Diploma in Greenhouse Technician

at Niagara College - Niagara on the Lake Campus Canada

Are you passionate about the environment with a desire to help establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and our highly industrialized world?
As an Ecosystem Restoration graduate you will be skilled in the restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems and will be prepared to play a leading role in the environmental labour market.

Program Highlights

• Centred on ‘hands-on, boots-on’ learning opportunities via community-based, year-long ecological restoration projects.
• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake includes restored wetlands, The Wetland Ridge Trail, and is part of the Niagara Escarpment.
• Supports bio-monitoring, bio-engineering and plant material management training via the Greenhouse/Nursery, community nurseries and a full complement of field equipment.
• Restoration-oriented certifications and training provide graduates competitive advantages in the environmental labour market.
• Engaged Program Advisory Committee with representatives from sectors involved in the planning, implementation, regulation and promotion of ecological restoration activities.
• Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) has reviewed program curriculum and successful graduates of this program will be immediately eligible for certification designation as a CERPIT (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner in Training).

Do you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for taking special events from idea to execution and want to build on your previous work experience?
From scouting locations to booking suppliers, as an Event Manager you have the organizational and logistical skills needed to plan and manage small- and large-scale events.

Program Highlights

• Award-winning program provides comprehensive training, builds professional competencies and develops project management techniques for the multi-faceted event industry.
• Gain skills in planning and logistics, public relations (PR), marketing and sponsorship strategies, and volunteer and risk management procedures via an experiential learning environment that includes field placements and live-event execution.
• Graduates can seek professional recognition from key national organizations.
• Graduates well-connected to the industry through valuable networking opportunities.
• Access to scholarships and awards, including an exclusive event management scholarship funded by the Many Hands Project.
• Growing use of events as a marketing approach.
• Training and Certifications in the digital marketing landscape.
• Discover the business of events and how to evolve with virtual and hybrid planning techniques.
• Integrated project management principles with event management.

Do you want to contribute to the growth and maintenance of a sustainable environment?
As a Horticultural Technician graduate, you are focused on sustainable growing techniques, care and maintenance and committed to protecting biodiversity in nature

Program Highlights

• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake serves as a living lab with the NC Greenhouse Nursery, Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, newly renovated landscape design studio and computer lab, and a heated landscape workshop.
• Study and research new technologies for generating flowers, fruits, turf and trees.
• Gain practical experience exploring sustainable growth techniques in the campus landscape, gardens and greenhouse.
• Hands-on learning of plant health to protect biodiversity in nature.
• Graduates can earn a diploma in landscaping or greenhouse fields with an additional year of study.

This flexible, eight-month post-graduate program prepares learners for high-demand data management roles.

Graduates will be able to pull meaningful insights from large, complex data sets to support data driven decision making. Students will collect and analyze data and create visualizations to solve current and future problems. The ability to work with data and predict patterns will continue to be a critical management skill.

Program Highlights

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of ethical data management, predictive analytics, and visualizations.
• Suitable for individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, looking to add a layer of applied, analytical problem solving to their area of expertise.
• Work through case studies and interactive labs, using course competencies.
• Hybrid course delivery allows for greater flexibility.
• Applied research is present throughout the program, culminating with a capstone course in the final term.
• Software-based simulations provide competencies in team-based, real-time, competitive business scenarios.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career that enables you to contribute to the management of global supply chains?
As a Supply Chain Management graduate you will be working in an industry that influences the purchasing, production, warehousing and distribution of goods.

Program Highlights

• A focused curriculum provides students with a comprehensive understanding of supply chains, logistics management, related technology, and business processes.
• Students partner with organizations, using course competencies to address real world problems.
• Applied research is present throughout the program, culminating with a capstone course in the final term.
• Software-based simulations provide learners with competencies in team based, real time, competitive business scenarios.
• Program is a member of the SAP University Alliance, a global business provider of integrated enterprise resource planning software.

Do you have a knack for crunching numbers and want to gain program-related industry experience to help jumpstart your career?
As a Business Administration – Accounting (Co-op) graduate you will have the knowledge and industry experience required to open doors to a successful professional accounting or financial management career.

Program Highlights

• Hands-on, experiential learning via case studies, computer applications and role-playing.
• Individualized support from professionally designated (CPA, CA, CMA or CGA, CGA) accounting faculty.
• Network with industry leaders while working on course projects.
• Option to acquire a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation via diploma articulation to a qualifying degree program recognized by CPA Ontario.

Are you a global thinker interested in expanding your knowledge of international commerce to pursue employment in the global marketplace?
As an International Business Management graduate you will have mastered the core concepts of international commerce and will be well prepared to take on a challenging role in the international business sector.

Program Highlights

• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides high-value experiential learning opportunities in the international commerce arena.
• Hands-on learning.
• Faculty members have diverse international business experience.
• Designed to compliment prior education in various fields.

Are you a service-oriented individual with keen attention to detail and a desire to work in a fast-paced environment?
As a Hospitality – Hotel and Restaurant Operations graduate you will efficiently handle the many moving parts of organizations in the vibrant hotel and restaurant industry.

Program Highlights

• The Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Canada’s hospitality and tourism market.
• Program shaped by industry leaders and focused on current market trends.
• Full-service living labs including the NC Teaching Spa and Benchmark – a student-led restaurant, integrate applied, hands-on learning into the program.

Do you have previous experience working in the environmental sector and want to further your skills to contribute to more sustainable world?
As a graduate of the Environmental Management and Assessment program, you will have the specialized skills required to work in several environmental fields, including pollution prevention and control, environmental assessment, and risk management.

Program Highlights

• First program of its kind in Canada; faculty team has over 60 years of collective environmental experience.
• Graduates have marketable skills from the perspective of business, industry, government, consultants and environmental associations.
• Nationally accredited by ECO Canada for excellence in curriculum in compliance with the Canadian National Occupational Standards.
• The 125-acre Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus offers access to ecological living labs in addition to hands-on learning opportunities via industry internships/projects that provide practical experience one day a week, for 12 weeks.
• Graduates with relevant experience can seek Environmental Professional certification through ECO Canada.

Are you interested in a career managing an organization’s greatest asset – its people?
As a human resources (HR) professional in the private, public or not-for-profit sector, you support, plan and execute your organization’s HR initiatives from a strategic and tactical perspective.

Program Highlights

• Build a comprehensive, professional portfolio through the HR@NC student club.
• Engage with industry leaders via guest speakers, alumni, industry events and associations including the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) and the Human Resources Professional Association of Niagara (HRPAN).
• Engage in course-based applied research.
• International opportunities to work/study abroad.
• Courses prepare you for the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and/or Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designations.