Landscape Industry Certified

05/09/2020

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01/03/2020

Heads up! We're making some upgrades to our NALP website and it will be down on Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4. We apologize for any inconvenience. For assistance, please call 800-395-2522.

28/02/2020

07/02/2020

This month we have 3 marketing focused webinars starting with The Top 5 Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Business on Wednesday, February 12th! Find out more and register for free here: https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LP/Education/Webinars.aspx?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=webinars

04/02/2020

The Exterior Technician project team met today at NALP headquarters to do the cut score review for each of the five certification exams. Thank you to this very special team! We appreciate all of your hard work and dedication!

22/01/2020

08/01/2020

We're looking for speakers for our annual conference, LANDSCAPES 2020, being held in conjunction with GIE+EXPO, October 20-23 in Louisville, KY.

If you have a dynamic and engaging topic idea, please submit your proposal for a LANDSCAPES 2020 session by Friday, January 17, 2020. https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LANDSCAPES

03/01/2020

FREE Webinar! Now is the time to review your written programs and plan for the New Year. Point your program in the right direction by focusing on key loss drivers from prior years and opportunities to reduce your risk potential. This webinar is our annual review of workplace injury trends for the landscape industry along with OSHA’s most cited regulatory violations from 2019.

Register today: https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LP/Education/Webinars.aspx

11/12/2019

The National Association of Landscape Professional is proud to announce the debut of the new, online Landscape Industry Certified Exterior Technician program on January 13, 2019! To learn more about this program, click here: http://ow.ly/cSrJ50xxL4B

19/11/2019

Join us for our free webinar on Creating a Landscape Career Recruiting Event: Step-by-Step! This webinar will look at some options to consider for building partnerships, volunteer opportunities, and career day venues. In addition, it will cover our local partnership system to give ideas for you to leverage the resources (and help) from your local Green Industry members, extension service, state industry associations, and NALP.

12500 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 200 Fairfax, VA 22033 703-736-9666 (phone) 800-395-2522 (toll-free) 703-322-2066 (fax) [email protected]

12/11/2019

OSHA-authorized safety training available! After finishing the course, participants will receive the 10-Hour Construction Completion Course Card and a certificate from NALP. Register yourself or your teammates today! http://ow.ly/4B6S50x8Ogb

29/10/2019

Join us for our free webinar tomorrow! Almost every Fortune 100 Company Has Done Away with Annual Reviews. Learn what they've learned about effective performance management to ensure that you are getting the absolute most out of your team. http://ow.ly/wopA50wWEEl

22/10/2019

Our Landscape Certified Exterior Technician Exam is going online! Visit http://ow.ly/eXyK50wRlAF to learn more about the upcoming changes to the testing process.

07/10/2019

Sit with your peers, listen to expert case studies and dig into technical, business and operations topics in the Specialty Summits on Tuesday. Choose from Lawn Care, Landscape Management, Design Build, Irrigation and Snow and Ice Management. Learn more here: http://ow.ly/TYTh50wowaR

21/08/2019

Calling all Lawn Care professionals! LANDSCAPES 2019 has education specific to your specialty. Use this guide to help navigate all the education that LANDSCAPES has to offer.

Lawn Care Specialty Summit sponsored by: Bayer.

Visit landscapesconvention.org for more information and to register online.

07/08/2019

We have two FREE upcoming webinars! On August 20th, you'll learn how to set up an effective internship program. August 21st, we'll review the scope of equal employment opportunity and discrimination and what “diversity and inclusion” is all about. Sign up today!

26/07/2019

Margo Rash, Certification Administrator spent Friday and Saturday at the Environmental Management Inc (EMI) headquarters in Plain City, OH to film the Exterior Technician portions for the new standardized, online test, scheduled to make its debut in early 2020.

With the help of Take 4 Productions, Sandy Munley, Executive Director - Ohio Landscape Association (OLA), David Hupman, ICC Co-Chair and EMI’s leading Landscape Technicians the filming was a great success. Once launched, the exam will allow us to present the Exterior Technician program for the 1st time to a nationwide audience.

Special recognition to ‘Program Sponsor’ Joe Lewis (EMI), who graciously hosted the 2-day filming and gave us full access to equipment, supplies and exterior technicians. To Mike Lewis (EMI) and David Hupman (ICC Co-chair: the ‘Field Advisors’ who expertly guided the steps of the technicians during the filming. To Sandy Munley (OLA) and Roni Peterson (ONLA) who for the past 20 years have been the administrators of the Exterior Technician program (field test) and who continue to offer their support and service to NALP, thank-you.

To the ‘Field Technicians’: Andrew Nesselroad, Bethany Bennett, Clark Loman, David Mobley, DeSean Gordon, Eric Klopfer, Eliott Ruzky, Jamice Richendollar, Jerrard Lee, Joe Lewis, Mark Showalter, Mike Lynch, Shain Wright, Uzziel Tobon Garcia and Vince McCreary: Your participation as ‘team members’ was amazing. Throughout the day, each of you provided EXCEPTIONAL delivery in each of the tasks assigned to you; marking you as ‘true’ professionals.

The combined effort of company investment and employee participation went above and beyond our expectation. We are honored to have had this time with you all, in our effort to continue to elevate the professionalism of the landscape industry!

