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CERTIFIED PLANT PROFESSIONALS
The North Carolina Certified Plant Professional certification is a written and plant identification test that seeks to recognize proficiency in the nursery workforce, upgrade the status of the nursery professional, and provide the public with a means of identifying qualified nursery professionals.
To become a Certified Plant Professional, the applicant must pass the written test, the plant identification test, as well as document of 12 months of experience in plant production or sales.
Benefits
of Certification
Promotes professionalism
within the wholesale and retail nursery industry.
Validates nursery skills.
Creates opportunities for career advancement within the industry
Test
Elements
The
certification exam is composed of two sections: a written test and
a plant identification test. The applicant must score 70% correct
on each test to receive certification. If one section of the exam
is failed, it may be retaken within a three year window.
Written
Exam
100
multiple choice and true-false questions. There are no essay qestions.
Plant
Identification Exam
There are
125 live plants to identify. Test plants are assembled by local nurseries
for each individual test. The plants are numered and the applicant
matches the plant number with the correct name on their score sheet.
Plant list is located in Chapter 4 of the CPP Study Manual. No spelling
or writing names of plants is required.
Cost
of Testing
NCNLA
Member.........$50
Non-member............$100
Re-take....................$25
ID only (Landscape Contractors Liscense)......$50
Certified Plant Professional Study Manual ......$60
**The revised manual is necessary for all tests after January 16, 2002.**
** Fees are non-transferable between people and non-refundable. Failure to show for confirmed test date will result in forfeiture of fees.**
2008
Test Dates and Locations
Test reviews are held at individual test locations by Area
Extension Agents.
May
29th -
Wilmington - Application Deadline: May 4,
Review Date: TBA
July 23rd - Asheville - Application Deadline: June 29,
Review Date: July 22
August 14th - Greensboro - Application Deadline: July 20,
Review Date: TBA
September 25th - Pinehurst - Application Deadline: August 29,
Review Date: TBA
October 2nd- Concord - Application Deadline: September 5,
Review Date: TBA
October 23rd - Greenville - Application Deadline: Septmber 12,
Review Date: October 23rd
Click here for a test application
Who is
Eligible for Testing?
Any person
with experience in either plant production or plant sales, with written
verification of such experience is eligible to take the test. Twelve
months of documented plant experience is required before a Certified
Plant Professional Certificate is issued.
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