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Tickets that raise your rate

• Pesticide applicator licence

  Provincial exam. Required for lawn care and tree spraying.

• Landscape design

  Drafting, plant selection and software. Design-build firms bill it at higher rates.

• Hardscape and stone

  Interlock, retaining walls, natural stone. The best-paid crews.

• Irrigation

  Installing and servicing sprinkler systems is a specialty with its own certification.

• Golf course turf management

  Diploma programs lead to superintendent jobs at $70,000 and up.