City & Guilds
    Level 2
    QN: 500/8317/X
    Curriculum Active

    City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Work-based Floristry

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 731 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 2
    Awarding Body
    City & Guilds
    Syllabus Units
    21 Units
    Guided Hours
    731 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Communicate information within the workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to receive information within the workplace
    • Be able to transmit information within the workplace
    • Understand how to receive and transmit information within the workplace
    • Understand the relevant legislation in receiving and sending information
    2

    Customer Care in ICT

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to provide customer care by establishing customer relationships, Provide customer care by establishing customer relationships
    3

    Display stock to promote sales to customers in a retail environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to prepare display areas and materials in a retail store
    • Understand how to set up and dismantle displays in a retail store
    • Know how to label displays of stock in a retail store
    • Be able to prepare display areas and materials in a retail store
    • Be able to set up and dismantle displays in a retail store
    • Be able to label displays of stock in a retail store
    4

    Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Maintain working relationships with others
    • Understand why good working practices are important
    5

    Give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation.

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • establish rapport with customers
    • respond appropriately to customers
    • communicate information to customers
    • understand how to give customers a positive impression of themselves and the organisation
    6

    Identify and maintain the condition of plants and planted designs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify plants using botanical and common names
    • Be able to identify pest and diseases
    • Be able to maintain the condition of plants and planted designs
    • Know the signs of pests and diseases
    • Know how to maintain the condition of plants and planted designs
    • Know different poisonous plants and their handling technique
    • Know the functions of plants
    • Understand stock rotation
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    7

    Identify, check and monitor the quality of incoming cut materials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to check and identify incoming cut materials
    • Be able to condition incoming cut materials
    • Be able to work safely
    • Be able to monitor & control the quality of cut materials.
    • Know how to check incoming cut materials for problems
    • Know how to identify plants
    • Know how to condition incoming cut materials and dispose of waste
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    • Know how to monitor and rotate cut materials
    8

    Improve own performance in a business environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to improve own performance
    • Be able to improve own performance using feedback
    • Be able to agree own development needs using a learning plan
    9

    IT User Fundamentals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use IT systems to meet a variety of needs
    • Manage information storage and retrieval appropriately
    • Follow and understand the need for safety and security practices
    • Maintain system and troubleshoot IT system problems
    10

    Maintain and develop personal performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Maintain personal performance
    • Develop personal performance
    • Know how to develop personal performance
    11

    Maintain and store records within the workplace

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to maintain and store records within the workplace
    • Understand how to maintain and store records within the workplace
    12

    Maintain environmental good practice at work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to maintain environmental good practice at work
    • Be able to deal with incidents of damage to the environment
    • Know how to maintain environmental good practice at work
    • Know how to deal with incidents of damage to the environment
    13

    Maintain the availability of goods for sale to customers in a retail environment

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to organise staff to display goods for retail sale
    • Know how to assess how effective displays are in a retail environment
    • Know how to keep products available and maintain product quality in a retail environment
    • Organise staff to display goods for retail sale
    • Assess how effective displays are in a retail environment
    • Keep products available and maintain product quality in a retail environment
    14

    Make and receive telephone calls

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to make telephone calls
    • Understand how to receive and transfer telephone calls
    • Be able to make telephone calls
    • Be able to receive telephone calls
    15

    Monitoring and maintaining health and safety

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to maintain health, safety and security in the workplace
    • be able to use equipment and materials safely
    • know the systems and procedures for maintaining health, safety and security.
    • Understand why equipment is transported and stored safely
    • Know the reason for following manufacturers’ guidance
    • maintain good standards of heath and safety for self and for others
    • understand how to maintain the health and safety of self and others
    • Know the safe lifting techniques
    • Know how to maintain health and safety
    16

    Package floral designs and plants

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to package floral designs and plants to given specifications
    • Be able to work safely
    • Know how to package floral designs and plants
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    17

    Plan, prepare and construct floral arrangements

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan the construction of floral arrangements
    • Know how to store designs
    • Prepare to construct floral arrangements
    • Be able to construct floral arrangements
    • Maintain designs
    • Prepare and cost designs
    • Know how to plan and prepare floral arrangements
    • Know how to maintain tools and equipment
    • Know how to construct floral arrangements
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    18

    Plan, prepare and construct funeral designs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan the construction of funeral designs
    • Prepare to construct funeral designs
    • Be able to construct funeral designs, Cost designs
    • Know how to plan and prepare funeral designs
    • Know how to use and maintain tools
    • Know how to construct funeral designs
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    • Know how to store designs
    19

    Plan, prepare and construct tied floristry designs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to plan the assembly of tied floristry designs
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    • Prepare to construct tied designs
    • Be able to assemble tied floristry designs, Cost designs
    • Be able to maintain the tied floristry design
    • Know how to use and maintain tools and equipment
    • Know how to plan and prepare for the tied floristry designs
    • Know how to assemble tied designs
    • Understand how to assemble, package and evaluate tied floristry designs
    20

    Plan, prepare and construct wedding designs with floral materials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to prepare for the construction of wedding designs
    • Know the relevant legislation and codes of practice
    • Prepare to construct wedding designs
    • Be able to construct wedding designs
    • Maintain designs
    • Prepare and cost designs
    • Know how to plan and prepare wedding designs
    • Know how to construct wedding designs
    • Know how to use and maintain tools and equipment
    • Know how to store designs
    21

    Preparing and transporting plants and resources

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to select
    • use and maintain equipment for preparing and transporting plants and resources
    • Prepare plants and other resources for transportation., Load plants and resources, Transport a range of plants and other resources.
    • Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
    • Know how to prepare plants and other resources for transportation.
    • Know the principles of safe and effective transportation
    • Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
    • Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    500/8317/X
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    City & Guilds
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    May 2010
    Operational End
    Dec 2026