LM006: Smart about Salt (SAS)
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Thursday October 8 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
The Smart about Salt training program covers the subjects needed to help participants in the program meet the program requirements. The training session provides an overview of the Smart about Salt program and all key aspects of salt management. You will learn about the environmental effects of salt; how to protect yourself from liability; the principles of ice formation and the science of salt; approaches and materials for snow and ice control; the importance of equipment calibration and the use of proper application rates; proper salt storage and handling; and how to use weather forecasts. At the end of the session, participants will write an exam on the materials presented. Those who achieve the passing grade on the test will receive a certificate of successful completion of the Smart about Salt training program.
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LM005: The Essentials of Grounds Maintenance Estimating
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Thursday November 5 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Do you know what basic steps and calculations are needed in order to estimate a job accurately? What basic records and information you must have to succeed? Is your pricing realistic? What are your true costs? Are you making money?
Maintenance owners and managers will come away with the answers to these and other questions from an experienced grounds maintenance estimator. By attending this seminar you will understand the essentials of producing a competitive estimate from beginning to end.
SUPPORTS: CLP Test
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Sales Success
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 30
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
Have an Advantage- CHT Readiness Prep Seminars
LC023-OT: Soft and Hardscape Installation Seminar
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Monday November 9 2009 9:00a.m. – 12noon
For all that are interested or pursuing their CHT, this intense half day soft- hardscape installation seminar will help answer and guide you to obtaining your CHT. Learn from CHT instructors all that’s involved. Review specific elements that tend to challenge participants. 1.01 Common Core/Safety, 5.02 Softscape Plan Reading, 5.03 Softscape Horticultural Principles, 5.52 Plant Layout, 6.05 Hardscape Plan Reading, 6.06 Hardscape Principles and Calculations, 6.61 Grading and Drainage, and 6.62 Instrument.Study manuals are mandatory and should be reviewed before attending. LUNCH NOT INCLUDED
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $50.00
Non-member Price: $85.00
Maximum Participants: 10
Location: Garden Creations of Ottawa 5100 Bank St. Ottawa. For directions call 613-822-0716
LC024-OT: Turf and Ornamental Maintenance Seminar
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Monday November 9 2009 1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
For all that are interested or pursuing their CHT, this intense half day turf- ornamental maintenance seminar will help answer and guide you to obtaining your CHT. Learn from CHT instructors all that’s involved. Review specific elements that tend to challenge participants. 1.01 Common Core/Safety, 8.09 Turfgrass Maintenance Calculations, 8.08 Turfgrass Maintenance Principles, 9.14 Ornamental Maintenance Calculations, 9.12 Orn. Mtce. Horticultural Principles, 9.23 Lateral Repair and Head Adjustment, and 1.14 Chainsaw. Study manuals are mandatory and should be reviewed before attending. LUNCH NOT INLCUDED
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Sales Success
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $50.00
Non-member Price: $85.00
Maximum Participants: 10
Location: Garden Creations of Ottawa 5100 Bank St. Ottawa.
For directions call 613-822-0716
LBM018: Your Operating Budget Seize Control
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Mon-Wed November 9 – 11 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Mon-Wed November 16 – 18 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Mon-Wed November 23 – 25 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Mon-Wed Nov/Dec 30 – 2 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Mon-Wed December 7 – 9 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Mon-Wed December 14 – 16 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Landscape Ontario and The Landscape Management Network present an intense 3-day workshop designed for owners & financial managers. Come prepared with basic financial statements from your company. Leave with a vision, a plan, and a financial budget, pricing, and operating system designed for your company with your numbers. Together, we’ll devise meaningful sales targets, estimate and accurately price work for your company’s financials, understand what wage levels your company can support to retain your best people and instantly see bottom-line effects of investments, expense & revenue changes.
The operating budget you will take away from this workshop will inform every key decision you face in your business. You’ll learn a new and simple way to manage your business using your company’s financials.
For more information on the workshop see www.landscapemanagementnetwork.com
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Financial Health, Professional Operations
Next Steps to Prosperity Partners
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LD019: CLD(Certified Landscape Design) Equipped to Design
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Thursday November 12 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Need some design motivation or empowerment? Geared for all landscape designers spend the day and be filled with design information. Come away with a better grasp as topics that will be discussed include design fee structures, design contracts, design inspiration, design principles, CLD requirements and drawing components, tricks of the trade including dynascape and sketchup.
