City & Guilds
Level 3
QN: 500/6838/6
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Work-based Horticulture
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 1279 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 3
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
40 Units
Guided Hours
1279 hrs
Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.
Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Assess the characteristics of sites
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to gather data on the characteristics of sites
- Understand how to analyse data to produce information on the characteristics of sites, Gather data on the characteristics of sites
- Analyse data to produce information on the characteristics of sites
2
Design and install drainage systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to calculate drainage requirements
- Be able to install drainage systems
- Be able to promote health and safety and good environmental practice
- Be able to maintain and use equipment during installing drainage
- Understand the calculation required for drainage
- Understand why its important to be able to install drainage systems
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental practice
3
Design landscape areas and specify materials and components
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare designs for landscape projects
- Understand how to specify plants, materials and installation details
- Prepare designs for landscape projects, Specify plants, materials and installation details
4
Establish grass swards
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to establish grass swards
- Be able to identify types of grasses
- Understand the principles of selecting grasses
- Understand how to assess turf health
- Be able to establish grass swards
- Understand how to maintain equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
5
Establish planted areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to establish planted areas
- Be able to identify a range of plants
- Understand the principles of selecting plants
- Understand the methods of assessing plant health
- Be able to establish planted areas
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
6
Estimate and programme resource requirements
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to estimate the resources
- Be able to sequence and programme work
- Understand how to estimate resource requirements and programme work
- Understand the sequence and programming of work
7
Evaluate ground and environmental conditions to establish grassed and planted areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to evaluate ground and environmental conditions
- Be able to evaluate ground and environmental conditions
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
8
Maintain and develop decorative horticultural features
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain and develop the quality of decorative horticultural features
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand the factors which affect the quality of decorative displays
- Understand how to maintain and develop the quality of decorative horticultural features
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
9
Maintain Irrigation Systems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to design irrigation systems
- Understand how to maintain irrigation systems
- Maintain irrigation systems
- Maintain the waste and environment
- Understand and comply with current health & safety legislation and codes of practice
10
Manage site clearance and preparation for planting
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand site clearance
- Understand the requirements for planting.
- Understand how to maintain equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to control the clearance of a site
- Be able to organise the resources needed for planting
- Be able to maintain and use equipment during controlling the clearance of a sites for planting
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
11
Monitor and adjust watering systems for crops or plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand watering systems
- Understand crop or plant requirements for water
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use equipment
- Be able to monitor and adjust watering systems
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
12
Monitor landscape maintenance and inspect landscape features and facilities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to inspect and monitor landscape maintenance
- Be able to monitor the safety and condition of features and facilities
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain appropriate records
- Understand how to inspect and monitor landscape maintenance
- Understand how to monitor the safety and condition of features and facilities
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
13
Monitor the development of crops or plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the development of crops or plants
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use equipment
- Be able to monitor and maintain crops or plants
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
14
Plan and collect propagation material
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare for the collection of propagation material
- Understand the methods of propagation
- Understand the principles of identification and naming of plants
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to plan the collection of propagation material
- Be able to collect propagation material
15
Plan and construct water features
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to construct pools and water features
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand the principles underpinning installation and construction of pools and water features
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
16
Plan and implement seed propagation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the planning of seed propagation
- Understand the factors which influence seed propagation
- Understand the need for monitoring seed propagation
- Understand the how to maintain equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to plan seed propagation
- Be able to implement seed propagation
- Be able to monitor germination of seeds
- Be able to maintain and use equipment during seed propagation
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
17
Plan and maintain planted areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan and maintain planted areas
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to plan and maintain planted areas
- Understand the effects of nutrients and climate on plant growth
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental practice
- Know how to deal with problems
18
Plan and maintain supplies of physical resources within the work area
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain supplies of physical resources
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to maintain supplies of physical resources
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
19
Plan and manage the collection of orders
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to maintain and use equipment during planning the collection of orders
- Be able to plan the collection of orders
- Manage the collection of orders
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand why it is important to be able to plan the collection of orders.
