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Landscape architect requires a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree; this category does not list a state or provincial license as an alternative path in the way some other design and technical categories do. A landscape architecture license by itself, without the underlying degree, is not a documented substitute for this category.
Do not assume a professional license alone is sufficient
An applicant is a licensed landscape architect in a Canadian province but attended a program that did not award a full baccalaureate degree in landscape architecture. Confirm the specific degree documentation available, because a license without a corresponding qualifying degree does not, on its own, establish this category's requirement the way it can for categories that explicitly list a license as an alternative. Establish which document the category actually accepts before collecting anything, since this entry rests on a baccalaureate or licenciatura degree and does not list a licence as an alternative in the way some other design and technical entries do. A provincial licence held without the underlying degree is therefore not a documented substitute here, however senior the practitioner. Where the applicant's programme awarded something other than a full degree, establish exactly what it awarded, in writing from the institution, before the file is built around an assumption.
Gather the degree transcript and, if needed, a credentials evaluation
Collect the actual degree parchment or transcript, and, where the degree was earned outside Canada, Mexico, or the U.S., a credentials evaluation addressing its equivalence. Obtain the degree parchment or the transcript from the institution itself, and where the degree was earned outside Canada, Mexico, or the United States, commission a credentials evaluation addressing equivalence. Give the evaluator the specific question in writing rather than a general request, since an evaluation prepared for employment purposes may not address the point at issue. Allow several weeks, and order it before other preparation, because it is the item most likely to delay everything else and the least amenable to being hurried. Where the same institution issued both a diploma and a later degree, supply both records so a reviewer is not left inferring which credential the applicant actually relies on.
Confirm duties match landscape architecture, not general landscaping or horticulture
The employer letter should describe planning and design duties for outdoor spaces, not general grounds maintenance, horticultural, or landscaping-labor duties, which are different kinds of work. Hypothetical example: an employer letter arrives describing grounds maintenance and planting schedules. Those are different kinds of work from planning and design for outdoor spaces, and a letter framed that way invites a question the applicant then has to answer in person. Ask for a redraft describing the design and planning duties specifically, and check that the resume and any reference letters describe the same role in compatible terms before anything is presented.
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