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Associate in Applied Science - Greenhouse-Nursery

Spokane Community College

Associate's DegreeCIP: 01.0604

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Dates

Since Jan 2001

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Spokane, Washington

    1810 North Greene Street, Spokane, Washington, 99217-5399

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Critical ThinkingSpeakingActive ListeningCoordinationReading ComprehensionManagement of Personnel ResourcesMonitoringTime ManagementInstructingOperation and ControlLearning StrategiesWritingActive LearningComplex Problem SolvingJudgment and Decision Making

Knowledge

Administration and ManagementCustomer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageProduction and ProcessingMathematicsBiologyMechanicalPublic Safety and SecurityEducation and TrainingPersonnel and Human Resources

Abilities

Problem SensitivityOral ComprehensionOral ExpressionSpeech ClarityDeductive ReasoningSpeech RecognitionInductive ReasoningWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionNear VisionInformation OrderingCategory FlexibilityVisualizationMultilimb CoordinationManual DexterityTrunk StrengthArm-Hand SteadinessControl PrecisionStatic StrengthExtent FlexibilityStaminaFluency of Ideas

Tasks

  • Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarte
  • Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
  • Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who vi
  • Gather and remove litter.
  • Use hand tools, such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, or axes.
  • Operate vehicles or powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, c
  • Move furniture.
  • Establish and enforce operating procedures and work standards that will ensure adequate performance
  • Schedule work for crews, depending on work priorities, crew or equipment availability, or weather co
  • Tour grounds, such as parks, botanical gardens, cemeteries, or golf courses, to inspect conditions o
  • Repair irrigation systems.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, an
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
  • Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display o
  • Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledg

Technology

Data base user interface and query softwareAccounting softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareWeb page creation and editing softwareElectronic mail softwareSpreadsheet softwareOffice suite softwareProject management softwareOperating system softwareInventory management softwareComputer based training softwareWord processing softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareIndustrial control software

Tools

Adjustable hand wrenchesAdjustable widemouth pliersAeration pumpsAir compressorsAnimal injection syringesAnimal trailersAnimal vaccination syringesArtificial insemination syringesAutomated feed batch mixersAutomatic fish feedersAutomatic watering devicesAxesBackhoesBalling gunsBlast chillersAdjustable wrenchesAerial lift trucksArena rakesArtificial turf groomersBackpack blowersBackpack pump sprayersBox bladesBrush trimmersBucket loadersBunker rakesCargo trucksChain sawsBed shapersBrick cuttersBucket trucks

Work Values

IndependenceSupportAchievementRelationshipsWorking ConditionsRecognition
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers45-1011.00
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers37-3011.00
  • First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers37-1012.00
  • Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary25-1041.00
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers11-9013.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Crew of 8–20 workers — supervise across a single block, parcel, or harvest line.
  • Piece-rate, hourly, and overtime tracking — calculate and explain to crew members.
  • Equipment scheduling and routine PM — coordinate with mechanics on tractors, sprayers, or harvesters.
  • Pesticide-application timing windows — execute per the licensed applicator's plan.
  • H-2A or seasonal-labor compliance basics — apply with HR partners on housing, transport, and pay.
  • Quality-control sampling and packout standards — enforce at packing sheds or on the line.
  • Crew conflict and grievance issues — resolve at the field level with documented follow-up.
  • Recordkeeping (spray logs, harvest yields, mortality) — maintain accurately and completely.
  • Equipment failures and downtime — troubleshoot with operators and dispatch a mechanic when needed.
  • Junior leads and crew chiefs — train on safety, leadership, and recordkeeping.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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