Describe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noise and pollution control systems for power equipment and explain why using and maintaining these systems is important.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining equipment; utilizing materials and protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field, investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Demonstrate digital literacy by using digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
Participate in a Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Participate in Supervised Agricultural Experiences and/or work-based, experiential, and service learning.
Identify common turfgrass names and characteristics, and describe uses of warm and cool season grasses.
Compare hardiness zones among turfgrass species.
Classify grasses based on reproduction methods.
Examples: rhizomes, stolons, bunches, seed, sprigs
Identify soil preparation techniques for turfgrass.
Examples: grading, drainage, amendments
Assess methods of establishing turfgrass, noting advantages and disadvantages of seeding, sodding, and sprigging.
Summarize proper maintenance techniques for residential, commercial, and sports turf.
Examples: top dressing, aeration, irrigation scheduling
Create a turfgrass maintenance schedule, including watering, fertilizing, and cutting.
Demonstrate correct mowing procedures for turfgrass.
Examples: proper mowing height, direction, frequency
Identify common problems in turfgrass cultivation, including diseases, weeds, nutritional deficiencies, and environmental factors, and describe options for preventing and treating them.
Describe and demonstrate safe and economical use of commercial and residential equipment to install and maintain turf in a variety of settings.
Examples: reel mower, rotary mower, string trimmer, sprayer
Demonstrate routine maintenance of turfgrass equipment.
Discuss the importance of business management skills to the turfgrass manager.
Create cost estimates for large and small projects in the turfgrass industry.
Demonstrate how to plan work schedules and maintenance schedules.
Prepare a budget for a turf management business, including insurance, advertising, and equipment acquisition and depreciation.
Incorporate safety procedures in handling, operating, and maintaining equipment; utilizing materials and protective equipment; maintaining a safe work area; and handling hazardous materials and forces.
Demonstrate effective workplace and employability skills, including communication, awareness of diversity, positive work ethic, problem-solving, time management, and teamwork.
Explore the range of careers available in the field, investigate their educational requirements, and demonstrate job-seeking skills including resume-writing and interviewing.
Demonstrate digital literacy by using digital and electronic tools appropriately, safely, and ethically.
Participate in a Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) to increase knowledge and skills and to enhance leadership and teamwork.
Participate in Supervised Agricultural Experiences and/or work-based, experiential, and service learning.
Explain key provisions of arborist safety standards, including International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) regulations.
Analyze tree-climbing techniques, and indicate which techniques should be used in specific applications.
Describe and explain the purpose of climbing equipment used by arborists, including saddles, lanyards, snaps, ropes, and ascenders.
Demonstrate rigging techniques used by arborists.
Examples: rope-positioning, false-crotch, speed-lining
Tie various types of knots and assemble hitches used by arborists.
Explain the concepts of tensile strength, working loads, and shock loads of ropes used by arborists.
Identify rigging equipment and explain the purpose of each part.
Examples: carabiners, slings, block-and-tackle, figure-eight descenders, lowering devices.
