Practical Horticulture Skills (Level 2 Traineeship)

Course Overview

This two year, Traineeship in Practical Horticulture Skills provides students with a wide range of skills for employment in horticulture. Students are taught mainly through practical tuition on our sites in Strabane and Springtown. The college has a strong link with CAFRE for those wishing to progress onto L3 in this area. The course will involve site visits to CAFRE campus as part of the programme exposing students to the wide range of options available within the Horticulture industry. Course content; Horticulture production (propagation, caring for horticulture crops, etc) Landscape and garden maintenance (plant identification, assessing soils, using machinery, planting and maintaining plants, etc) The qualification has around 50 units which the tutor will tailor to student strengths in order to achieve the full diploma. Please note this course will only run subject to adequate numbers.