City & Guilds
Level 3
QN: 601/7454/7
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Horticulture (1080)
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 2340 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
40 Units
Guided Hours
2340 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Business management in the land based sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Business management in the land based sector
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Business management in the land based sector
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Business management in the land based sector
2
Computer-aided design in horticulture
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Computer-aided design in horticulture
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Computer-aided design in horticulture
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Computer-aided design in horticulture
3
Construct and establish sports and amenity turf areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Construct and establish sports and amenity turf areas
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Construct and establish sports and amenity turf areas
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Construct and establish sports and amenity turf areas
4
Construct and maintain decorative landscape features
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Construct and maintain decorative landscape features
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Construct and maintain decorative landscape features
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Construct and maintain decorative landscape features
5
Construct and maintain timber landscape features
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Construct and maintain timber landscape features
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Construct and maintain timber landscape features
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Construct and maintain timber landscape features
6
Construct and restore walls
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Construct and restore walls
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Construct and restore walls
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Construct and restore walls
7
Construct horizontal landscape surfaces
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Construct horizontal landscape surfaces
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Construct horizontal landscape surfaces
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Construct horizontal landscape surfaces
8
Customer care and retail merchandising
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Customer care and retail merchandising
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Customer care and retail merchandising
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Customer care and retail merchandising
9
Establish and manage exterior plant displays
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Establish and manage exterior plant displays
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Establish and manage exterior plant displays
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Establish and manage exterior plant displays
10
Establish and manage interior plant displays
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Establish and manage interior plant displays
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Establish and manage interior plant displays
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Establish and manage interior plant displays
11
Historical influences on the development of gardens
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Historical influences on the development of gardens
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Historical influences on the development of gardens
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Historical influences on the development of gardens
12
Horticultural production techniques - protected environments
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Horticultural production techniques - protected environments
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Horticultural production techniques - protected environments
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Horticultural production techniques - protected environments
13
Horticultural production techniques – outdoors
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Horticultural production techniques – outdoors
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Horticultural production techniques – outdoors
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Horticultural production techniques – outdoors
14
Identification and use of ornamental plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Identification and use of ornamental plants
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Identification and use of ornamental plants
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Identification and use of ornamental plants
15
Identification, selection and planting of plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Identification, selection and planting of plants
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Identification, selection and planting of plants
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Identification, selection and planting of plants
16
Land based industry machinery operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Land based industry machinery operations
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Land based industry machinery operations
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Land based industry machinery operations
17
Maintain turf in parks and gardens
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Maintain turf in parks and gardens
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Maintain turf in parks and gardens
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Maintain turf in parks and gardens
18
Manage advanced nursery stock production
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage advanced nursery stock production
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage advanced nursery stock production
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage advanced nursery stock production
19
Manage plant propagation activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage plant propagation activities
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage plant propagation activities
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage plant propagation activities
20
Manage sports turf surfaces - association football
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage sports turf surfaces - association football
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage sports turf surfaces - association football
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage sports turf surfaces - association football
21
Manage sports turf surfaces - cricket
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage sports turf surfaces - cricket
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage sports turf surfaces - cricket
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage sports turf surfaces - cricket
22
Manage sports turf surfaces – golf
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage sports turf surfaces – golf
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage sports turf surfaces – golf
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage sports turf surfaces – golf
23
Manage winter and summer sports turf surfaces
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Manage winter and summer sports turf surfaces
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Manage winter and summer sports turf surfaces
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Manage winter and summer sports turf surfaces
24
Plant and soil science
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Plant and soil science
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Plant and soil science
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Plant and soil science
25
Prepare landscape and garden design briefs
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Prepare landscape and garden design briefs
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Prepare landscape and garden design briefs
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Prepare landscape and garden design briefs
26
Principles and practices of garden design
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles and practices of garden design
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles and practices of garden design
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles and practices of garden design
27
Principles of advanced horticultural science
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of advanced horticultural science
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of advanced horticultural science
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of advanced horticultural science
28
Principles of Health and Safety
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of Health and Safety
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of Health and Safety
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of Health and Safety
29
Principles of organic crop production
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of organic crop production
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of organic crop production
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of organic crop production
30
Principles of plant health and protection
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of plant health and protection
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of plant health and protection
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of plant health and protection
31
Principles of sports turf maintenance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of sports turf maintenance
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of sports turf maintenance
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of sports turf maintenance
32
Principles of sustainable management of turf
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Principles of sustainable management of turf
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Principles of sustainable management of turf
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Principles of sustainable management of turf
33
Site surveying, levelling and setting out
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Site surveying, levelling and setting out
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Site surveying, levelling and setting out
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Site surveying, levelling and setting out
34
Specification, programming and monitoring of landscape projects
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Specification, programming and monitoring of landscape projects
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Specification, programming and monitoring of landscape projects
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Specification, programming and monitoring of landscape projects
35
Sustainable Development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Sustainable Development
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Sustainable Development
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Sustainable Development
36
Tree and shrub maintenance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Tree and shrub maintenance
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Tree and shrub maintenance
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Tree and shrub maintenance
37
Undertake a specialist project in the land based sector
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Undertake a specialist project in the land based sector
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Undertake a specialist project in the land based sector
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Undertake a specialist project in the land based sector
38
Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries
39
Undertake estate skills
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Undertake estate skills
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Undertake estate skills
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Undertake estate skills
40
Water management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand key principles, terminology and concepts of Water management
- Apply practical skills, procedures and techniques in Water management
- Evaluate performance, standards and best practices for Water management
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 601/7454/7
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2015