If you love to work with plants, have a passion for gardening or landscaping, a career as an Arborist, Utility Arborist, and Horticulture Technician are trades that you can investigate. These three trades involve the study tree and plant cultivation.
Each of these specialties requires different training and the use of specialty equipment.
Potential employers include: commercial tree service companies, public utility companies, government agencies, landscape maintenance firms, nurseries or garden centers, arboriculture equipment or chemical manufacturers, universities, community colleges , arboreta and botanical gardens, landscape architecture firms or private estates/complexes.
The Canada Learning Bond can be used to help with expenses related to apprenticeship programs like these.
