This certificate will focus on developing your nursery stock production, management and planning skills.
On successful completion of this certificate, a student will be able to:
Demonstrate in a safe working environment, a range of cultural tasks associated with nursery stock production including, budding, grafting, potting and planting.
Appraise the production of nursery stock crops such as bedding plants, liners, containerised plants and open ground stock.
Propose a crop protection programme appropriate to the nursery stock crop grown e.g. bedding plants, liners, containerised plants and open ground production systems.
Determine appropriate nutritional programs and compost specifications for a nursery stock crop.
Appraise a range of irrigation methods.
Investigate the effects of various propagation environments and materials for the production of liners.
Relate the requirements of the nursery stock quality assurance schemes and standard specifications to management strategies.
Delivery
In-person attendance required
Cost
€650
Areas covered will include the following
Crop requirements: Nutritional programmess, planning a crop protection programme, propagation systems, compost specification, sources of material, budding and grafting for field tree production, planting techniques and harvesting techniques. For a range of specific crops such as bedding plants, linear production: Open ground trees and shrubs.
Management approaches to nursery stock: planning the physical layout of a nursery, schedule production programmes, irrigation systems, monitoring crop performance, sustainable plant production systems and use of contemporary new developments.
Quality assurance schemes: Quality standard specification for bedding, liners, trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
Please note - entry to this L7 Cert requires applicants to have at least a full L6 Award in Horticulture
The Certificate in Nursery Stock Production 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.
Contact
Course Leaders
Dr Cara Daly
Lecturer & Programme Leader for the BSc in Horticulture (Kildalton College) & the BSc in Horticulture (National Botanic Gardens) -
