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>> Hi. My name is Albert Vergara.

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I graduated with a degree in Horticulture
with an emphasis in Turf Management.

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While there's multiple jobs in the industry
that you could take or challenge yourself with,

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landscape management is one that fortunate
because about every house has a lawn

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or every house wants to micromanage their
lawn to a smaller, more efficient lawn.

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You can go into my industry currently which
is in turf management in golf or you can go

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into the sports side which is managing fields,
football fields, public fields, sports stadiums.

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Well, the industry is very large.

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I mean, I graduated turf emphasis

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but turf emphasis is just the
scratching surface of the industry.

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What the basis of what a plant needs is water.

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Irrigation techs, irrigation managers, fertilize
sales coordinators, PCA's, pest control advisors

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that will help you implement nutrition
programs but also pest control programs.

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Well, like everything, I think
education is foremost and it's good.

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It gives you good foundation.

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But hands-on experience will really lead
you to what you're going to go in life.

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But here you do get that hands-on experience
so you can make that argument for yourself.

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But I think foremost no matter what you
do get the degree, you get the education,

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but you're still going to have to get the
foundation [inaudible] in your industry

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and that's with the internships that
are required through the college,

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you will get that hands-on experience.

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I think the reason why community college
would be the number one step and the step

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for a student is that it would give you the
education that you want and the job immediately.

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Because they're going to give you the
education and generally the people are searching

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for the people that are well
educated at that site.

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And they're ready to give you the job.

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