ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN LANDSCAPING VHT032

   

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Home Study Landscaping Trining

Course Structure

This course is made of 25 modules. These modules are best undertaken in the order outlined below.
Students studying more than ten hours a week however are advised to take two or 5 more modules at a time (In for every 10 hours per week or part thereof).
Exams should be taken after submitting the final assignment for each module. Exams can be undertaken anywhere in the world. Exam fees are an additional cost, payable each time you apply to sit an exam. The Industry Meetings and Workshop modules do not require exams. As such, you need to sit a total of 22 exams. If an exam is failed, you have unlimited options to reapply and resit exams until they are passeds (but a new exam fee applies with each application).

Module 1. Landscaping I

Module 2. Horticulture I

Module 3. Landscaping II

Module 4. Landscaping III (Landscape Styles)

Module 5. Plant Establishment and Selection

Module 6. Landscape Construction

Module 7. Horticulture II

Module 8. Horticulture & Research I

Module 9. Water Gardening

Module 10. Playground Design

 

Module 11. Planning Layout and Construction of Ornamental Gardens

Module 12. Cottage Garden Design

Module 13. Permaculture Systems

Module 14. Horticultural Management

Module 15. Natural Garden Design

Module 16. Project Management

Module 17. Restoring Established Ornamental Gardens

Module 18. Horticulture & Research II

Module 19. Workshop I

Modules 20 and 21. Two relevant electives from horticulture or another area of study of value to people working in landscaping. For example … Advanced Permaculture; Irrigation – gardens; Trees for Rehabilitation; Horticultural Marketing; Plant Ecology; Conifers; Roses; Perennials; Australian Natives I; Tropical Plants; Photoshop; Starting a Small Business, Amenity Horticulture I.

Module 22 Workshop 2

Module 23 Industry Meetings 100 hrs

Modules 24 Professional Practice for Consultants

Module 25 One module chosen from: Operational Business Management I or Water Conservation & Management or Photoshop

Course Duration: 2500 hours

Articulation:
This Diploma incorportates the Diploma in Landscaping VHT021 (Which equates with modules 1 to 21).
As such, an alternative is to undertake the Diploma first, then upgrade to the Advanced Diploma by completing modules 22 to 25 later on.
Upon completing this Advanced Diploma, it is possible to upgrade to further qualifications through our UK school. For these options contact our UK office.

 

 

 
SUGGESTED READING
 
Garden Design Part 1 -The first of several volumes, inspirational and highly illustrated with hundreds of colour photos.
by our principal, John Mason.  Available as an ebook for purchase and download from http://acsebook.com/products/2242-garden-design-part-1-ebook-by-john-mason.aspx
 
Garden Design Part 2 -Second book in the series. Hundreds more colour pics and lots of inspirational reading. (More to follow next year)  Available as an ebook for purchase and immediate download from  http://acsebook.com/products/2244-garden-design-part-2-ebook-by-john-mason.aspx

 

 

Why Study the Course?

This is a great course to choose, if you want to not only learn about the subject now;
but keep learning after you finish studying. We believe a good course
should not only
develop intelligence and knowledge; but also:
  • Improve your ability to communicate with others within the discipline
  • Develop problem solving skills relevant to this discipline 
  • Expand awareness and develop creativity
  • Facilitate networking (develop contacts within an industry)
  • Develop attributes that set you apart from others in your industry
  • Motivate you, build confidence, and more

According to some authorities, success is actually only affected about 20% by your knowledge and intelligence.

Our school works at helping you in a holistic way, to develop all of the things
mentioned above, in a way that relates to the discipline you are studying; and
in this way, giving you the capacity to apply yourself to unanticipated problems,
to understand new information as it emerges, to see and seize on new opportunities
as they reveal themselves, and to continue to grow your abilities within your discipline
as you progress through life after study.

In a world that is changing faster all the time; it is difficult to even be certain how this industry
might change between the start of your course, and the time you finish studying.
With this in mind; any course that is to have long term value in today's world, must develop
broad generic skills (as above). This approach to education is not unique to ACS, but it is
an approach tested, proven and adopted in our courses; and an approach that is also used
by some of the most successful, cutting edge universities and colleges around the world.

 

 


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Distance Learning Landscaping Course

An outstanding qualification -the best training you are likely to find for working as an elite garden designer. Outstanding learning is of course only part of what makes a landscape designer exceptional. You also need a flair for design, a passion for gardens and a practical touch (including some management and business abilities).

This course works hard at developing all of these capabilities, as much as any course can; and provides interaction with leading landscape professionals in both Australia and the UK.