Photos are courtesy of EMI

23/07/2019

LANDSCAPES 2019 at GIE+EXPO offers everything you need to gro like a pro, all in one place. Sharpen your competitive edge at more than 60 educational sessions delivered by top industry experts. See all the new state-of-the-art equipment at GIE+EXPO. Meet other industry professionals at our networking events, hosted at teh luxury Omni Louisville Hotel and the Kentucky Expo Center.

LANDSCAPES combines the industry's largest education event with the biggest power equipment trade show in the country. You'll go home armed with new tools, strategies and business contacts that will help you take your business to the next level, guaranteed.

October 15 - 18, 2019 | Louisville, KY
https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LANDSCAPES

22/07/2019

Are you looking for safety training for your team? The 10-Hour OSHA Construction Safety Course for the Landscape Industry is headed to Sterling, VA - just minutes from Dulles Airport. This course provides you and your team with in-depth information on the prevention of workplace hazards, workers’ rights, employer responsibilities, filing complaints, and more.

When: Thursday, Aug 15 & Friday, Aug 16
Price: $99 per person, includes course materials
Register today: https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LP/Learn/OSHA-10-Hour-Course/LP/Safety/OSHA.aspx

17/06/2019

Join us tomorrow and Wednesday for two FREE webinars! Tuesday we're introducing our new pilot program to connect you with entry level workers. Wednesday, we're reviewing the basics with an eye toward safety! We will teach you what to look for and what information you need for label directions.

31/05/2019

Webinar - Wednesday, June 12 at 1:30pm EST

Heat Illness Prevention - are you ready for the summer?
You'll learn best practices to reduce the risk of heat illness for field employees and review elements of an effective program that supervisors/foremen must implement to enhance compliance. Click the image below to register! (all webinars are FREE)

21/05/2019

Webinar tomorrow!
The Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program: Options for Completing the 144 hours of Classroom-Style instruction.

This webinar will give an overview of the Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program and the 144 hours of required classroom-style instruction, including options apprentices have for completing this component. We will also discuss the steps educational institutions may take to have their curriculum reviewed and approved by NALP. The presentation will conclude with a question and answer session.
Click the image below to register!

16/05/2019

Webinar next Wednesday, May 22nd!
The Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program: Options for Completing the 144 hours of Classroom-Style instruction.

This webinar will give an overview of the Landscape Management Apprenticeship Program and the 144 hours of required classroom-style instruction, including options apprentices have for completing this component. We will also discuss the steps educational institutions may take to have their curriculum reviewed and approved by NALP. The presentation will conclude with a question and answer session.
Click the image below to register!

04/04/2019

Free Webinar on Wednesday, April 10!

Do You Know What's In That Fertilizer? Presented by Neil Mayberry. Join in to learn more about spray vs spreading, why proper training can save fertilizer costs but also enhance overall morale, how to reduce waste, have more productivity, all while investing in employees to experience less turnover. Click the image below to register!

12500 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22033 703-736-9666 (toll-free) 800-395-2522 (fax) [email protected]

25/03/2019

FREE Webinar - March 27 at 1:30pm EST - How to Generate More Sales During National Lawn Care Month. April is National Lawn Care Month which makes it the perfect time to market your landscape company. During this webinar, you'll learn the steps to effectively use both online and offline marketing strategies for your business.

Christopher Yates with Success Landscape Marketing will show you how to make the best use of the free National Lawn Care Month Marketing Toolkit.

22/03/2019

Recently, two more companies earned the Landscape Industry Accredited Company designation! Do you have at least 10% of your staff Landscape Industry Certified? Are you a part of the NALP Safe Company program? If you said yes to both of those, you are are well on your way to becoming a Landscape Industry Accredited Company.

Click the image below to learn more about the program and how to earn this mark of excllence for your company.

Just going through the application process of the Accredited Company Program made us a stronger company. We realized there were some areas we could improve upon. We feel confident that this will help us attract the best employees and be the best that we can be.

15/03/2019

Are you looking to have some of your staff get Landscape Industry Certified? We now offer Online Technician Training Classes in partnership with CSU Online. These classes focused on Maintenance, Installation, and Irrigation are designed to prepare technicians to take the Landscape Industry Certified Technician Exam. To find out more, click the image below!

12500 Fair Lakes Circle, Suite 200, Fairfax, VA 22033 703-736-9666 (toll-free) 800-395-2522 (fax) [email protected]

13/03/2019

If you received this postcard in your mailbox recently that means it's time to recertify!

https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/LP/Learn/Certification/Recertify/LP/Certification/Recertification.aspx

Not sure if you're due to recertify? Log in to your account on our website and check your Certification good-through date under "My Account". If it's December 31, 2018 then it's time to recertify! Recertify before March 31 to avoid penalty charges.

07/03/2019

FREE Webinar - March 27 at 1:30pm EST - How to Generate More Sales During National Lawn Care Month. April is National Lawn Care Month which makes it the perfect time to market your landscape company. During this webinar, you'll learn the steps to effectively use both online and offline marketing strategies for your business.

Christopher Yates with Success Landscape Marketing will show you how to make the best use of the free National Lawn Care Month Marketing Toolkit.