Garrett Webb

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2019 Report / NALP and the Future of the LICT

The NALP (National Association of Landscape Professionals) Landscape Industry Certified Technician (LICT) will be alive and well for the whole upcoming year. In January 2020, as many of you know, the LICT test will still be given and administered by LICH, but the there will not be a hands-on component to the test starting in …

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Nine Big Island Landscapers Become Certified in 2018

What a year we have had!  Hurricane Lane, volcanic eruptions, the National Association of Landscape Professionals changing their certification program termination deadline (twice!). In spite of it all, the Kona LICT Training and Testing program persevered. The LICT written tests were offered twice, once after the Hawaii Island Landscape Association Landscape Maintenance Training (LMT) classes …

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NALP Puts an End to the Hands-On LICT Certification test as of December 31, 2019!

NALP PUTS AN END TO THE HANDS-ON LICT CERTIFICATION TEST NALP (National Association of Landscape Professionals) has announced that as of December 31, 2019, no organization may offer its hands-on Landscape Industry Certified Exterior exam. The hands-on LICT test will be ‘absorbed’ into a brand new written-only test that will be taken on a computer. …

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Kona Test nets 13 New LICTs

Kona Test On June 17th the Landscape Industry Certified Technician (LICT) Test was held in Kona at the University of Hawaii CTAHR Experiment Station in Kainaliu, with thanks to the dedication and hard work on the part of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Island Landscape Association (HILA).Tests were conducted in Ornamental Maintenance, Softscape …

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2017 off to a Great Start

Check the web site for up to date information: Landscape Maintenance Training Classes set to start on April 7th; Landscape Industry Certified Technician Test dates are set for June 15th and 17th; and the Vic Paulson Memorial Scholarship has increased the award to two $1,000 scholarships! All registration forms and applications are posted at the …

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