Horticulture Department | C.P.C.C. Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months

You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:

• Design and install irrigation systems based on the landscape 
• Use best practices of maintenance for a system’s prolonged use
• Maintain, troubleshoot and repair irrigation systems

Careers

Career opportunities include:

• Irrigation technician in nurseries
• greenhouses
• parks
• golf courses
• landscapes
• production agriculture

Job Market

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National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)

It is the only nationally recognized endorsement offered to colleges with landscape/horticulture curricula. It is designed to recognize schools with landscape contracting curricula that meet or exceed industry standards. Visit the NALP web site.

PROGRAM CODE: CC.IRRTECHNICIAN

The Irrigation Technician program provides instruction for design, installation, repair, upgrade, maintenance, monitoring and programming of irrigation systems for landscapes, nurseries, golf courses, parks or agriculture. This pathway certificate is a part of the Horticulture AAS degree program.

Students in this program also take the Backflow Assembly Operation and Testing class, which prepares them to become certified as a Backflow Assembly Tester.
This pathway certificate is a part of the Horticulture AAS degree program. Classes also count toward the Landscape Management AAS.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• design, install, maintain, troubleshoot, repair and program irrigation systems.