About Our Training Portal—Did You Know?

 

Training Courses You Can Complete Anytime, Anywhere

Whether you want basic training for new hires or advanced learning options for crew leaders, our training portal gives you access to dozens of courses that will help your business be successful. So, keep yourself or your team busy on rainy days or between jobs with proactive courses developed by landscape experts from Vanden Bussche Irrigation and other North American landscape professionals. 

 

Benefits of Vanden Bussche Irrigation’s Online Training Portal

The purpose for developing the portal was to support our clients and answer their requests for industry training. One of the biggest advantages of taking and completing the Online Training courses is that the program is Irrigation Association Certified - meaning it allows industry professionals the ability to earn CEU Credits. These credits easily will add legitimacy to your business, ensuring potential clients of your knowledge and experience in the industry. A few other advantages to taking these courses include:

  • Great way to train new hires on terminology and processes
  • Each class takes between 10-45 minutes
  • Quizzes verify the mastery of key learning objectives
  • Available 24/7
  • Business courses for crew leads and business owners
  • Maximize rainy weather days
  • Train your team on new skills such as drainage and landscape lighting

Keep reading to find out how to access the portal and strengthen your landscape professionals’ training program.
 

How It Works

The Online Training Portal contains knowledge curated from several landscaping professionals and suppliers. With more than 100 courses broken out by category, there’s something to benefit everyone in your organization. Classes are designed with students’ busy schedules in mind. In fact, you’ll complete each session in 10 to 45 minutes, including a short quiz to help you or your employees check your retention and understanding.

The training courses walk students through processes, such as designing a drainage system or installing landscape lighting. Additionally, there’s an entire section on business processes, including how to calculate the daily rate for crews or calculating payroll costs. 

Labourers, crew leaders, and business owners can deepen their industry knowledge, catch up on CEUs for IA or WSIP, or use the portal to fast-track new employee onboarding. 
 

Strengthen Your Training Program 

At Vanden Bussche Irrigation, we specialize in agriculture, residential, commercial, and golf irrigation. We invested time and resources into developing the Online Training Portal to ensure that your team receives the proper training.

The training portal creates a convenient online tool for critical knowledge transfer to help landscape professionals maintain their skills, and also learn new skills to expand your landscaping business, such as drainage and landscape lighting.

By completing courses, employers and leaders bolster their confidence. You can also highlight these credentials in your marketing and branding materials. Further, clients appreciate irrigation and landscaping contractors who stress the importance of proper training, which can lead to consistently exceptional service in the field. 

At Vanden Bussche Irrigation, we go above and beyond to provide value-added services and resources to clients. With locations across Ontario, an e-commerce app, and a robust online training portal, we are heavily invested in improving the skills of new and expert landscaping contractors. 

Contact us for more information on the portal or our products and services today.

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