New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture - Landscape Construction
Level 3
Overview
Level of study
Level 3
Cost (incl GST)
$1,173 *
Length
13 months
Prerequisites
Learners must be employed in the sector.
*Programme part of Government’s Free Trades Training initiative which may mean a subsidised price.
Summary
Learners will be able to identify, sow or lay turf, operate and maintain power tools and small machinery, learn to build basic timber structures and lay a small concrete pad.
Learners can complete this programme as the first year of a New Zealand Apprenticeship.
There are 2-3 off job tutorial days.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will gain skills and experience to:
- work as an effective member of a team including communication and interaction with team members and colleagues
- demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety
- assist with site set up for landscape work
- describe the use of concrete and other hard surfaces, and prepare and lay a concrete pad
- select timber for landscape work, and construct basic timber features
- identify, select and plant plants, and establish turfgrass using seed or turf
- demonstrate understanding of water flow and management, and prepare and lay drainage systems for landscape work
- operate and maintain power tools and small machinery used in landscape work.
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