Hardscape Installation Certificate

HARDSCAPE INSTALLATION CERTIFICATE

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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

If you are new to Hardscape Installation, this part time program will introduce you to basic professional techniques with a focus on the use of hand tools. The class runs 8 Saturdays (10:00 am – 4:30 pm). Mornings are spent learning theory in a classroom; afternoons are spent outdoors in a hands-on lab, held rain or shine.

Topics covered include:

  • Supplies and tools
  • Walkways, driveways and patios (concrete paver, stepping stone, flagstone, gravel)
  • Walls (dry stack, engineered, manufactured, wood, gabion)
  • Water features
  • Low voltage lighting
  • Garden accents
  • Safety
  • Estimating and design

PREREQUISITES

Students should meet all the following prerequisites before registering:

  • Hardscape installation is physically challenging work and participants should be in good physical condition
  • Students are expected to wear steel toe work boots, gloves, safety glasses and weather-hardy workwear for the hands-on portion of the class

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To graduate, students must meet all the following requirements:

  • Minimum 90% attendance in class and 100% attendance in labs
  • Minimum 75% on quizzes
  • Completion of all assignments and homestudy

FUTURE EMPLOYMENT

This course would be of interest to:

  • Those currently working in the horticulture industry who want to include hardscape skills in their qualifications
  • Owners of landscape businesses who have no hardscape experience but would like to offer hardscape installation to their customers
  • Homeowners wanting to install their own hardscape in a professional manner

INSTRUCTORS

JANIS MATSON
Janis has owned her own landscape company since 1994 and focuses on creating unique and usable residential landscapes. Her business includes landscape design, landscape installation, landscape construction and maintenance. Janis is an I.S.A Certified Arborist and Certified Tree Assessor, is certified in paver installation (CPI) and irrigation installation. Janis’ teaching experience includes Kwantlen Polytechnic University, VandDusen Botanical Gardens and many seminars at garden clubs, master gardener programs as well as the BC Home and Garden Show.

STUDENT FEEDBACK

Janis had a wealth of information, was very pleasant to deal with and always helped explain anything we did not understand.(Fall 2018)
The classes were great, very informative and lots of fun!! And I liked the instructors very much, very knowledgeable!(Fall 2017)
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Registration by phone or in person

All office locations are closed on statutory holidays. Burnaby South Secondary & is also closed during Spring break, July, August and during the holiday break in December.

Register by phone
604-296-6901

Regular office hours:
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Burnaby CCE Office
751 Hammarskjold Drive
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Regular office hours:
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri
8:30 am to 3:30 pm

Burnaby South Secondary
5455 Rumble Street
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Regular office hours:
Tue   | Wed | Thu
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Refund policy

Fee payments originally made by credit card are credited back to the same card; for expired or invalid credit cards, refunds are made by cheque. Fee payments originally made by cash or cheque are made by cheque. Please allow 3 weeks for processing.

Cancelled courses
When a course is cancelled by Burnaby CCE, a full refund will be issued.

Full time certificate / diploma programs
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 1 week prior to classes starting will have $100 deducted from the course fee. Requests received less than a week prior to classes starting will have $200 deducted from the course fee. There will be no refunds once classes begin.

Part time certificate / diploma programs
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 1 week prior to classes starting will have $25 deducted from the course fee. Refunds received less than a week prior to classes starring will have $50 deducted from the course fee. There will be no refunds once classes begin.

Career & Business Training/General Interest Courses
Requests for refunds received in writing (email) at least 2 days prior to the course starting will be refunded the course fee minus $20. Requests for refunds received less than 2 days prior to the course starting will be refunded the course fee minus $30. There will be no refunds once a course starts.