Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate In Plants and Planting Design

Rules of Combination

Learners must achieve a minimum of 24 credits. 15 credits must be achieved from the Mandatory Group, 3 credits from Group OA and a further 6 credits being achieved from Group OB. Learners cannot achieve both the Essential Enterprise Know How or Garden Design Customer Service units as these are barred against each other.

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Units

What is the purpose of this qualification?

This qualification is designed to be taken by learners interested in developing specialist knowledge and skills in readiness for setting up a planting design business.

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What skills, knowledge, or understanding does this qualification develop?

The Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Plants and Planting Design (QCF) has been designed to enable learners to develop specialist knowledge of plants and skills in readiness for setting up a planting design business.

Units in this qualification are related to the Level 3 Horticulture National Occupation Standards (NOS) (2010) developed by Lantra.

This qualification requires learners to complete the following mandatory units:

- Plants and their Environment
- Plant Studies
- Garden Design Documentation and Legislation
- Garden Design Solutions
- Essential Enterprise Know How
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There are additional optional units of which learners must complete at least two of the following:

- Plant Observation and Analysis
- Planting Design Appraisal
- Plant and Garden History.

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Which sector does this qualification support?

This qualification will enable learners to develop specialist knowledge and skills in readiness for employment or self-employment in the garden design sector.

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What are the progression options?

Gateway Qualifications Level 3 Certificate in Principles and Practice of Garden Design (QCF) enables progression to other vocationally related qualifications such as the Level 3 Diploma in Garden Design (QCF), or to further learning opportunities within employment, or further study in the garden design sector.

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Progression & entry requirements

This Level 3 qualification is designed for open access without the need for prior attainment in the specific area. It is however recommended that learners have prior subject knowledge, for example plants knowledge. The qualification is available to younger learners aged 18+ and adult learners 19+.

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Funding information

There are now two main sources for funding information, a straightforward ESFA Qualification Search and the more detailed Find a Learning Aim website.

The new Find a learning aim (FALA) service provides a search tool that you can use to check the funding status of any qualification, framework, unit, standard or T Level:

View this qualification on the ESFA’s Find a learning aim website

The Education and Skills Funding Agency search provides funding information on qualifications. It does not provide funding information for units, non-regulated activity and work placements, for this information please use Find a learning aim (FALA).

View this qualification on the ESFA Qualification Funding Search

How to find a learning aim

If you’re not sure how to use the new find a learning aim website, we’ve created a handy walkthrough to help you:

How to Use: Find a learning Aim

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We have done our best to collate and summarise the key information, and wherever possible we alert our providers to changes in funding policy.

This funding information is provided in good faith and it is always advisable to check directly with the funding agencies before committing to delivery.

The following support materials will help you to deliver this qualification.

Internal Quality Assurance

Special Considerations and Reasonable Adjustment Forms