2022 HortPack team students showing wolfie hands. Pictured from left to right: Rhett Pasour, Lizzie Foushee, Lisandra Mejia, and Ethan Jenkins.<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Professional Skills Training & Testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The HortPack is a motivated, student-led team! Because there are so many diverse specialized fields, students are often paired and trained with industry mentors with close professional ties and are often NC State alumni. Some specialty fields include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Arboriculture techniques and tree climbing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Business management and sales presentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Heavy equipment operation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Irrigation design and troubleshooting<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Landscape and hardscape design<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Plant and plant disease identification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Participating in the NCLC is more than just the ‘olympics’ of landscaping, the events merge top students, landscape companies, and manufacturers into the nation’s largest landscape industry career development experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n