Horticulture Crop Production and Protection Certificate

UFV's Horticulture Crop Production and Protection certificate provides you with a solid foundation to prepare you to enter the horticulture industry. The program emphasizes principles and practices of horticultural crop production, protection, and maintenance that are in line with sustainability, food security, and environmentally responsible agricultural production techniques. The one-year Horticulture Crop Production and Protection certificate transfers completely to the two-year Agriculture Technology diploma, Horticulture Crop Production and Protection option. Some credits may also transfer to other two-year programs in horticulture. Qualifying students may also be eligible to receive the equivalent of Year I apprenticeship in production horticulture. As a graduate of the one-year Horticulture Crop Production and Protection certificate program, you are qualified to seek work in greenhouses, nurseries, farms, garden centres, golf courses, and landscaping companies. You could also consider a career in grounds maintenance or as a technician with various levels of government. Other options might include a career in the agri-business sector in marketing, sales, and service. Some graduates return to family-owned enterprises or start their own businesses.

Applicants must have a B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent.

English Language Requirement:

• IELTS (Academic) - score of 6.5 or higher with a minimum band score of 6.0
• TOEFL - score of 88 or higher (iBT) with no section below 20
• CAEL - score of 70
• PTE - score of 61 with 60 in writing
• MELAB - score of 85
• DET (Duolingo English Test) - 110

Deadline - Fall semester: April 15