- Understand how to manage the collection of orders
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
20
Plan and manage the control of pests, diseases and disorders
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Plan the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Be able to monitor the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Be able to manage the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Be able to keep appropriate records
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand how to plan for the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Understand how to monitor the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Understand the records required for managing the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Understand the control of pests, diseases and disorders
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
21
Plan and monitor harvesting operations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to plan the harvesting of crops
- Understand the harvesting of crops
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Be able to select
- use and maintain equipment and resources
- Be able to plan the harvesting of crops
- Be able to maintain the harvesting of crops
- Be able to work safely and minimise environmental damage
22
Plan and prepare growing media
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the preparation of growing media
- Understand the factors that affect preparation and operations
- Be able to plan, obtain and position materials
- Be able to prepare the growing media
- Be able to select
- use and maintain equipment for preparing growing media
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to maintain equipment
23
Plan and renovate planted areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan and renovate planted areas
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand how to plan the renovation of planted areas
- Know how to deal with problems during renovation
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental practice
24
Plan and set out sports areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to set out sports areas
- Be able to plan and set out sports areas
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
25
Plan the maintenance, repair and renovation of sports turf areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to plan and ensure the maintenance of sports turf areas
- Understand the factors affective repair and renovation of sports turf areas
- Know how to deal with problems
- Be able to plan for the maintenance and repair of sports turf
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
26
Prepare and Establish Propagation Material
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the methods of preparing for propagation
- Understand how to establish propagation material in a growing environment
- Understand the techniques for weaning crops or plants
- Know the types of equipment and materials required and how to maintain them
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment and materials
- Be able to prepare propagation material
- Establish propagation material in a growing environment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
27
Prepare and maintain equipment and machines
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare equipment and machines for maintenance
- Understand how to maintain and repair equipment and machines
- Prepare equipment and machines for maintenance
- Maintain and repair equipment and machines
- Understand and comply with current health & safety legislation and codes of practice
- Understand and work safely with hazardous chemicals
28
Prepare and store harvested crops
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Know how to prepare harvested crops
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use equipment
- Be able to maintain harvested crops
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
29
Prepare collected orders for dispatch
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Prepare collected orders for dispatch
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to prepare collected orders for dispatch
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
30
Prepare for and maintain the planting of crops or plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare for the planting of crops or plants
- Understand the factors which influence the planting of crops or plants
- Understand how to maintain equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to prepare for planting crops or plants
- Be able to maintain the planting of crops or plants
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
31
Prepare sites for landscape works
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Form ground profiles for landscape works
- Be able to maintain and use equipment during preparation of sites for landscape works
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to form ground profiles for landscape works
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Know and understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
32
Prepare sites for soft landscape establishment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to prepare sites for soft landscape establishment
- Be able to prepare sites for soft landscape establishment
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
33
Prepare, monitor and adjust environmental conditions for protected crops or plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the effects of maintaining environmental conditions for protected crops/plants
- Understand the types of equipment used to maintain environmental conditions
- Know the different methods for adjusting environmental conditions
- Be able to prepare environmental conditions for protected crops
- Be able to monitor and carry out adjustments to the environmental conditions
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
34
Promote and monitor the growth of crops or plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors which promote the growth of crops or plants
- Understand how to maintain equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote the growth of crops or plants through a number of methods
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
35
Provide nutrients to plants or crops
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors which influence nutrient requirements
- Understand the methods of applying nutrients
- Know how to identify nutrient problems with crops or plants
- Understand how to maintain equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to maintain and use equipment
- Be able to provide nutrients to plants or crops
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
36
Repair and restore walls
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to repair and restore
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to repair and restore walls
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
37
Restore soft landscape areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to restore soft landscape areas
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand how to restore soft landscape areas
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
38
Set and mark out landscape sites to establish grassed and planted areas
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to set and mark out sites ready for operations
- Be able to set and mark out sites ready for operations
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
39
Specify the maintenance of landscapes
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to specify the maintenance of landscapes, Specify the maintenance of landscapes
40
Transplant large root-balled plants
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Prepare and transport large root-balled plants.
- Understand the principles of transporting large root-balled plants.
- Establish large root-balled plants in new sites.
- Understand the principles underpinning the establishment of large root-balled plants
- Be able to maintain and use relevant equipment
- Understand the reasons for maintaining equipment
- Be able to promote health and safety and environmental good practice
- Understand relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 500/6838/6
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Occupational Qualification
- Operational Start
- Aug 2009
- Operational End
- Dec 2026