Train Your Greenhouse Staffers With Online Courses
March 24, 2019 University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension is offering to help greenhouse growing operations train workers to make better crop management decisions through its four-week online training courses.
According to UF/IFAS, each greenhouse training course is completely online, available in English and Spanish, and includes streaming videos, readings, and assignments. They are available any time of the day, and new modules activated each week during the course. PhD instructors are available for help and interactive discussions. Graduates receive a personalized certificate of completion.
The first course of 2019, “Greenhouse 101,” teaches the underlying horticultural science of plant growth to growers who lack a formal training in horticulture. Topics covered are plant parts and functions, photosynthesis and growth, greenhouse technology, flowering, compactness and branching, irrigation, nutrition, and plant health. It starts May 27 and runs through June 21. To register, visit http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training.
The remaining greenhouse training online course schedule for 2019 includes:
- Nutrient Management 1 (Introduction), July 1 – July 26
- Nutrient Management 2 (Advanced), Aug. 5 – Aug 30
- Costing & Profitability, Sept. 2 – Sep 27
- Disease Management, Sept. 30 – Oct. 25
- Weed Management, Nov. 4 – Dec. 6
- Irrigation Water Quality and Treatment, Nov. 4 – Dec. 6
For more information, visit https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/training.
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