Nursery Hands - Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Nursery Hands Online Course. 100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

Get certified with a Nursery Hands Course course online via distance learning and homestudy. Take an accredited qualification and control of your future where ever you are in the world

Lesson Structure: Nursery Hands Course VHT102

There are 11 lessons:

1. Introduction to the Nursery Industry
   • production systems, transport regulations, PVR
2. Plant Identification and Taxonomy
   • systematic botany, plant families, leaf and flower parts
3. Nursery Structures and Buildings
   • greenhouse management, structures for nurseries
4. Potting Mixes
   • U.C. soil mixes, understanding soils, growing media
5. Seed Propagation
   • quality, sources, storage, germination treatments
6. Cutting Propagation
   • stock plants, hormones
7. Other Propagation Techniques
   • tissue culture, division, separation, layering, grafting
8. Plant Nutrition in the Nursery
   • nutrition management,
9. Pests and Diseases Control
   • hygiene
10. Other Nursery Tasks
    • nursery irrigation, modifying plant growth
11. Marketing and Sales
    • sales methods

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure:

1. Introduction to the Nursery Industry
   • production systems, transport regulations, PVR
2. Plant Identification and Taxonomy
   • systematic botany, plant families, leaf and flower parts
3. Nursery Structures and Buildings
   • greenhouse management, structures for nurseries
4. Potting Mixes
   • U.C. soil mixes, understanding soils, growing media
5. Seed Propagation
   • quality, sources, storage, germination treatments
6. Cutting Propagation
   • stock plants, hormones
7. Other Propagation Techniques
   • tissue culture, division, separation, layering, grafting
8. Plant Nutrition in the Nursery
   • nutrition management,
9. Pests and Diseases Control
   • hygiene
10. Other Nursery Tasks
    • nursery irrigation, modifying plant growth
11. Marketing and Sales
    • sales methods

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Horticulturalists, Garden Enthusiasts, Home Gardeners, Landscapers, Garden Designers.

A pc or laptop with internet connection

Studying horticulture creates a world potential for every nature lover in search of a career. Plants are one of the most important organisms in our world. We eat them, we grow them, we use them for ornamentation and even medicine.

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