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CWE 168 – Horticulture
and
Landscape Design
Instructor in Charge:
Charles
Harrison
charrison@saddleback.edu
Program Officer:
Trudi Baggs
tbaggs@saddleback.edu
This course places students at worksites for
60 (unpaid) or
75 (paid) hours. Positions can be at a
student’s present workplace if an additional skill is learned. Students may find their own
employer/sponsor
if they wish. Students may stay for
a longer period if desired and if the employer agrees.
Contact Charles Harrison with any questions.
What’s the Purpose
of CWE?
To provide on-the-job experience in a true-to-life working
environment. We
offer many classes but actual hands-on experience in
the workplace is
invaluable to the student and the potential employer
Does everyone have
to take CWE?
No, but consider
its value
to you. The certificates in both
Horticulture and Landscape Design allow CWE as one of several options. Please view the
current
certificates at http://www.saddleback.edu/AP/hort/certifs.html
When is a good time to start CWE?
Most employers want a person who has some
skills already. In Landscape Design
almost all employers are eager to take students who have had Landscape
CAD or
basic CAD. Students taking CAD courses
during their first year would have an advantage in securing a position. Students waiting until their final classes to
take CAD may find that there are few good openings for them in
Landscape Design
CWE; they may want to choose from another certificate option in that
case.
CWE should be taken by students after they
have finished
about 8-9 units of certificate work. Of
course, students already on the job, can arrange with their employer to
take
CWE earlier by developing a plan for an educational goal to be studied
on the
job. You must contact
the instructor in order to enroll. CWE
is not listed in the general schedule of classes
Will CWE positions
pay a salary?
Most will not. Some
will. If salary is important to a
student, the pool of positions open to them will decrease.
Most positions are without salary but some
employers find that they want to keep the person on beyond 60 hours, in
which
case they must pay a salary. <>
How do I get
started?
Once you make the decision to include CWE in
your
certificate and are ready to start,
contact Charles Harrison at the email address above.
Also, please visit the Saddleback College CWE
website at http://www.saddleback.edu/AP/atas/cwe
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