Chateauguay Valley Career Centre

This is the only Landscaping course given in English within the Province of Quebec.

Program Objectives

To enable students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes required in building landscaping structures such as patios, retaining walls, ponds, decorative bridges, decks and to be able to prepare a site for surface drainage and excavation operations.

Employment Prospects

Employment outlook for landscapers is very good. It is an occupation that lends itself to people who like to work in a healthy, outdoor environment. Many of our past graduates have started their own businesses and are working independently.

*This is the only Landscaping course given in English within the Province of Quebec.

Program Specs

Landscape Operations: 930 hours

Program #5571

Number	Course Name	Hours	Credits
702-242	Creating Water Gardens and Rock Gardens	30	2
702-254	Installing Lighting and Irrigation Systems	60	4
702-262	The Trade and the Training Process	30	2
702-272	Measurement and Calculations	30	2
702-283	Describing Materials and Products	45	3
702-292	Applying Occupational Health and Safety Rules	30	2
702-302	Basic Carpentry Work	30	2
702-314	Building Concrete Foundations and Structures	60	4
702-322	Cutting masonry Materials	30	2
702-333	Building Mortarless Masonry Structures	45	3
702-342	Interpreting Plans and Specifications	30	2
702-355	Building Masonry Structures With Mortar Joints	75	5
702-366	Building Wooden Structures	90	6
702-372	Communicating in the Workplace	30	2
702-382	Preventive Maintenance of Tools and Equipment	30	2
702-391	Planning and Organizing Work	15	1
702-403	Relationships Between Landscaping and Ornamental Horticulture	45	3
702-412	Using Job Search Techniques	30	2
702-424	Doing Excavation Work	60	4
702-435	Entering the Work Force	75	5
702-444	Planting Trees and Shrubs	60	4

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Contact CVCEC

Chateauguay Valley Career Centre
54 Roy Ormstown, Quebec, J0S 1K0
Tel:450-829-2396
Fax:450-829-2398

Landscape Operations - DEP