Horticulture Level 2 Diploma

22351W0 | Parson's Walk Centre, Wigan
Start Date | 02/09/2024
Time/Day | FULL TIME

Is this course for me?

If you have a passion for practical outdoors lifestyles and love to learn about plants and how things grow, a Horticulture course could be for you. We focus on developing your skills and knowledge to gain employment in this expanding industry. You will learn about garden maintenance and design, plant propagation and sustainable horticulture.
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What will I study?

Aimed to provide an exciting insight into this rewarding industry, students will study basic skills, health and safety and personal and social development. The horticulture skills will include tool maintenance, propagation, plant identification and garden maintenance.

How long is the course?

Full time for one year academic year.

How will I be assessed?

Continuous practical and written assessment.

What qualifications do I need?

A minimum of 5 GCSE subjects graded 9-3 or equivalent. Or Achieved C&G L1 Practical Horticulture.

What can I progress onto?

Successful completion could lead to a Level 2 Apprenticeship in Land based studies Horticulture. Career Prospects include Head Gardener with salary earnings of up to £27-36k, Landscape Designer, Horticulture Manager, Groundwork Maintenance and Plant Production. Over 2,000 landscape gardeners are currently employed in the region.

Other Information

This course requires keen enthusiasm and dedicated study. All students will require a basic kit. If you are 16-18 years old, you may be eligible for our FREE bus pass. Find out more at www.wigan-leigh.ac.uk/free-bus-pass

Course Fees

16-18 Year Olds 19+ year olds Free for eligible learners? Is Loan Available?
£497.00 Yes No

Exam Fee

£66.00
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Horticultural Trades

Horticultural trades workers intensively cultivate vegetables, plants, fruit, shrubs, trees and flowers in greenhouses, market gardens, nurseries and orchards.

Requirements: Level 2 NVQ; GCSE at grades A*-C

Opportunities

5.32%
RISE in employment in 5 years

What could you earn

£11,252
Entry
£21,211
Median
£34,655
Potential

Typical Tasks

  • Supports trees by staking and wiring.
  • Prunes and thins trees and shrubs.
  • Propagates plants by taking cuttings and by grafting and budding, applies weed-killer, fungicide and insecticide to control pests and diseases.
  • Sows seeds and bulbs and transplants seedlings.
  • Mixes soil, composts, fertilisers and/or organic matter and spreads fertiliser and manure.
  • Prepares soil in field, bed or pot by hand or machine.

Knowledge

Production and Processing Mathematics Biology English Language Transportation

Skills

Writing Active Learning Reading Comprehension Active Listening Critical Thinking Mathematics Speaking
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Gardeners and Landscape Gardeners

Gardeners and landscape gardeners cultivate flowers, trees, shrubs and other plants in public and private gardens, construct features to improve the appearance of existing terrain, and cut and lay turf.

Requirements: Level 2 NVQ; GCSE at grades A*-C

Opportunities

8.16%
RISE in employment in 5 years

What could you earn

£12,566
Entry
£25,727
Median
£39,320
Potential

Typical Tasks

  • Performs general garden maintenance.
  • Moves soil to alter surface contour of land using mechanical equipment and constructs paths, rockeries, ponds and other features.
  • Prepares or interprets garden design plans.
  • Cuts and lays turf using hand and machine tools and repairs damaged turf.
  • Protects plants from pests and diseases.
  • Prepares soil and plants and transplants, prunes, weeds and otherwise tends plant life.
  • Levels ground and installs drainage system as required.

Knowledge

Mechanical

Skills

Active Listening Reading Comprehension Speaking
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