINTER

  • Pruning
  • Snow removal
Audience

Grounds-Horticulture Forestry Specialists and Leads

Register:

No registration needed for your internal job skills training.

Your Supervisor and/or Lead Worker will schedule with you.

Grounds Horticulture Job Skills Training

Description:

All Grounds employees learn how to plant trees, prune shrubs, spray weeds, and other all- staff job tasks. Everyone has annual refresher training, to prep for upcoming seasons. Training opportunities include in-person equipment training with your Grounds Technical Trainer on staff.

As a new Grounds-Horticulture Technician in the Greenhouse, you will also learn about role-specific skills and tasks. Each year, you will also do refresher training with the Greenhouse crew, to prep for the upcoming season. A few examples include:

 

SPRING

  • Planting/Removing Annuals

SUMMER

  • Fertilizing Outside
  • Bed and Pot Maintenance

FALL

  • Propagation by Cuttings
  • Pest Scouting and Control

WINTER

  • Greenhouse Sowing and Seeding
  • Filling Containers/Bumping Up

 

Format varies
In-person training, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents, and other resources.

Audience

Grounds-Horticulture Technician/Greenhouse

Register:

No registration needed for your internal job skills training. Your Supervisor and/or Lead Worker will schedule with you.