Commercial Horticulture - Des Moines Area Community College

Commercial Horticulture from Des Moines Area Community College is a Campus Associate Horticulture degree that prepares you for a Agriculture career. The Commercial Horticulture program provides students with technical training in the broad horticultural field through classroom, greenhouse, turf lab, tree nursery and practical on thejob employment experiences. Graduates of the program will be capable of filling jobs in fields such as greenhouse operator and management involving greenhouse production, scheduling and marketing, landscaping involving design, planting and maintaining trees, shrubs, turf and foliage plants for the beautification of home, commercial, public and recreational grounds. Other jobs may include turf management involving establishing, managing and maintaining grassed areas for ornamental and/or recreational purposes; nursery operation and management concerned with the production of trees, shrubs and turf for the purpose of transplanting or propagating them. Employment may also be found in garden center merchandising and management, merchandising of flowers and foliage plants and their design. What Kind of Work Will You Do? Care for and maintain grounds, trees, plants, gardens, shrubbery and other greenery Plan and plant landscape sites Apply chemicals to lawns and other plants Be able to run power equipment such as trucks, tractors, lawn mowers and trimmers Should be able to make minor repairs on power equipment and climate control systems Stock inventory and perform other housekeeping chores Arrange product displays and make direct sales to the customer May have responsibility for a specific area of the greenhouse, nursery, etc View more details on Des Moines Area Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Horticulture courses.