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Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations (New version)

Code 5890
Sanction DEP
Secteur Agriculture et pêches (02)
Nombre d'unités89
Durée totale1335 heures
StatutProgramme implanté en 2023
Implantation facultative en 2023-2024
et 2024-2025
Implantation obligatoire en 2025-2026
Aucun organisme scolaire n'offre ce programme présentement
Note(s)
Afficher l'ancienne version de ce programme : 
5788 - Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations
Ce programme est offert en langue française : 
5390 - Horticulture et jardinerie (Nouvelle version)
  • Objectifs et professions visées
  • Conditions d'admission
  • Contenu du programme

Objectifs du programme

The Horticulture and Garden Centre Operations program prepares students to practise the occupation of horticultural worker.

Horticultural workers are employed in a variety of settings: for private garden maintenance and landscaping companies, for municipal services, for garden centres and nurseries, for non-profit organizations and public gardens, and so on.

Professions visées (s’informer sur un métier ou une profession sur Québec.ca)

Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists (2225)
Landscaping and grounds maintenance labourers (8612)
Nursery and greenhouse workers (8432)

Appellation(s) d'emploi

horticulteur/horticultrice
jardinier-paysagiste/jardinière-paysagiste
ouvrier jardinier/ouvrière jardinière
ouvrier/ouvrière à l'aménagement paysager
ouvrier/ouvrière en horticulture

Conditions d'admission

To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor's degree
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test (see the following table), or recognition of equivalent learning
OR
Persons who have obtained Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister are required to pursue general education courses, concurrently with their vocational training, in order to obtain the Secondary IV credits they lack in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs established by the Minister.

Préalables fonctionnels

This section identifies the modules or course codes for the actual programs of study in adult general education that are specific prerequisites in language of instruction and mathematics. Functional prerequisites includes the successful completion of specific prerequisites as well as the general development test (TDG). When a DVS doesn't require specific prerequisites in language of instruction or in mathematics, a dash ( - ) is displayed in the appropriate cell. For programs that lead to an AVS, specific prerequisites and the TDG do not apply (N/A).

Préalables spécifiques
Langue d'enseignementLangue secondeMathématique
AdultesJeunesAdultesJeunesAdultesJeunes
ENG 3101-1 et ENG 3102-2 (ENG 3070-3)632-306 (630 316)--MTH 2101-3 (MTH 2006-2)563-206 (563-212)

Contenu du programme

Code Énoncé de la compétence  Heures Unités
705-401 The occupation and the training process 15 1
705-416 Botanical and environmental aspects 90 6
705-426 Herbaceous plants 90 6
705-433 Basic tasks 45 3
705-444 Woody plants 60 4
705-453 Pruning plants 45 3
705-465 Soils, substrates and fertilization 75 5
705-475 Plant health 75 5
705-483 Pesticide use 45 3
705-493 Horticultural equipment 45 3
705-506 Production of ornemental and edible plants 90 6
705-513 Reception and presentation of plants and complementary horticultural products 45 3
705-522 Communication in the workplace 30 2
705-533 Spring maintenance of an in-ground garden 45 3
705-544 Summer and fall maintenance of an in-ground garden 60 4
705-553 Harvesting of edible and ornemental plants 45 3
705-566 Drawing a planting plan 90 6
705-573 Layout and maintenance of a raised-bed garden 45 3
705-584 Layout of in-ground gardens 60 4
705-594 Layout and maintenance of an indoor living wall or a mosaiculture 60 4
705-603 Customer service and sale of plants and complementary horticultural products 45 3
705-617 Entering the workforce 105 7
754-992 Health and safety on construction sites 30 2
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