HLSM 1052 - Landscape Maintenance and Mgmt

4.5 Credits

Students will learn how to maintain turfgrass areas and landscape beds. Students will learn how to use and properly maintain the tools used in turfgrass and landscape maintenance. Students will learn how to properly calculate mulch, fertilizer and soil requirements and how to properly plant a variety of plant materials. Students will learn how to cost out a maintenance project.

Prerequisites: (1) HLSM 1010

Lecture Hours: 3.0
Lab Hours: 4.5
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Properly prune all types of plant material including but not limited to trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals
Properly repair basic irrigation breaks and malfunctions, winterize and open irrigation systems, design/install micro-irrigation in landscape
Identify proper mowing and maintenance equipment for the type of maintenance required
Properly calculate quantities of soil & mulch for maintenance projects
Properly plant all types of plant material including but not limited to trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals
Properly calculate fertilizer rates, calibrate equipment and use proper application methods
Properly identify and maintain tools required for proper turfgrass and landscape maintenance
Calculate turfgrass and landscape maintenance projects from start to finish
Apply all information to correctly maintain and cost out an assigned maintenance area

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