Overview

As a Greenhouse Technician, you will gain a strong understanding of plant nutrition, growing environment, pest management and effective use of common industry related equipment and software. Your skills will equip you to successfully manage commercial scale greenhouse or nursery production.

Highlights of the Greenhouse Technician (Co-op) programme from Niagara College Canada

The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Canada’s expanding greenhouse industry and serves as a living lab for students including Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, container and field nursery operations, and on-site greenhouse equipment.
Gain practical greenhouse experience working with an integrated pest management system.
Connect with greenhouse leaders via extensive field trips to local ornamental and vegetable greenhouses and industry trade shows.

Graduates can earn a diploma in horticulture or landscaping fields with an additional year of study.

Career Opportunities:

Garden centre operation
Greenhouse crop production
Greenhouse management
Horticultural journalism
Horticultural research
Nursery management
IPM (Integrated Pest Management) specialist
Technical sales

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Programme Structure

Course structure:

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Horticulture Practices and Operations

Nursery Management

Landscape Graphics and Design

Plant Science

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00

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More details

Applications to open (not competitive) programmes are processed on a first come, first serve basis starting in November each year.

Language

English

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IELTS

6

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Niagara Falls, Canada

Disciplines

Horticulture and Crop Science View 26 other Bachelors in Horticulture and Crop Science in Canada

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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105

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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58

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent

Technological requirements

A desktop or laptop running on an updated Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows 11 recommended).
Minimum 256GB SSD storage and 8 GB memory (note that 16 GB memory is strongly recommended).
An integrated or peripheral video camera, microphone, and speaker system.
Reliable internet connectivity with Broadband capabilities. A minimum download speed of 10 – 50 Mbps is recommended.

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Tuition Fees

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20818 CAD / year

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5863 CAD / year

≈ 5863 CAD / year

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