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Advanced Pruning Techniques
Close up of gloved hands pruning a branch
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Next Offering: April 3, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Advanced Wastewater Collection Systems
worker cleaning and maintaining the sewers on the roads
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Next Offering: February 20 - May 20, 2024 (Tuesday evenings); 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST/EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Advanced Water Operations Licensing Prep
Clarifier Sedimentation Tank in Water treatment plant
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Next Offering: January 9 - April 4, 2024 (Tuesdays and Thursdays); 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST/EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Air Quality Permitting Seminar
Two smokestacks silhouetted against sky with emissions obscuring the sun
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Alternative Energy for Water and Wastewater Operations
Aerial view of Wind turbines, water treatment and bio energy facility
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Next Offering: June 27, 2024; 8:30am - 3:45pm EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Analytical and Intuitive Problem Solving
Problem solving concept of businesswoman trying to fit puzzle piece into puzzle
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ArcGIS: Editing and Data Development
Big data visualization with GIS map
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Next Offering: January 23, 30, February 6, & 13, 2024; 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
ArcGIS: Introduction
map of the United States created in ArcGIS
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Next Offering: November 7, 14, 28, and December 5, 2023; 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Athletic Field Maintenance and Construction
Turf management specialist Matt Henn prepares practice fields for Rutgers football team
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Next Offering: February 13-14, 2024; 8:00 am - 1:00 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Auditor's Workshop: Managing Environmental Compliance
two men in hard hats and vests standing outside looking at tablet with crane in background
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Next Offering: December 4-10; (6 hours self-paced)
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Baseball and Softball Skin Surface Selection and Management
Wide angle view of baseball field from home plate
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Next Offering: February 22, 2024; 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Basic Chainsaw Safety
Chain saw on top of tree stump next to fresh cut tree trunk
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Next Offering: March 21, 2024; 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Basic Electrical Print Reading
Electrician with Circuit Diagram near Distribution Board
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Basic Landscape Integrated Pest Management
Using magnifier to examine pests as part of IPM approach
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Next Offering: October 3, 2023; 9:00am - 12:00 pm EDT
Location: Online
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Basics of Radon
Radon Element on Periodic table magnified with magnifying glass
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Location: Online
Available on-demand, 24/7
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Basics of Turfgrass Management
Close up of green backyard lawn with person pushing lawn mower in the background
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Next Offering: December 20, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Beds and Borders Seminar
Garden beds filled with colorful flowers
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Next Offering: March 4 & 5, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Bee-ginner's Beekeeping: The Basics of Apiculture
Two adult beekeepers examine wooden fram with honeycomb while child looks on
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Next Offering: October 2-31, 2023 (16-17 hours self-paced with live instructor-led Zoom session on October 25, 2023)
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Best Management Practices for Tree Care
Two tree care workers looking at pair of trees
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Next Offering: December 4, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Best Practices for Documenting Grant Impact and Success
Team of professionals looking at paperwork and discussing grant impact
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Better Business Management Skills for the Landscape Professional
Green plants sprouting out of piles of change representing landscape business growth
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Next Offering: January 31, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Better Process Control School
Food Safety Manager checking canned food products on conveyor belt
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Big Data - What It Is and Why You Need to Know
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Botanical Products and Human Health
Mortar and pestle with natural supplements and plants
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Location: Online
Available on demand, 24/7
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Bridging the Gap: NJDEP and Municipal UHOT Regulations
Construction vehicle removing heating oil storage tank from yard
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Next Offering: October 25, 2023; 10:00 am - 1:30 pm EDT
Location: Online
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Building Resilience: Techniques for Overcoming Adversity
Image of people climbing a mountain representing overcoming challenges
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Caring for Ornamental Plants
Two women in a garden surrounded by small trees, potted plants, and a watering can
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Next Offering: December 19, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
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Coastal Community Resilience: An Overview of Strategies, Tools, and Science
Aerial view of the NJ coast line
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Common Sense Business and Pricing Strategies for Landscape Contractors
Clipboard holding Estimate sheet with landscaped garden in the background
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Next Offering: January 10, 2024; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
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Communicating in a Diverse Environment
Diverse business team talks and works together at a company meeting
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Location: Online
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Communicating Scope of Work Changes and Budgeting with Grant Funding
Team meeting to discuss grant scope of work
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Complying with the NJ Pollution Prevention Act
Digital illustration of the earth divided in half with one half representing pollution and the other half representing pollution prevention
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Concrete Pavers
Instructor Alex Burke (dark green shirt) guides students as they lay pavers in a new walkway in this hands-on landscaping course at Rutgers.
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Next Offering: January 30, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Conducting a Human Capital Audit
Business & HR icon on hexagon puzzle representing human capital audit
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CORE Basic Pesticide Training Program
Person spraying pesticide product on lawn
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Next Offering: October 11, 2023; 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Also Offered On: October 25, 2023 (Spanish); November 17, 2023; December 06, 2023
Registration Availability: Open
Customer Service Skills for Utility Operations
Customer Service Survey
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Next Offering: May 21 & 22, 2024; 8:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Location: Online
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Dam Removal: Design, Planning, and Implementation
Construction vehicle removing Hughesville Dam on Musconetcong River
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Delegation and Prioritization: Letting Go/Building Leaders
Delegation concept featuring silhouettes drawn on post it notes and arrows
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Designing and Installing Retaining Walls
Beautifully landscaped retaining walls in a backyard garden
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Next Offering: February 15, 2024; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Discharge Monitoring Reports
Wastewater discharged from the industrial sewage pipe
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Next Offering: November 8, 2023; 8:30AM - 3:45PM EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Discharge Prevention Program: Compliance in New Jersey
Brown discharge flowing toward river
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Diseases and Pests of Trees
Diseases tree with bark missing
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Next Offering: March 26, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Drinking Water Operator Review Course
Man holding up glass of water at water treatment plant
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Ecological Evaluation
Great Blue Heron standing in water with city skyline in the background
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Ecological Risk Assessment
Landscape scene with meadow and lake in the foreground, smokestacks in the background
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Effective Emergency/Crisis Communications
Senior Technician wearing hard hat and holding handheld radio
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Next Offering: October 17 & 18, 2023; 8:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Location: Online
Also Offered On: April 18 & 19, 2024; 8:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
Registration Availability: Open
Effective Environmental Field Sampling and Data Collection
Environmental drilling rig advances soil borings into the ground
Next Offering Expected: TBD
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Electricity, Motors, and Meters
Electric motors driving water pumps
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Next Offering: January 31, 2024; 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Emergency Pesticide Recertification - 1/2 Day Class in 3A
Spraying trees with pesticides
Next Offering Expected: Fall 2023
Registration Availability: Closed

