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Certificate in

Landscape Maintenance &

Horticulture

DURATION : 1 years or 2 semesters

The one-year Certificate in Landscape Maintenance and Horticulture

programme seeks to satisfy the demand for skilled workers in plant
nurseries, gardening and landscape maintenance. Graduates readily

find employment in the golf course industry as landscapers or
become entrepreneurs.

Students are trained in basic landscape design as well as all
aspects of plant care including propagation, planting, pruning,

and pest control. Students develop their skills through intensive
job attachment programmes.
In addition to the certificate awarded at the end of this

programme, students may also gain the Caribbean Vocational
Qualification (CVQ) Amenity Horticulture Levels 1 and 2.

The courses covered in this programme are:

 Communication Skills

 Computer Studies

 Flower Arranging

 Landscape Maintenance 1

 Landscape Maintenance 2

 Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare
 Plant Propagation 1

 Plant Propagation 2

 Work Ethics