Code
SDESG
Location
Kildalton
Campus
Kildalton or Botanic Gardens
- Level Level 7
- Duration 12 weeks
- Credits 10
- Delivery Part-time
- Fees View details
- Application Status Opens June for Sept start
- Next Intake September 2024
Please note - entry to this L7 Cert requires applicants to have at least a full L6 Award in Horticulture. Please see the 'Entry' tab for more information on suitable qualifications accepted for entry
This certificate will introduce you to the landscape design process working from analysis, concept, through to solution. Students can attend the course in either The College of Amenity Horticulture in The National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Dublin, or in Kildalton College, Piltown Co. Kilkenny. The course runs from September - December each year, however is subject to reaching minimum class size. Please contact the course leader as soon as possible to register your interest: Cara Daly at [email protected]
Classes will run will run in Kildalton College and the Botanic Gardens
Qualification
Certificate in Landscape Design
Cost
€650
Assessment
Assessment is by Exams and Continuous assessment
Course Content
• Surveying: linear surveying, level surveying, transferring information to sketch form.
• Drawing: use of drawing equipment and drawing standards, draft site survey and site analysis drawings, draft masterplan drawings .including section/elevation drawings, draft planting plans, draft axonometric drawing, draft construction details.
• Design approaches: principles of design and elements of design, history of designed landscapes.
• Costings: prepare design plants and specifications for given situations, costing proposed new designed landscapes.
Year 1
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PRIOR QUALIFICATIONS
Students will be required to hold formal horticultural education prior to admission. Evidence of such qualifications will be assessed by SETU Waterford prior to admission. The following table gives a list of horticultural qualifications to gain entry to this award. Students presenting with suitable qualifications examined in English will be deemed to have demonstrated proficiency in English.
Title: FETAC Award in Horticulture 5M2586 and level 6 award 6M4334
Duration: 2 years
Programme: Any recognised FETAC provider of horticultural programme
Title: Teagasc – Certificate in Horticulture
Duration: 1 year full-time programme
Programme: Students must have attended a Teagasc Horticultural College – Kildalton College, Warrenstown or National Botanic Gardens. This original Certificate in Horticulture programme was more extensive than the current FETAC Award in horticulture 5M2586.
Title: Teagasc – Advanced Certificate in Hortitculture
Duration: An add on year to the Certificate in Horticulture
Programme: Students must have attended a Teagasc Horticultural College – Kildalton College, Warrenstown or National Botanic Gardens. 6.
Title: ACOT/Teagasc/FETAC Diploma in Horticulture
Duration: 3 year programme
Programme: Students must have attended an ACOT or Teagasc Horticultural programme
Title: Dept of Agriculture/ACOT Senior Certificate in Horticulture
Duration: 2 years
Programme: Department of Agriculture / ACOT Horticulture programme
Other horticultural qualifications, which meet or exceed the above standards e.g. the BSc. in Horticulture will be accepted and others such as those from Greenmount College NI or other UK, European Horticultural colleges, or foreign institutions will be considered and evaluated by SETU Waterford as to their appropriateness.
Progression, Employment, Transfer of Certificate Graduates
Students who subsequently choose to apply and enter into Year 1 of the BSc in Horticulture will receive exemptions for modules they have successfully passed at the appropriate year.
Students who wish to enter the BSc in Horticulture as transfer students into either Year 2 or Year 3 must meet the entry requirements as set out in the existing established transfer mechanism. Exemptions for modules students have successfully completed will be granted. Students wishing to transfer into Year 3, an award year, will be advised as to the appropriateness of accepting a record of educational achievement rather than a certificate.
These minor awards offer structured continuous professional development opportunities to those already working in the industry.
This Certificate in Landscape Design offers structured continuous professional development opportunities to those already working in the horticulture industry. This level 7 certificate will allow quicker progression to supervisory or managerial roles and will also allow candidates to diversify and update their horticulture knowledge.
Course Leaders
Dr Cara Daly
Lecturer & Programme Leader for the BSc in Horticulture (Kildalton College) & the BSc in Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens) -
Call: +35351302076
Email: [email protected]
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