City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Work-based Horticulture (Sports turf - Greenkeeper)

The level 2 qualifications in horticulture are designed primarily for learners who wish to develop and practise the skills required for employment and/or career progression in the horticulture sector by developing occupational skills and good subject knowledge.

This qualification allows the learner to learn, develop in a range of horticultural skills appropriate to occupational competence in specific job roles including:
● Greenkeeper
● 1st Assistant
● Deputy head greenkeeper
● Course manager

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 range of areas. There is a mandatory unit “Monitoring and maintaining health and safety”. Other units within the qualification can be a combination of the following:
● Maintain and develop personal performance,
● Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
● Preparing ground for seeding and planting,
● Establishing plants and or seeds in soil,
● Maintain the health of sports turf,
● Maintain the condition of sports turf surfaces,
● Renovate and repair sports surfaces,
● Maintain and renovate artificial sports surfaces (optional),
● Use and maintain non‐powered, hand held powered tools and equipment, pedestrian controlled powered equipment, ride‐on powered equipment,
● Loading, transporting and unloading resources within the work area
● Prepare and operate a tractor and attachments,

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 a combination of the other units.

You can progress through the different levels and onto relevant apprenticeships