City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Work-based Horticulture (Landscaping)

They allow the learner to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment and/or career progression in the horticulture sector. This qualification is designed primarily for learners who wish to develop intermediate occupational skills and knowledge in a wide range of horticultural skills to confirm occupational competence in specific job roles including:
● Horticultural Technician
● Landscape gardener

You can progress through the different levels and onto relevant apprenticeships

It is ideal for learners who carry out routine workplace tasks and who may use this qualification as a stepping stone to higher qualifications of this type.

The qualification covers skills from a wide range of areas including a mandatory unit Monitoring and maintaining health and safety and optional units covering a range of topics such as: Maintain and develop personal performance, Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others, Levelling and preparing sites for landscaping, Identify the health and maintain the condition of general amenity turf, Maintain the appearance of decorative amenity areas, Establish interior plant displays, Preparing and transporting plants and resources, Installing drainage systems, Use and maintain pedestrian controlled powered equipment, Use and maintain chippers and / or shredders, Collect and prepare propagation material, Obtain, position and prepare growing media, Obtain, position and prepare growing media, Communicate information within the workplace

Learners will choose combined units to meet their learning and development needs. This qualification is a Certificate requiring achievement of 3 credits from the mandatory unit and a further 18 credits from the optional units.