Landscape Training Program
DURATION: 3 MONTHS
AGES: 16 & OLDER
NEXT START DATE: MARCH 15TH 2022
2 WEEKLY CLASSES (TUESDAY / THURSDAY 530 pm -730 pm)
1 WEEKLY INFIELD TRAINING SESSIONS (SATURDAY 930 am – 200 pm)
COURSE STUDIES:
- SEASONAL LANDSCAPE / PROPERTY CARE SERVICES 101
- TOOLS & MACHINERY 101
- PROPERTY MAINTENANCE: SKILL DEVELOPMENT
- TURFGRASSES & ORNAMENTAL PLANT IDENTIFICATION
- ORNAMENTAL PEST IDENTIFICATION / MANAGEMENT
- LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION: MATERIALS, METHODS & PRODUCT STANDARDS
- BUSINESS PROFESSIONALISM 101: UNDERSTANDING SERVICE
- WINNING CULTURE 101: EMBRACING THE VALUES WHICH CREATE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES
- BUILDING PERSONAL MARKETABILITY: IDENTIFYING HOW TO INCREASE YOUR COMPENSATION/VALUE
COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION:
COMPLETING ALL COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
SCORING 90% / PLUS ON ALL TRAINING SUBJECTS
2 OR LESS ABSENCES
ENTRANCE FEE: $125.00
COURSE STUDY BENEFITS WITH FULFILLED REQUIREMENTS:
Potential opportunity to enter at $17.00 plus/hr with year round employment within Living Oaks Landscaping
Free budgeting/personal wealth building workshop: planning to offer a practical strategy for planning personal financial success
Representation from program to any prospective company of choice to garner highest entry pay level
Letter of recommendation to any prospective company of choice
LIVING OAKS LANDSCAPING BUSINESS GOAL FOR ENTRY / TENURED PERSONNEL:
Manage the highest professionalism and product standards in landscaping
Instill a team culture that promotes personal skills and abilities to develop the greatest levels of compensation
Offer the community excellence in landscaping and customer service
Develop 50,000.00/year value in each entry level team member within the first 3 years
Offer personal financial strategy to build personal wealth/financial stability in each team member
NOTE FROM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR / OWNER OF LIVING OAKS LANDSCAPING:
Every person likes the idea of success. The reality is that success is a process which can begin anywhere and through any profession of choice with the proper mentoring and determination. College is not for everyone. But success can be found outside of a college experience. Our program is designed to offer people with an interest in the landscape field an opportunity to advance quickly into leadership and a true understanding of the fundamentals, which will drive their professional interest into the highest potential earning opportunities. While most companies focus to develop their own financial success, Living Oaks aims to offer a culture of training to develop individuals. The company’s goal is a joint winning point of emphasis. We understand that the degree to which our team members or students grow, is the degree to which our company becomes better in every manner possible.
Landscape has been a love of mine for as long as memory serves. Even as a kid who went to college, landscaping eventually became my desired profession while working with some outstanding companies near my home in Pennsylvania. During and after college I found myself fortunate to have experienced many different landscape companies and their cultures. But despite my interest, I recall few managers within these companies who truly offered an interest to see me grow. I remember the conversation with myself a long time ago as I reflected to say…”if I ever had my own company, I would…” this is how our company and now our training program developed. Truly, it is Living Oaks’ plan to help promote the potential within ordinary people who have an interest in landscaping so that they find success and contentment in life quicker than entering a company which only aims to serve itself. I hope you would consider the benefits of our program for you or someone close to you. We’ll develop the foundation of a professional understanding better than any other option in our industry. From there success will be closer than ever imaginable. Even for us simple landscapers! We hope for the opportunity to develop this in you or someone for which you care.
Sincerely, Reynolds Lockhart