SUPPORTS: CLD Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LD014: Perfecting Your Design Portfolio
FALL SEMINAR ONLY
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Friday November 13 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Are you a potential Certified Landscape Designer? Don’t miss this interactive seminar, which will add that professional touch to your portfolio. The instructor will draw upon his expertise and wealth of knowledge to help guide you in preparing, fine-tuning and submitting your portfolio for review as well as, developing a ‘working portfolio’.
SUPPORTS: CLD Test Component: Portfolio Review
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 20
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LBM007: Small Business Marketing for Greater Prosperity
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Monday November 16 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
As a business owner you are always seeking effective ways to connect with your customer. You seek cost effective marketing methods and approaches that can tap into a larger a more diverse marketplace especially in challenging business times. Your business needs a palette of marketing solutions to succeed. This seminar you will discover a wide range of new and imaginative means to reach more customers and build prosperity into your business.
SUPPORTS: CLP Test Component: Sales and Marketing
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Sales Success
Next Steps to Certification and Prosperity Partners
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LS003: Skid-Steer Certification Training
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Tuesday November 17 2009 9:00a.m. – 2:30p.m. (approx)
Individuals who want to learn how to operate a skid steer safely and correctly should attend this seminar. The seminar will include instruction on basic operator safety, inspection, and equipment characteristics in accordance with applicable OSHA regulations and equipment manufacturers’ guidance. Each participant will receive classroom evaluation and demonstrate proficiency in a simulated job-site environment. LUNCH NOT PROVIDED
SUPPORTS: CHT Test Component Tractor Operation
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Sales Success
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $110.00
Non-member Price: $165.00
Maximum Participants: 10
Location: Hertz-Matthews, 35 Claireville Dr. (Hwy. 427 and Finch Ave.), Etobicoke
For directions call416-679-4173
LBM011: How to Run Profitable Projects!
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Thursday November 19 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Efficiency in the job: business owners and managers will benefit from this seminar. A industry expert will demonstrate what the true cost of business is while identifying areas that companies can improve on within their operations both administratively as well as on the job. A day well spent in learning to save time and money by being better organized in your firm.
SUPPORTS: CLP Test
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Professional Operations
Next Steps to Certification and Prosperity Partners
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LBM008: Training to create competent, efficient employees
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Friday November 20 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Professionalism and excellence is the result of a dedication to learning, developing and training your employees to do the job right. If it’s your job or responsibility to train your employees to be competent and professional in every sense and if you recognize the critical importance of investing in training and ensuring the highest standards of work, this is the seminar for you. Learn how to be an effective trainer or “people developer” who can confidently and efficiently build a professional business with competent and skilled staff.
SUPPORTS: CLP Test Component: Human Resource & Leadership
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Professional Operations and Leadership
Next Steps to Certification and Prosperity Partners
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
NOTE: Star(*) indicate seminar difficulty. More stars = more difficult
LI003: ABCs of Irrigation (*)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Monday November 23 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
This seminar will provide an introduction to irrigation systems for landscape applications. Emphasis is placed on irrigation components, what they look like, how they work and how parts go together to create an irrigation system. A good seminar to start with that is focused at no prior irrigation knowledge and is the foundation which all classes build from. After attending this seminar you’ll know about: Irrigation components, how components go together to create an efficient irrigation system, low volume component introduction and their water efficient uses and Irrigation controllers and their SMART ET water management capabilities. New employees and those who want to learn about irrigation and irrigation products will enjoy this seminar.
Recommended prerequisite: None required
Supports: CHT Test Component: Irrigation ID.
Supports: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI015: Fundamentals of Irrigation Design (*)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Tuesday November 24 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
An introductory level irrigation design seminar for those you want to learn how to properly design an irrigation system with water efficiency in mind. Spray and rotor sprinkler head layout techniques will be taught and practices by participants. This seminar is an excellent introductory class to the more involved residential and commercial seminars. You’ll leave knowing about: Irrigation design fundamentals, knowledge of information required to create a simple irrigation system design, spray and rotor sprinkler head layout techniques and how to design and efficient irrigation system. You will need an engineer’s scale ruler, mechanical pencil and calculator for this seminar.
