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Irrigation Technician CC
Horticulture Department | C.P.C.C. Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Learn how to design, install and maintain irrigation systems for a variety of landscapes with the Irrigation Technician Certificate from Clackamas Community College.
The Irrigation Technician Certificate provides instruction for design, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring and programming of irrigation systems for a variety of landscapes including nurseries, golf courses, parks and others. You also have the opportunity to become certified as a Backflow Assembly Tester.
For horticulture advising, please Contact April Chastain at 503-594-3292 or april.chastain@clackamas.edu
Irrigation Technician CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Design and install irrigation systems based on the landscape
- Use best practices of maintenance for a system’s prolonged use
- Maintain, troubleshoot and repair irrigation systems
Careers
Career opportunities include:
- Irrigation technician in nurseries
- greenhouses
- parks
- golf courses
- landscapes
- production agriculture
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National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP)
It is the only nationally recognized endorsement offered to colleges with landscape/horticulture curricula. It is designed to recognize schools with landscape contracting curricula that meet or exceed industry standards. Visit the NALP web site.
PROGRAM CODE: CC.IRRTECHNICIAN
The Irrigation Technician program provides instruction for design, installation, repair, upgrade, maintenance, monitoring and programming of irrigation systems for landscapes, nurseries, golf courses, parks or agriculture. This pathway certificate is a part of the Horticulture AAS degree program.
Students in this program also take the Backflow Assembly Operation and Testing class, which prepares them to become certified as a Backflow Assembly Tester.
This pathway certificate is a part of the Horticulture AAS degree program. Classes also count toward the Landscape Management AAS.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- design, install, maintain, troubleshoot, repair and program irrigation systems.
Irrigation Technician Core Requirements
Complete HOR-280 or HOR-282
- HOR-280
- Horticulture/CWE
- 3
- HOR-282
- Horticulture/CWE
- 3
Complete the following Core Requirements
- HOR-140
- Soils
- 3
- HOR-231
- Irrigation Design
- 3
- HOR-240
- Irrigation Practices
- 3
- WET-109
- Backflow Assembly Operation and Testing
- 4
