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Apprenticeships

Horticulture or Landscape Construction Operative

Level 2

Course code: J20P121
Type: Apprenticeship
Duration: 24-28 months
Subject area: Agriculture,Apprenticeships,Horticulture
Location: HLNSC - County Training
No fee information available

About the course

With a focus on planning and maintaining large gardens, parks and other green spaces, this apprenticeship is a hands-on role with the majority of the work being outdoors. You will learn skills for jobs based in public parks and other green spaces, including communication skills, assessing and repairing hard structures, health and safety, soil cultivation, tools, equipment and machinery

What qualification will I gain?

  • A certificate of completion from the Institute for Apprenticeships.

  • Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work.

  • LANTRA Awards: Level 2 in the Safe Use of Pesticides.

  • LANTRA Awards: Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides using hand-held equipment.

  • LANTRA Abrasive Wheel Machines Course.

Why choose us

HLNSC have industry-qualified tutors with substantial experience in this subject area.

What you could do next

Apprentices could progress to head gardener or team leader

Entry requirements

  • Suitable employment on or prior to starting the apprenticeship training programme.

  • An appropriate level of maths and English (assessed prior to apprenticeship start)

  • Apprentices without English or maths (at Level 2 for a Level 3 Apprenticeship or Level 1 for a Level 2 Apprenticeship) must achieve this prior to taking the End Point Assessment).

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