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Program Description for Ground Maintenance/Landscaping

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Provider Michigan Career & Technical Institute
Date of last update 1/7/2009
Description MCTI's Grounds Maintenance and Landscaping Program is run like a small grounds maintenance and landscaping business. Students are the crew and work as a team. Students gain actual experience on the school campus. They use power equipment and tools to mow and trim the lawn; trim and prune hedges and bushes; and plant tress, shrubs, and flowers. In the winter months, they are exposed to snow and ice removal using plows and a variety of hand tools. The "crew" maintains the equipment used.
Contact Name Jennifer Zuniga
Contact Phone Number (269) 664-9233
Course Length 20 Weeks
Admission Requirements Valid Driver's License. Individuals who most closely match the U.S. Department of Labor occupational profile for a Grounds Maintenance/ Landscaping Technician are selected for enrollment. Aptitude/Abilities: Manual dexterity, motor coordination, job task planning/ organizing, follow/remember instructions, observation skills/ interpersonal communications, work without supervision. Environment: Loud, outside. Physical Demands: Medium. Temperament: variety. Educational Level 2: Work Keys scale scores RFI 65-72, Writing 67-71, Applied Math 65-70; CASAS scale scores Reading 201 - 210, Math 201-210, Writing 201-225.
Credential Earned Certificate
Other Credential Description None
Sources of Financial Assistance Accepted Individual Training Accounts, Pell Grants, FSEOG and Michigan Rehab Sponsorship
Estimated Waiting Period to Enter Program 9 Months
License Fee for Employment No
Program Cost $3,450
Additional Costs No
Internship/Externship Required No
New Program No
Completion Rate 82.1%
Number of Graduates in the last year 23
Employment Rate 52.2%
 
Follow-up information is available for 23 out of 23 graduates:
 
Number Employed: 12
Number in Related Training: 0
Number in the Military: 0
Number Self-Employed: 0
Number not in any of these categories: 11
This training provider may have elsewhere published an employment rate that is measured in a different way. Please call the provider for further details.
Training-Related Placement Rate 39.1%
  There are several ways to measure both placement success and the degree to which this is training-related. Please call the school for further details.
Average Starting Wage $8.26
 
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