# Landscape Maintenance and Construction (Certificate of Achievement (CA))

Las Positas College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Horticulture

Source: https://laspositas.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/102/103/105/107/149/1807/1808/1812/1815

#### Overview

The Certificate of Achievement in Landscape Maintenance and Construction is designed to prepare students for technical and supervisory level work in management, maintenance and construction of landscapes and turf.

#### Career Opportunities

Career opportunities for students who complete this program include technical and supervisory positions in the fields of: landscape maintenance, landscape construction, park maintenance, golf course and sports field management

#### Program Learning Outcome(s)

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1.  Demonstrate an understanding of the maintenance requirements for trees, vines, shrubs, perennials, annuals, and turf.
2.  Read a landscape plan and install landscape features, such as plantings, pavement, structures, and irrigation systems, based on those plans.

##### **Landscape Maintenance and Construction (CA): Program Requirements**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Required Core: (28 Units)** | |  |
| HORT 50 | Introduction to Horticulture | 3 |
| HORT 51 | Fall Plant Material Identification | 3 |
| HORT 52 | Spring Plant Material Identification | 3 |
| HORT 53 | Landscape and Vineyard Pest and Disease Management | 3 |
| HORT 54 | Landscape and Vineyard Soils, Fertilizers, and Irrigation | 3 |
| HORT 56 | Arboriculture/Urban Forestry | 3 |
| HORT 57 | Landscape and Turfgrass Management | 2 |
| HORT 58 | Landscape Construction | 3 |
| HORT 60 | Landscape Irrigation Systems | 3 |
| HORT 62 | California Native and Dry Landscapes | 2 |
| **Total** | | **28** |