Green Certificate

Green certificate is a hands-on agriculture training program for Alberta high school students.

Its apprenticeship-style delivery ensures you learn skills by doing them.

You can:

• earn up to 16 high school credits
• explore careers in the agriculture industry
• gain valuable work experience
• reach career and education goals
• qualify and apply for scholarships

Your skills are tested at a regional test centre. Lakeland College is the north-east location.

Registration is throughout at the year. You must be at least 15 years old to apply. To register, contact your school's off-campus education coordinator or councillor.

If you're a 4-H member, tell your leader as you may register for the green certificate 4-H project in the fall.

Choose a specialization

Select one of the specializations for your training:

• beekeeper
• cow calf beef
• dairy
• equine
• feedlot beef
• field crop
• greenhouse
• irrigated field crop
• poultry - broiler chicken, broiler hatching egg, table egg or turkey
• sheep
• swine

Further Information

For more information about becoming a green certificate trainee, trainer or tester, visit the green certificate webpage or email Jessie Selte, regional coordinator, at jessie.selte@lakelandcollege.ca.