Upcoming Training, & Technical Training Events
Training Institutions
Lower Mainland
Burnaby School District’s Community & Continuing Education Division
Burnaby
Phone Number: 604.314.8405
Email Address: [email protected]
- Level 1 Landscape/Production Horticulture, starting in January
- Level 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture, starting in November
- Technical training for Level 1 or Level 2 in Landscape/Production Horticulture Apprenticeship
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Langley
Phone Number: 604.599.3254
Email Address: [email protected]
- Levels 1 & 2 – Common Core
- Both Landscape & Production Apprentices take Level 1 & 2 common core before moving on to their trade specific training in Level 3.
- Levels 3 & 4 – Landscape Horticulturalist
- Click here for current start dates for all levels
- Level 3 – Production
- After completing Levels 1 & 2 – Common Core (Landscape/Production)
- (Level 3 Production is 8 weeks Next offering September 2018)
- Click here for current start dates for all levels
- Technical training towards the Certificate of Qualification as a Production Horticulturist
- Level 1 – Arborist Technician
- 8 weeks of schooling, starting in January
- Click here for current start date
- Technical training towards the Certificate of Qualification as an Arborist Technician
- Level 2 – Climbing Arborist
- 8 weeks of schooling
- Contact HortEducationBC if you are interested in Climbing Arborist technical training
- Technical training towards the Certificate of Qualification as a Climbing Arborist
- Levels 1 & 2 – Common Core
UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research
Vancouver
Phone Number: 604.822.4208
Email Address: [email protected]
- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 9 month full time program, starting in September
- Graduate with a Horticultural Technician Certificate
Electrical Industry Training Institute
Langley
Phone Number: 604.427.4200
Email Address: [email protected]
Level 1 & 2 Utility Arborist Apprenticeship
- Level 1 is 6 weeks of schooling
- Level 2 is 2 weeks of schooling
- Click here for current start dates
- Technical training towards the Certificate of Qualification as an Utility Arborist
Interior
Thompson Rivers University – Williams Lake
Williams Lake
Phone Number: 250.392.8020
Email Address: [email protected]
- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 36 week full time program, starting in March
- Graduate with a Horticulture Certificate
Thompson Rivers University – Kamloops
Kamloops
Phone Number: 250.828.5181
Email Address: [email protected]
Location: Thompson Rivers University
Horticulture Program
900 McGill Rd
Kamloops, BC
V2C O8CFoundation Program Coordinator – Kevin Scollon 250-828-5181 [email protected]
- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 35 week full time program, starting in August
- Click here for current start dates
- Graduate with a Horticulture Certificate
Horticulture Management Diploma Coordinator - Ernest Phillips 250-828-5180 [email protected]
Start date: September 5, 2017
Vancouver Island
Camosun College
Victoria
Phone Number: 250.391.2544
Email Address: [email protected]
Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 10 month full time program, starting date in July
- Click here for current start dates
- Graduate with a Horticultural Technician Certificate
North Island College
Courtenay
Phone Number: 250.923.9724
Email Address: [email protected]
Location: Comox Valley Campus
2300 Ryan Road, Courtenay, BC- Level 1 Landscape/Production Horticulture, starting in January 2018
- Level 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture, starting in September 2019
- Technical training for Level 1 or Level 2 in Landscape/Production Horticulture Apprenticeship
Pacific Horticulture College
Victoria
Phone Number: 250.479.3210
Email Address: [email protected]
Location: Pacific Horticulture College
505 Quayle Rd,
Victoria, BC
V9E 2J7, Canada- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 10 month full time program, starting in January (January 15, 2018)
- Graduate with a Landscape Horticultural Certificate
- Level 3 & 4 Landscape Horticulture
- Available part-time or full-time
- The next part time Level 4 program starts on August 8, 2017
- The next full time Level 3 program starts on November 20, 2017
- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
Vancouver Island University
Nanaimo
Phone Number: 250.754.8756
Email Address: [email protected]
Location: G.R. Paine Horticultural Training Centre,
2324 East Wellington Rd
Nanaimo, BC- Foundation Program (equivalent to Level 1 & 2 Landscape/Production Horticulture)
- 9 month full time program, starting in January + Intercessional Semester Summer employment period
- Click here for current start dates
- Graduate with a Horticultural Technician Certificate
- https://tradesappliedtech.viu.ca/horticulture
Upcoming program dates:
Foundation Program January 8, 2017 to December 21
- Spring semester Jan 8th to May 11th (last week of that May 7th to May 11th is spring practicum) 18 weeks longIntercessional Semester Summer employment period May 14th – Aug 17th (12 weeks of employment required)
Fall semester Aug 20th – Dec 21 18 weeks long