Spanish Phrases for Landscaping Professionals [Spiral-bound]

Dominic Arbini (Author), Jason Holben (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0965971716 | ISBN-13: 978-0965971713 | Publication Date: May 15, 2001

"Spanish Phrases For Landscaping Professionals" is a collection of user-friendly words and phrases to help English speaking Managers and Crew leaders communicate with their Hispanic employees. It covers hiring and training, safety, equipment use and maintenance, demolition, prep., installation, light masonry, grounds maintenance...etc. There is also a section for dealing with injuries. This book is NOT a textbook, but rather a "point and shoot" phrase book for Landscapers who need to say it NOW, and who have not found time to learn Spanish while working 60 hour weeks.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 207 pages
• Publisher: Stock Pot Pub (May 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965971716
• ISBN-13: 978-0965971713
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, July 19, 2001

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Frank O'Leary (Durango, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spanish Phrases for Landscaping Professionals (Spiral-bound)

I've been in the landscaping business in Colorado for twelve years, and I wish I'd had this book before now. We have many Spanish speaking workers in Colorado, and this book comes in handy every day. It has especially helped facilitate the process of hiring and training new employees. The phonetics and the layout are easy to understand and read. I am finally able to communicate more effectively with my workforce. This book has proved to be an invaluable resource.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get this book!, August 12, 2007

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D. Hacker "greenhouse worker" (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spanish Phrases for Landscaping Professionals (Spiral-bound)

Great book!

It's separated into different chapters based on different kinds of landscaping work (papaerwork, masonry, laying sod), and provides complete sentences, with pronunciation guide and English translation, that you can turn to and use immediately. It also has a very useful vocabulary list in the back. It won't take the place of a series of night classes at the local technical college, but it will get you through the work week.

If you already speak a little spanish, this is a 5 star book.

Downside? There are some typos (misplaced or missing accent marks, wrong gender for noun) that will make the some-spanish speakers a little crazy, and make the non-spanish speakers look like fools to their hispanic workers.

Still, I take this book to work with me every day.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Define your needs, January 21, 2009

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Teresa (San Diego,USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Spanish Phrases for Landscaping Professionals (Spiral-bound)

This is a great book for those working in the landscape industry. It is not a good fit for regular homeowners dealing with a landscaper/gardner. This book will help in giving complex instructions (how to put fuel into lawnmowers, how long the workday will be, how not to get injured, how to install a sprinkler system). It will not help with asking the lawn to be mowed or checking an individual sprinkler head or cutting back growth or all the small things a homeowner usually has done around the yard.