Land
Horticulture & Landscape Operative - Level 2 Apprenticeship
Writtle University College are excited to be rolling out the new Horticulture and Landscape Operative Apprenticeship Standard, which has been specifically designed by employers to meet the needs of industry and provide you with the skills and knowledge to succeed in your industry.
The Apprenticeship provides a blend of practical hands on experience with the underpinning knowledge. At the end of the Apprenticeship you will be required to complete an independent End-Point Assessment to prove you have gained the required skills to achieve the Apprenticeship.
You will:
- Work in your chosen industry for a minimum of 30 hours per week.
- Get paid a minimum of the Apprenticeship Wage (gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates).
- Study in a flexible way - students attend College one day a week and work with their employer for the rest of the week.
- Be assessed and graded with either a pass, merit or distinction at the end of your programme by an Independent Assessment Organisation.
- Complete Functional Skills in English and Maths or there is the option to study for Maths and English GCSE (depending on previous qualifications)*.
- Complete work-related tasks and assessments.
- Receive mentoring visits in your workplace from your Writtle University College Training Officer, who will provide support, assess and review your progress.
- Gain a City & Guilds accredited and nationally recognised qualification.
Course Content
Examples of some of the topics you may cover (depending on pathway)
- Assess, repair and maintain hard structures
- Biosecurity
- Business
- Communication & Customer care
- Cultivate and maintain soft landscape elements
- Free hand cutting and bench cutting of landscape materials
- Health and Safety
- Install hard landscape features
- Tools, equipment and machinery
- Interpretation of drawings
- Ornamental turf management
- Plant health
- Plant identification
- Planting, Plant growth and development
- Propagation and Growing media for plant production
- Pruning
- Set out site and site preparation
- Soil science and cultivation
- Use of abrasive wheels
- Water feature construction
- Vegetation Control
- Watering techniques
What are the progression options?
After completing an Apprenticeship at level 2, the natural progression route would be to progress on to the level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, after which the option for continuing study would be to progress in to Higher Education or alternatively the Apprentice can progress in to full time employment within the industry.