Sub-sectors: Production horticulture, ornamental / amenity horticulture, nurseries, landscape architecture, groundsmanship / greenkeeping,
Occupations: Grower, horticulturalist, market gardener, nursery assistant, nurseryman, horticultural foreman, horticultural technician, nursery stock production specialist, garden designer, gardener, landscape gardener, landscaper, greenkeeper, groundsman, groundsperson, ground manager, labourer, mushroom picker, nursery manager, horticultural scientist, taxonomist, landscape scientist, plant breeder, geneticist, propagation scientist, production manager, garden centre manager, garden historian.
Use our course search to look for different types of learning opportunities. All providers are contracted with the Skills Funding Agency (SFA) or the Education Funding Agency (EFA) and include colleges, training providers and local education authorities.
Information on where to look to find training and what to think about when selecting a training provider.
UKRS is an accrediting body that supports training providers and instructors, saving them time and money by offering a service that is cost effective and simplistic to use. We raise rural training standards by offering quality assured, accredited courses through …
Our versatile training products are suitable for everyone in your organisation, helping promote a safety-conscious culture throughout your workforce. We’ll help you solve real problems using practical and effective tools, processes and knowledge. And we won’t let jargon get in …
AgriFood Training Partnership – Providing specialist training across the entire agrifood supply chain. AFTP offer over 150 high-level agrifood courses online and at our various university partners across the UK. In January 2017, the three BBSRC funded Advanced Training Partnerships …
Need funding? The AgriFood Charities Partnership (AFCP) website provides a searchable directory for individuals seeking financial support for training, skills development, education and research. There are more than 120 charities listed. Visit the website to search for suitable funders.
‘Germinate Enterprise’ is a rural business start-up programme that aims to increase rural employment. The six session programme helps participants think through what sort of business, social enterprise or farm diversification project to set up and investigate whether this idea …
The Level 2 Technical Award in Land Based Studies allows learners to gain theoretical knowledge and a small number of technical skills, related to the land-based sector, not usually acquired through general education. It develops the following knowledge, understanding and skills: different …
Little Green Fingers has simple project ideas for getting children into gardening. Many of the projects have science elements. Resources include ‘School Gardening on a Budget’, YouTube videos and gardening club activity planners.
To mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, commissioned and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has created The Great Plant Hunt. This exciting project will encourage children to explore the natural world around them …
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