Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Grade 9 - 12, Landscape Design and Management, 2009
1.) Compare job characteristics for various careers in landscape design and management.
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2.) Identify safe use of pesticides, power equipment, and hand tools in the landscaping industry.
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3.) Apply principles of landscape design, including simplicity, balance, focalization of interest, rhythm and line, scale and proportion, and unity.
• Describing computer programs used in landscape planning
• Designing a landscape plan, including enrichment features
Examples: fencing, birdbath, gazebo, walkway, driveway
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4.) Identify common plants used in landscape design.
Example: trees, shrubs, ground covers, vines, flowers, turfgrass
• Describing physical and cultural characteristics of common plants used in landscape design
Examples: physical-color, flowering, foliage, fruiting
- cultural-cold or heat hardiness, sun or shade tolerance
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5.) Describe environmental factors that affect plant growth.
• Explaining the importance of specific plant processes
Examples: photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration
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6.) Analyze landscape plants for symptoms of nutrient deficiencies.
Examples: primary nutrients-nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
- secondary nutrients-calcium, sulfur, magnesium
- trace nutrients-boron, manganese, chlorine, zinc, molybdenum, iron, copper, aluminum
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7.) Explain environmental issues related to landscape design and management.
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8.) Demonstrate methods for planting shrubs, trees, annuals, bulbs, groundcovers, and vines.
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9.) Describe techniques used for establishing and maintaining landscapes, including pruning, fertilizing, irrigating, mulching, and controlling pests.
• Identifying insects, diseases, and weeds that pose a problem in the landscape
• Describing types of selective and nonselective pesticides used in the landscaping industry
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10.) Identify criteria for the selection of hand tools, power tools, power equipment, and machinery for a specific landscape task.
• Describing basic maintenance procedures required for tools and equipment used in landscaping
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11.) Describe the purpose of various sprinklers within an irrigation system.
Examples: impulse, oscillating, automatic, pop-up
• Describing methods of drainage in a landscape
Examples: tiling, sloping
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12.) Identify common needs for indoor plants used in interior plantscaping.
Examples: light, media, watering and drainage, fertilization, temperature, humidity
• Explaining principles of interior design
• Selecting techniques used to achieve xeriscaping concepts
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13.) Demonstrate business-related work ethics and managerial skills for the successful operation of a landscape business.
Examples: work ethics-following instructions, being on time, cooperating with others
- managerial skills-record keeping, budgeting, pricing, scheduling work, inventorying, purchasing, advertising, handling customer complaints, c communicating in oral and written form
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14.) Identify advancements in technology that enhance the landscaping industry.
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