Course description
This apprenticeship is suitable for roles across industry including maintenance of community spaces and private gardens, food and plant growing and production, maintaining wildlife habitats as well as careers in sustainability and biodiversity. Employers may be charities, commercial businesses or governmental organisations and range in size from micro businesses through to large employers.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Apprentices who do not hold maths & English L1 or GSCE grades 2 (E) will need to complete these prior to Gateway.
You must have secured a position with an employer and be ready to start working with them before you can begin your apprenticeship course.
If you already have an employer and they have agreed to put you through an apprenticeship, contact the Apprenticeship team and we'll get you started.
Training Course Content
You will learn a range of core knowledge, skills and behaviours including:
Maintenance and implementation of soft/hard landscape features
Maintain plant health, soil cultivation, plant identification
Operating and maintaining tools, equipment and machinery
Comply with biosecurity and invasive species legislation, industry guidance and organisational policies
Complying with health and safety legislation
Communicating with supervisor, colleagues, public and others.If you choose the horticulture pathway, you will also learn:
Seed sowing and methods of propagation and pruning
Using hand held power tools considering the environmental conditions affecting development of plantsIf you choose the landscape pathway, you will also learn:
Prepare site for landscape construction activities including measuring and setting out site
Construct hard landscape surfaces, structures and features for example paths, patios, decking
Assess and repair hard structures or taking other appropriate action
Why choose Wiltshire College & University Centre
96% of students go onto further study, training or employment
98.8% overall pass rate for Level 3 courses
1,089 courses to choose from
Continuing Studies
You could progress to the Level 3 Horticulture or Landscape Supervisor Apprenticeship.
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