Course Aim
This part-time course is designed for people employed in amenity horticulture, particularly those in supervisory roles such as chargehands.
Course Content
Students attend college one day per week from September to May where they develop their knowledge and understanding of amenity horticulture. Candidates must develop their skills in the workplace, gather evidence for assessment of practical skills and complete a portfolio.
The course is comprised of thirteen units:
- Establish grass swards
- Establish planted areas
- Estimate and programme resource requirements for landscaping
- Evaluate ground and environmental conditions to establish grassed and planted areas
- Improve the customer relationship
- Manage information for action
- Manage your own resources
- Plan and maintain planted areas
- Plan and manage the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Plan and renovate planted areas
- Prepare sites for soft landscape establishment
- Promote, monitor and maintain health, safety and security
- Set and mark out landscape sites to establish grassed and planted areas
Student profile: Patrick Small
By studying this course I hope to get a better understanding of my job and improve my chances of promotion in the future. I am also learning lots from meeting other students working in different areas of the industry
What Next?
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- Contact the Course Manager listed in the fact file located in the individual course information page.
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