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Emergency Pesticide Recertification - 1/2 Day Class in 3B
Landscaper applying pesticide on turfgrass
Next Offering Expected: Fall 2023
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Emergency Pesticide Recertification Seminar
Pesticide application sign on lawn in front of home
Next Offering Expected: October 2023
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Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater
Researcher wearing blue glove holds a test tube with water
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Environment and Public Health (EPH) Program
Collage of images representing Rutgers Environment and Public Health Summer Program: carbon emissions report, smokestacks, water testing, environmental sampling, food safety, and hand washing
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Next Offering: May 28 – July 22, 2024 + 200-hour Internship
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus, Online
Registration Availability: Open
Environmental Law for Attorneys and LSRPs
Judge's gavel coming down on small model of planet Earth representing environmental law
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Environmentally Preferable Purchasing - How and Why?
Green globe graphic in between solar panels and wind turbines with businessman in background
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Next Offering: March 28, 2024; 8:30 am - 3:45 pm EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Equine Nutrition
Horses grazing in field at Rutgers University facility
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Establishing and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries in Personal and Professional Relationships
Image of professional woman being bombarded by external demands
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Event Recycling - Do It Right!
Recycling Bins At Public Festival Event
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Expanding Your Supervisory Tool Kit
Management and Leadership tool concept
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Next Offering: January 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2024; 8:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules: Technical Standards Part I
Map of New Jersey flood zones
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Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules: Technical Standards Part II
Elevated roadway next to Raritan River
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Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules: The Overview
Houses on either side of a flooded roadway
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Geology, Hydrogeology, and Chemistry
Female scientist collecting water sample from stream
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Next Offering: November 8, 2023; 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Getting Your Point Across: Communication Skills for Challenging Situations
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Glacial Deposits of New Jersey
Glacial till and boulder clay
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Green Stormwater Management
Rooftop garden representing green stormwater management practices
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Next Offering: February 1 & 2, 2024; 8:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Location: Online
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Greenhouse Crop Production
Hydroponic Greenhouse
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Groundwater in Fractured Bedrock
Groundwater flowing past bedrock
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HACCP Plan Development for Food Processors
Two men in hair nets and white lab coats smiling at each other in food processing plant
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Next Offering: May 21 - 23, 2024; Days 1 & 2: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm EST, Day 3: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Hazardous Tree Identification
Hazardous Tree Identification students standing outside looking up at trees
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Next Offering: December 1, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision-Making
HIA Health Impact Assessment Logo
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Health in All Policies (HiAP)
Illustration of People Relaxing Outdoors In Autumn Urban Park
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Next Offering: Date: November 17, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm EST
Location: Online
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HEC-RAS Intensive Workshop
Screenshots of HEC RAS software
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Home Gardeners School
Gardening tools and flowers in the garden
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Hot Topics in the Environmental Industry
Environmental technology and sustainability concept design featuring planet earth surrounded by images of solar panels, wind turbines, a lake, ocean, trees, and a factory
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How to Successfully File a DLRP Application Electronically
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Hydric Soils
Two students compare soil samples to the Munsell Color Chart.
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Identification of Wetland Plants in Winter
Winter wetland landscape with frosty vegetation
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Location: Off Campus
Also Offered On: January 16 & 17, 2024; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Registration Availability: Open
Improving Your Grant Writing Skills
Gray Folder on a Desk with the Label Grants
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Next Offering: June 13 & 20, 2024; 8:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Improving Your Management and Leadership Skills
Team having a meeting about recycling policy

