Community Forestry and Tree Management
While exploring the community forestry and tree management industry, students will learn the value, benefit, costs, and risks associated with trees and forests in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Course content will include the ecology and biology of trees in human-driven systems and their management and conservation. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.
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Class Size Regulation
The Virginia Administrative Code regulates the class size for this course. For additional information, see 8VAC20-120-150, "Maximum class size," or contact the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at cte@doe.virginia.gov.
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Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
- Agricultural Business Fundamentals I (36 Weeks)
- Applied Agricultural Concepts (18 Weeks)
- Applied Agricultural Concepts (36 Weeks)
- Ecology and Environmental Management (18 Weeks)
- Ecology and Environmental Management (36 Weeks)
- Fisheries & Wildlife Management (36 Weeks)
- Forestry Management (36 Weeks)
- Forestry Management, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Natural Resources & Ecology Systems (36 Weeks)
- Outdoor Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Systems Management (36 Weeks)
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36-week courses)
- Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator Examination
- Certified Private Applicator Examination
- Certified Registered Technician Pesticide Applicator Examination
- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional-Associate (CBLP-A) Examination
- College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+)
- Customer Service Specialist (CSS) Examination
- Ecology Conservation & Management Certification Examination
- FAA Remote Pilot Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Certification Examination
- Forest Products and Processing Assessment
- Horticulture/Landscaping Assessment
- Landscape Management Certification Examination
- National Career Readiness Certificate Assessment
- Natural Resource Systems Assessment
- Urban Forestry Certification Test
- Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Environmental Service Systems |
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| Natural Resources Systems |
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| Plant Systems |
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