Certified Cannabis Horticulture Specialist

Language: English

Short Description: This comprehensive course is designed to help you start your career as a cannabis horticulture specialist. As cannabis production becomes commercialized and legalized, the need for skilled horticulture specialists in the cannabis industry is growing as well. You can start your own cannabis nursery or become the most wanted professional with the help of our course.
Designed to help you with each and every aspect, our course modules cover the following key aspects:
• Understand the basic methods of growth for cannabis plants.
• Identify growing equipment and needed for growing cannabis plants indoors or outdoors.
• Differentiate between the proper techniques needed for growth.
• Identify important parameters such as temperature, lighting and ventilation for maximum growth potential.
• Understand core concepts about feeding, cloning and watering cannabis plants.
• Learn about the process of growing, flowering, controlling disease and pests.
• Understand the life cycle of a cannabis plant and devising harvesting strategies.
• Learning how to pick, trim and dry cannabis buds and curing and storing them for the best results possible.
The certified cannabis horticulture specialist course helps you identify key areas of cannabis plant growth. The information in this course will help you make a lucrative career in the cannabis industry.

Instructor Description: Though this program is a self-paced program it is supported by an educational mentor. Educational mentors are subject matter experts who have years of experience in their field as well as the necessary educational training and credentials to work as an expert. The mentor is available to answer any questions a learner may have including questions on course content, course material, certifications, and even industry questions. Mentors also monitor the progress of learners to ensure training retention and program advancement. In eLearning, motivation is a key tool to success. Because of this, mentors provide encouraging comments, feedback, and coaching to motivate learners throughout the duration of the program to support completion and success!

Certification: The Certified Cannabis Horticulture Specialist (CCHS) certification exam prepares individuals for a career in the cannabis horticulture industry. The Certified Cannabis Horticulture Specialist (CCHS) certification exam prepares individuals for a career as a Cannabis Professional. Attaining national certification communicates to clients that individuals are committed to providing the highest level of standards in the Cannabis profession.

A Certified Cannabis Horticulture Specialist (CCHS) manages grow operations from planting and cloning to crop nutrition, pest management, grow-house technology, and staffing.

Requirements
All materials are available online. We are committed to being both environmentally conscious and making it easier for you to study! We’re making your education mobile! All of our textbooks are now provided as eTextbooks*. You can access them on your laptop, tablet, or mobile device and can study anytime, anywhere.
The move away from physical books to eTextbooks means you get the latest, most up-to-date version available.

Technical requirements:

Internet Connection
• Broadband or High-Speed (DSL, Cable, Wireless)
Hardware Requirements
• Processor - 2GHz Processor or Higher
• Memory - 1 GB RAM Minimum Recommended

Software Requirements
• Operating Systems - Windows 7, 8 or 10; Mac OS x 10 or higher
• Microsoft Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 or a Word Processing application to save and open Microsoft Office formats (.doc, .docx, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx)
• Internet Browsers - Google Chrome is highly recommended
• Cookies MUST be enabled
• Pop-ups MUST be allowed (Pop-up Blocker disabled)
• Adobe PDF Reader