Please contact Carol Broccoli at carolbr@njaes.rutgers.edu or 848-932-7207.

Next Offering: November 29 & 30, 2023; 8:30 am - 3:30 pm; 8:00 am - 2:45 pm EST
Location: Online
Also Offered On: April 9 & 10, 2024; 8:30 am - 3:30pm; 8:00 am - 2:45 pm EDT
Registration Availability: Open
Improving Your Public Communication Skills
Students in the Improving Your Public Communication Skills class work together in groups to complete a hands-on activity

Please contact Carol Broccoli at carolbr@njaes.rutgers.edu or 848-932-7207.

Next Offering: January 10 & 11, 2024; 8:30 am - 3:45 pm EST
Location: Online
Also Offered On: May 15 & 16, 2024; 8:30 am - 3:45 pm EDT
Registration Availability: Open
Improving Your Time Management Skills
Calendar app on tablet computer
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Next Offering: December 5, 2023; 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
Location: Online
Also Offered On: February 6, 2024; 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST
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Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Modern industrial wastewater treatment plant at sunset
Next Offering Expected: Fall 2024
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Instrumentation for Water, Wastewater, and Utility Operations
Treatment plant instrumentation
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Next Offering: March 20, 2024; 8:30 AM - 3:45 PM
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Introduction to Drinking Water
Two workers examining equipment at industrial water treatment plant
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Next Offering: January 22 - May 2, 2024 (Monday and Wednesdays); 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST/EDT
Location: Online
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Introduction to Ergonomics for Recycling and Public Works
Recycling Worker moving large television with handcart
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Introduction to Food Science
Food Scientist Testing Food Products in a Lab
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Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management
Hazardous Waste Labels on a Barrel of Chemicals
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Introduction to Plant Identification
Introduction to Plant Identification students take part in field exercises
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Next Offering: November 9 & 10, 2023; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Also Offered On: April 4 & 5, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
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Introduction to Project Management
Female project manager working on project plan on whiteboard
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Next Offering: November 2 & 9, 2023; 8:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT/EST
Location: Online
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Introduction to Pruning Techniques
Landscaper pruning a bush with pruning shears
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Next Offering: March 20, 2024; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Introduction to Python in ArcGIS
Concept graphic representing Python programming language
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Next Offering: March 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2024; 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST/EDT
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Introduction to RFPs: The Do's and Don'ts
Clipboard with RFP steps on desk next to computer keyboard
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Next Offering: November 7, 2023; 8:30 am - 12:00 pm EST
Location: Online
Registration Availability: Open
Introduction to Wastewater
Wastewater operator checks sample by aerated activated sludge tank at a wastewater treatment plant
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Next Offering: October 16, 2023 to January 29, 2024 (Mondays and Wednesdays); 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT/EST
Location: Online
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Introduction to Wetland Identification
Wetlands course instructor Ralph Tiner showing students a wetland plant
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Irrigation 101
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Irrigation Systems: Design and Installation
Freshly dug trenches for laying pipe to install a new irrigation system in a yard
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Next Offering: March 11-14, 2024; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Registration Availability: Open
Irrigation Systems: Repair and Maintenance
Sprinkler Head Adjustment for Home Lawn Irrigation System
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Next Offering: November 16, 2023; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Rutgers New Brunswick Campus
Also Offered On: February 29, 2024; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Lake Management
Lake with dock at sunset
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Next Offering: November 8-10, 2023; 8:30 am - 1:00 pm EST
Location: Online
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Land Use Permitting: An Overview
View of Highlands, NJ waterfront development
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