LAT - Landscape Technology Instructor Qualifications
LAT Instructor Requirements:
Landscape Instructor Preferred qualifications as determined by the SAC and the Advisory Board:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Landscape Construction, Landscape Management (maintenance), Horticulture (with a landscape emphasis), Vocational Agriculture, Vocational Education/Horticulture, or Turf Management; and 4 years of work experience in the field required, with a preference for 2 years teaching and 3 years of work experience.
- Internships and cooperative work experience will substitute for one year of the required experience; OR
- a Bachelor's in a related area such as Biology, Geology, Geography, Urban Planning, Environmental Science, Architecture, etc. with 30-quarter credit hours in upper division landscape courses including maintenance and pesticides; and 8 years of work experience in the field required, with a preference for 3 years teaching and 4 years of work experience. Internships and cooperative work experience will substitute for one year of the required experience;
Revised Date: 03/05/2004
Related Instruction
LAT 223 (Computation)
College transcript shows completed courses (C or better) in Site Surveying and Analysis (or equivalent), and Math including subjects in algebra, geometry and trigonometry (equivalent or greater); or a licensed Landscape Contractor Professional or Landscape Architect; or 5 years of field experience in landscape contracting and/or landscape design with proof of college transcript coursework.
Added 05/2011