Greenhouse Production

Program Description

Greenhouse Production is Academy Canada’s newest diploma program. Designed to prepare graduates for exciting careers in a range of occupations, it will teach students about crop production, nursery management, the physical plant environment and pest control. Courses will also focus on labour management, plant science and given legalization, will include regulations related to the cannabis industry. Skills acquired will be essential to work in the horticulture and agricultural industries. With the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council predicting skilled labour shortages across the entire agricultural, greenhouse, nursery and floriculture industries until 2025, we are confident that this program will provide graduates with a wide range of skills to meet the needs of employers throughout the province.

Endorsements

• Academy Canada is pleased to partner with Canopy Growth Corporation, a world-leading diversified cannabis company, in the development of quality programming which provides skilled graduates to meet the needs of the cannabis industry. In accordance with Canopy Growth’s hiring practices, Canopy Growth recognizes the completion of Academy Canada’s Greenhouse Production program as an asset to those working within the industry and for employment opportunities with Canopy Growth. • Atlantic Cultivation has signed a cannabis production and retail agreement with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. The production facility will create 117 new jobs with an estimated start date for production in 2021. Atlantic Cultivation is pleased to endorse Academy Canada’s Greenhouse Production program that will provide skilled graduates to meet the labour market demand brought forward by the cannabis industry. The company welcomes the prospect to provide employment opportunities to qualified graduates of the Greenhouse Production program in order to assist with recruitment requirements vital for facility operations. Christopher Crosbie, Chief Operating Officer, Atlantic Cultivation.