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NATURAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT, AND AGRICULTURE
Landscaping and
Groundskeeping
Worker
After graduating from high school, I started working for a local golf course. My employer gave me on-the-job training to learn the procedures. Before I could apply pesticides, I had to pass a state test on the safe use and disposal of these chemicals.
  How I could have prepared better
I should have taken some courses in agronomy and horticulture to learn more about caring for the soil and grass. The turf grass specialist who supervises me tells me which fertilizers to use and how often to apply them, but without his instructions, I wouldn’t know what to do.