Recommended prerequisite: LI003 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LE004: Compact Excavator Safe Operator Training
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Tuesday November 24 2009 9:00a.m. – 1:30p.m. (approx)
This seminar covers the fundamentals of daily maintenance, machine controls, safe operating practices, operating techniques and legal considerations for compact excavators found on many job-sites. In addition to class time, students will be provided the opportunity to operate and demonstrate proficiency on a compact excavator in a simulated job-site environment. LUNCH NOT PROVIDED
LO Member Price: $110.00
Non-member Price: $165.00
Maximum Participants: 10
Location: Hertz-Matthews, 35 Claireville Dr. (Hwy. 427 and Finch Ave.), Etobicoke
For directions call416-679-4173
LS009: First Aid and CPR One-day Recertification
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Wednesday November 25 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
This course is designed for persons holding a valid St. John Ambulance Standard First Aid certificate who want to renew before it expires. Certificates may be renewed only once. Further renewal must be alternated with attendance on a full seminar. Participants are strongly advised to review seminar material before attending. Activity brochures are not provided, but are available for purchase through your local St.John’s branch. Completion of this seminar meets WSIB requirements and the Canada Labour Code.
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 18
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI005: Installation Steps and Practices (*)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Wednesday November 25 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
An irrigation project has been designed and you are installing the job. How do you plan the installation and what steps are involved in using correct practices? What equipment, tools, product and accessories are needed? What are some of the basic installation tips in approaching the project? What work order is most efficient and what records should be kept? Learn more about installation techniques from an experienced contractor. This seminar will be ideal for those inexperienced in irrigation field installation. Bring along your PVC and poly hand tools if you have your own. Dress to be outside during equipment demo. After attending you’ll know: how to approach irrigation installation and the steps to ensure a smooth installation, hands-on with PVC and poly pipe creating working irrigation systems and use tools, cutters, primer, glue and fitting to create a working system.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003 and LI015 or a good Irrigation background in this area
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI006: Irrigation Repair and Component Troubleshooting (*)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Thursday November 26 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
A customer has called about a problem with their irrigation system. What are the most common problems, and how can you analyze them on the job for fast and quick service? This seminar will outline common problems and suggest methods and approaches to correct them. The items you need in your truck, spare parts and other helpful items will be covered. This seminar is for new and experienced irrigation personnel. By attending you’ll come away knowing what is wrong with a component, how to fix or replace it, gluing PVC pipe, soldering copper pipe and fittings, cutting and fixing poly pipe leaks and more.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI015, and LI005 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CHT Test Component: Lateral Repair and Head Adjustment
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI007: Latest Developments in Controllers (**)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Friday November 27 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
What is scheduling, and how do you program a system to deliver the necessary water? What are the various controller models on the market, and what features and benefits are available to the contractor and customer? SMART ET controllers will be demonstrated and available to be worked on; the day will also include presentations by the industry’s leading manufacturers demonstrating the latest developments in controllers. There will be a hands-on sessions throughout the day to develop your programming skills. After attending this seminar you’ll be comfortable with programming basic schedules on various makes and models of irrigation controller’s. This seminar is good for all levels, especially those who want to be able to schedule many different manufacturers’ controllers.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003 or a good Irrigation background in this area
SUPPORTS: CHT Test Component: Program Controller
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI020: NEW – Electrical Troubleshooting (*)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Monday November 30 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
If you have ever been called out to a client’s site to investigate why the irrigation system is not starting up, you will appreciate the amount of information and the variety of equipment tests that you will perform during this hands-on seminar. Learn how to troubleshoot an irrigation system from the controller without going outside until you are 90% certain what the problem is. Test power sources, power wires, field wires, solenoids and batteries. Learn what resistance readings can tell you about the health of the irrigation system and where you have a problem or might have a problem developing? Locate buried wires to find hidden irrigation valves – always an issue. Find a ground fault that is causing more than one station at a time to start up which leads to low pressure and brown grass. This seminar will save you hours of headaches and will allow you or your staff to be more efficient when it comes to troubleshooting the AC and DC power sources. Bring along your multimeter for wiring testing. After attending this seminar you’ll know about: basic electricity, volt/ohm meters, irrigation equipment electrical requirements and how to test many devices, troubleshooting steps and procedures and more.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI005, LI006, LI007 or a good irrigation background.
