Professional Development Level Two

Course: Horticulture Landscape Operative – 

Course Reference: SFA/L2/001

Delivered By: Capel Manor / Writtle College

Time: 24 months programme

 

• Course Details:
  • This course is for operatives employed to work in public parks and gardens, green spaces and historic gardens, private gardens and estates or in production nurseries and retail outlets, including soft and hard landscaping. This role manages a site with minimum supervision. The course covers:

Knowledge:

• • • • Industry knowledge and understanding business
      • Communication
      • Health, Safety and environmental
      • Plant growth and development
      • Tools, equipment and machinery
      • Vegetation control
      • Biosecurity
      • Plant identification and classification
      • Soils, growing media and plant health

Skills:

• • • • Communication
      • Team work
      • Health, safety and environmental
      • Planting, plant growth and development
      • Soil cultivation
      • Tools, equipment and machinery
      • Vegetation control
      • Maintain hard structures
      • Site presentation

• Plus specific Horticulture or Lanscaping modules

Behaviours:

• • • • • • Health and Safety
          • Customer care
          • Attitude
          • Decision Making

Qualification:

• • n/a

Cost

• • • : Fully funded and exempt from Training Agreement (Value of funding £2000)
      If you would like to apply please send your contact details and CV to Nicola Dole at

nicola.dole@ground-control.co.uk . 

• • • To find out more about Ground Control please visit their website

 www.ground-control.co.uk

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