E-Learning Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 12 in-depth lessons:
- The Garden Environment
- Landscape Materials
- Using Bulbs and Annuals
- Landscaping with Trees
- Ground Cover Plants
- Walls and Fences
- Paths and Paving
- Treatment of Slopes and Other Problem Areas
- Garden Features
- Designing for Low Maintenance
- Development of a Landscape Plan
- Management of Landscape Projects
Course Aims
- Determine landscape materials readily available in the learners locality, including: soils, gravels, mulches and timbers.
- Differentiate between landscape applications for twenty different types of timber.
- Compare a range of materials in terms of function and aesthetics, including five types of mulches and five types of gravels.
- Determine applications for five different specific items of machinery in landscape construction including a chainsaw, an earth moving machine, a rotary hoe and a tractor.
- List minimum equipment required to construct two different landscapes in accordance with project specifications.
- Determine criteria for selecting plants to be planted in 3 specified locations.
- Explain the impact of trees in two specific landscapes, on both the environment and aesthetics of those landscapes.
- Determine twenty different herbaceous plants, to grow in three different specified locations within the same garden.
- Prepare a design for an annual flower display bed of 50 sq. metres.
- List five groundcovers suited to plant in four different situations, including full shade , half shade, full sun and hanging baskets.
- Prepare a planting design for a 100 sq. metre area of garden, using only groundcovers and trees.
- List ten trees suited to each of the following cultural situations, in your locality: waterlogged soil; sandy soil; heavy soil; saline soil; fire prone sites and near drainage pipes.
- Explain local government regulations which are relevant to landscape design and construction.
- Develop design criteria for different garden structures, in specified situations, including: a pergola, swimming pool, steps and a garden seat.
- Compare the design and construction of six different types of barriers, including walls and fences.
- Design a fence for a landscape designed by you, including: construction detail drawing(s), materials specifications and a cost estimate.
- Compare ten specific surfacing materials, in landscapes visited by you, including paving products, stone and gravel.
- Design a set of steps, including construction detail drawing(s), materials specifications and a cost estimate.
- Design a set of retaining walls, including construction, drawings, materials needed and a cost estimate.
- Compare different types of garden buildings observed by you, including sheds, gazebos, car ports and garages, in terms of cost, durability, aesthetics and maintenance required.
- Determine two different methods to treat a specified erosion problem.
- Determine landscape preparations required for different soil types including clay, sand, shale, rocky soil and loam.
- Describe four interim stabilisation techniques, including hydromulching and jutemaster.
- List fifteen plant species which will adapt well to problem situations.
- Determine ten plants suitable for each of a range of different soil types, including: clays, sands, acidic soil and alkaline soil.
- Develop landscape plans, including illustrations and written instructions, for three difficult sites.
- Determine landscape features that contribute towards the reduction of maintenance requirement on a landscaped site.
- Compare the weekly maintenance requirement of a specific low maintenance garden, with that of a specific high maintenance garden.
- Compile pre-planning information for a an existing landscape, which owners require to be redeveloped in order to reduce the maintenance requirement.
- Prepare a detailed landscape design to achieve low maintenance.
- Develop a ten week maintenance program, for a specific landscaped area visited by you.
- Compare copies of two landscape briefs for projects advertised in the tenders column of a newspaper.
- Develop a “client” brief, through an interview with a potential landscape client.
- Survey a landscape site to confirm details in a client brief.
- Develop three alternative concept plans for a landscape, in accordance with a client brief.
- Determine the preferred option, from three concept plans presented to a client at a tape recorded meeting.
- Prepare a detailed landscape design, conforming to decisions made during a discussion of alternative concept plans.
- Prepare a quotation, based on a specified landscape plan.
- Analyse the design of a landscape in comparison with the “Brief”.
- Prepare a work schedule according to both specifications and plans.
- Monitor the progress of landscape work on a project, by keeping a logbook or work diary.
- Assess standard of work carried out on a completed landscape project, against landscape plans for that project.
- Select appropriate equipment, including tools and machinery, for a specified project.
- List occupational health and safety regulations when dealing with machinery and equipment, which is relevant to a specified project.
- Schedule the supply of materials and equipment for a project, in the logbook.
- Develop contingency plans for a landscape development which addresses different possible irregularities including bad weather, security problems, weekend watering.
- Explain how to finalise a specified project prior to handing over.
- Explain the importance of monitoring a contract, through a specified project.
- Develop guidelines for supervision of construction for a specified landscape project.
How Does A Warnborough Online Course Work?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
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