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Course Description |
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Competency Areas |
Hours |
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Overview of Landscape Industry |
Class |
5 |
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Landscape Business Principles and Practices |
D. Lab |
0 |
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Landscape Bidding and Estimating |
P. Lab/O.B.I. |
0 |
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Managerial Skills for the Landscape Business Environment |
Credit |
5 |
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Prerequisite: |
Provisional admision |
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Corequisite: |
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Course
Guide |
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Competency |
After
completing this section, the student will be able to: |
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Class |
D.Lab
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P.Lab/ O.B.I. |
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OVERVIEW OF
LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY |
2 |
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0 |
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Landscape Maintenance Co. |
Discuss the development of this industry, its evolution and how it relates to other segments of the
industry |
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Design / Build Firms |
Discuss the development of this industry, its evolution and how it relates to other segments of the
industry |
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Seasonal Color Design, Installation and Maintenance Co. |
Discuss the
development of this industry, its evolution
and how it relates to other segments of the industry |
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Irrigation Contractor |
Discuss the development of this industry, its evolution and how it relates to other segments of the
industry |
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Landscape Construction Contractor |
Discuss the development of this industry, its evolution and how it relates to other segments of the
industry |
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LANDSCAPE
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES |
18 |
0
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0 |
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Safety Practices |
Learn and understand the issues that affect health and safety in the
landscape business environment |
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Review OSHA guidelines |
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Human Resource
Issues |
Understand human resource concerns within the landscape industry |
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Subcontractors |
Hire and schedule subcontractors for landscape jobs |
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Finance |
Develop a business plan to obtain business financing |
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Review and develop financial statements |
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Business Legal
Structure |
Learn the advantages and disadvantages of the various legal business
organizations |
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Learn about local and state regulations and licensing procedures for
starting a landscape business |
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Insurance |
Learn about Worker’s Compensation |
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Learn about unemployment insurance tax |
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Obtain an employer/tax id number |
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Learn about other forms of insurance specific to the landscape
industry |
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LANDSCAPE
BIDDING AND ESTIMATING |
23 |
0
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0 |
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Landscape
Maintenance Contract |
Develop landscape maintenance specifications |
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Develop and present landscape maintenance bid |
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Develop weekly and monthly landscape maintenance service schedule for
individual contract |
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Landscape
Installation / Construction Contract |
Develop landscape installation / construction specifications |
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Develop and present landscape / construction maintenance bid |
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Develop critical path diagram for individual job |
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MANAGERIAL
SKILLS |
7 |
0
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0 |
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Personnel
Management |
Learn about hiring, training and retaining employees |
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Learn about supervising employees |
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Equipment
Management |
Evaluate cost and performance differences among various types of
landscape equipment |
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Work Scheduling |
Develop weekly and monthly work schedules for landscape company |
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Suggested
Resources |
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Print |
Hannebaum, Leory G. (2002). Landscape Design, A Practical Approach. Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. |
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Print |
Hannebaum, Leory G. (2002). Landscape Operations:
Management, Methods and Materials. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice-Hall, Inc. |
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Print |
Hensley, David L. (1994). Professional Landscape
Management. Stipes Publishing Company |
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Print |
Ingels, Jack E. (1992). Landscape Principles and
Practices. Publishers Inc. |
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Print |
National Landscape Association. (1996). Landscape Designer & Estimator’s Guide. Washington, DC: National Landscape Association. |
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Print |
Professional Grounds Management Society. (latest edition).
Grounds
Maintenance Estimating
Guidelines. Society. |
Posted: 11/12/08