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI022: NEW – Sustaining an Irrigation Design (Residential) (**)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Tuesday December 1 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
The next level in learning the more intricate fundamentals of designing an irrigation system is to attend this residential design seminar. Discover what is involved with designing a professional irrigation system, by creating your own residential design from start to finish. Learn about hydraulics, sprinkler selection, head layout techniques, piping systems, water efficient products, scheduling and more. You will need an engineer’s scale ruler, mechanical pencil and calculator for this seminar. After attending this seminar you’ll be able to confidently design water efficient irrigation systems for yourself or your residential clients.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI015 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI023: NEW – Low Volume Irrigation-How to Design (**)
HANDS-ON SEMINAR
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Wednesday December 2 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
Learn what is involved with designing a professional low volume irrigation system. You will learn about basic irrigation design principles, hydraulics, velocity, pressure, and component layout. Design work will discuss the incorporation of point source emitter watering for sparse plantings, landscape drip line for subsurface and on surface applications for watering mass plantings, deep root watering systems for trees and shrubs, plus more traditional microspray and micro bubbler watering methods. Bring your calculator, engineering scale ruler, design guides, pencils, and any other hand design tools that you utilize if you would design by hand. After attending this seminar you’ll know about: basic irrigation design principles, component layout, point source watering, utilizing landscape drip line, deep root watering systems and microspray and micro bubbler watering methods.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI015, LI009 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
LBM018-OT: Your Operating Budget Seize Control
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Wed-Fri December 2-4 2009 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Landscape Ontario and The Landscape Management Network present an intense 3-day workshop designed for owners & financial managers. Come prepared with basic financial statements from your company. Leave with a vision, a plan, and a financial budget, pricing, and operating system designed for your company with your numbers. Together devise meaningful sales targets, estimate and accurately price work for your company’s financials, understand what wage levels your company can support to retain your best people and instantly see bottom-line effects of investments, expense & revenue changes.
The operating budget you will take away from this workshop will inform every key decision you face in your business. You’ll learn new and simple way to manage your business using your company’s financials.
For more information on the workshop see http://www.landscapemanagementnetwork.com
Prosperity Partners Pillar: Financial Health, Professional Operations
Next Steps to Prosperity Partners
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: The Monterey Inn Resort and Conference Centre
2259 Prince of Wales Dr. Ottawa
For directions call 613-288-3500
LI011: Pricing Projects (*)
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Thursday December 3 2009 9:00a.m. – 3:30p.m.
How do you know what price to submit for a project? Learn how to do material takeoffs, work out overhead costs, and what steps are required when submitting a price for residential and commercial work. Contracts will be discussed as well as buying and selling terms. Participants will check designs and do takeoffs and pricing for basic residential and commercial project designs utilizing bidding software. After attending you’ll know: the difference between estimating and bidding projects, calculating expenses so you can make a profit, reading a drawing to work out materials and labour, and more. You will need an engineer’s scale ruler, mechanical pencil and calculator. If you have projects to price bring it along.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI015, LI005, LI009 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $100.00
Non-member Price: $170.00
Maximum Participants: 25
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LD022: Freehand Perspectives for Landscape Design
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Thursday December 3, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Friday December 4, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Stun your clients and enhance your portfolio with artistically rendered 3-dimensional perspectives of landscape proposal(s). Learners will be exposed to the essential skills required for 3D drawing techniques including: lines, profiling, textures, lighting, and shading. Learners will exit the course with the knowledge required to construct striking freehand perspective drawings of existing and conceptualized landscapes and features.
LO Member Price: $200.00
Non-member Price: $340.00
Maximum Participants: 20
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
LI010: Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT) Review (**)
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Friday December 4 2009 9:00a.m. – 12noon
Irrigation companies will need to have certified staff to qualify for certain projects where specifications call for CIT staff to do the installation work, overseen by a CIC. This review will cover topics related to the CIT correspondence seminar study guide and help prepare exam candidates to challenge the certification exam. The class is directed towards candidates already enrolled in the CIT program through Landscape Ontario. It will also serve as an introduction for those contemplating certification. After attending this seminar you’ll know about: questions and answers from the CIT study guide that will assist you with the examination. LUNCH NOT INCLUDED.
Recommended prerequisites: LI003, LI015, LI005, LI007, LI020, LI023, LI021 or a good Irrigation background
SUPPORTS: CIT Test
Next Steps to Certification
LO Member Price: $50.00
Non-member Price: $85.00
Maximum Participants: 30
Location: LO Home Office, Milton
