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Highlighted Training Courses - Business, Landscape Lighting, and Irrigation

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  New Skills for Expanded Career Options Vanden Bussche Irrigation is proud to offer education and training created in collaboration with a handful of Canada’s top irrigation and landscaping providers. Our  Online Training Portal  contains dozens of courses, and we would like to highlight three areas of particular use to our customers and their employees. So, if you’re ready to brush up on the following areas or save time and energy during new hire training, check out courses on:  Business: Crew leaders and landscape business owners can expand their knowledge with our essential business courses that cover the essentials of running a landscaping business efficiently, profitably, and sustainably. Landscape Lighting. Landscape lighting provides illumination to extend outdoor living hours while also providing security lighting for darker areas of a property. Learning how to install these systems makes crew members more valuable to customers.  Irrigation/Drip Irrigat...

About Our Training Portal—Did You Know?

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  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...

Expert Guide to PLanning, Maintenance and Education

  Are you tired of constantly calling to keep track of your irrigation and landscaping supplies order? Are you a landscaping expert searching for an extra skill to polish your portfolio and gain a competitive advantage. At Vanden Bussche Irrigation, we know how frustrating the unknown can be when waiting on an order; and how challenging it can be, enrolling in programs to help gain basic skills to help improve your business and fellow employee knowledge. Convenience is a key factor for landscaping experts and their clients alike, and it is our objective to continue to help you find that balance through our Vanden Bussche Mobile App and Online Training Portal.   About Our Training Portal- Did you know? The willingness and readiness to learn new skills helps workers to remain employable in the foreseeable future. This favours any independent contractor or organization wishing to improve labour output.  As an expert in the agriculture and landscaping industry, being adept at...

Business View Magazine Feature

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Vanden Bussche Irrigation was fortunate enough to be highlighted in a feature of Business View magazine.  The article outlines how our organization began to where we are today as Canada's leading irrigation distributor.  We are a fourth-generation, family-owned-and operated business that has been built on the values of exceptional service and expert knowledge.  Our commitment to our customers, employees, suppliers and communities has carried us on this journey.  To enjoy the feature, please follow the link below: Business View Magazine Article - Strong Roots, Strong Results

Vanden Bussche Irrigation Welcomes New Territory Manager

Vanden Bussche Irrigation is pleased to announce the hiring of Phil Brown, Golf Territory Manager for Toronto and Northern Ontario. Phil comes from a strong history in the golf industry, having started his career in the eighties. We are happy to be adding Phil to our Vanden Bussche family. To find out more about Phil and his experience, please read the attached release. Phil Brown Press Release
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Vanden Bussche Irrigation & Equipment is a fourth-generation, family-run, international, full-service irrigation business that now joins TD Bank Group as one of the first sponsors of ALUS Canada’s New Acre™ Project. President Marc Vanden Bussche is a farmer, agri-business leader and longstanding ALUS champion. His company’s $10,000 sponsorship contributes to the production of cleaner air, cleaner water and more wildlife habitat on more than 20 acres of ALUS projects in ALUS Montérégie (Quebec), ALUS Vermilion River (Alberta), ALUS WUQWATR (Saskatchewan) and in Marc’s home community, ALUS Norfolk (Ontario). “We are happy to sponsor the New Acre™ Project, because the ALUS program rewards farmers across Canada to use uneconomic parcels of their land in a better way,” said Marc.  [READ FULL ARTICLE HERE]

Online Resources for Productivity During COVID-19

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Over the course of the past few months, COVID-19 has resulted in many drastic changes in all aspects of our lives – including the way we go about our day to day work. Rules and regulations implemented to prevent the spread of this disease have limited many of us from going about our typical work days, leaving us scratching our heads on ways to remain productive and continue business. Luckily, the modern world we live in today offers many resources to make these times much more  manageable and productive. Here at VBI, we want to do what we can to make these trying times less difficult for you. To do this, we have compiled a broad collection of resources you can easily access to continue learning and expanding your knowledge and expertise during these times. It’s easy to get lost in this all, and we truly understand that change can be hard as it challenges us in unfimiliar ways. Please utilize these resources to up your game, as this unique time provides the perfect opportunity to do...