Advanced Certificate In Horticulture (Crops) VHT002

Understand the basics of crop production. Acourse for people working, or intending to work, in orchards or market gardens. This course is similar to other VHT002 horticulture certificates in its introductory (core) units, but devotes 50% of the course to topics specifically related to crop production.

Course Structure

Advanced Certificate in Horticulture (Crops) involves the following areas of work:

1. CORE STUDIES - involves at least 350 hours, divided into 15 lessons, approx. half of the course.
2. STREAM STUDIES - 100 hours of study specifically relating to pla

Core Modules

1. Introduction to Plants
2. Plant Culture
3. Soils & Plant Nutrition
4. Introductory Propagation
5. Identification & use of Plants
6. Pests, Diseases & Weeds

Specialist Modules

1.

This unit has been written to satisfy one of the modules in the RHS Diploma in Horticulture; and over 100 hrs of study, will cover the following:

• Crop Production Systems
• Organic Crop Production
• Soils and Nutrition
• Nursery Stock Production
• Tree Fruit Production
• Soft Fruits Production
• Vegetable Production
• Cut Flower Production
• Herbs, Nuts and Miscellaneous Crops
• Crop Production Risk Assessment

2.

This unit has been written to satisfy one of the modules in the RHS Diploma in Horticulture; and over 100 hrs of study, will cover the following:

Structures For Protected Cropping

• Environmental Control
• Cladding Materials And Their Properties
• Irrigation
• Nursery Nutrition
• Relationship Between Production Techniques And Horticultural Practices
• Horticultural Management In A Greenhouse: Pests And Diseases
• Harvest & Post Harvest Technology
• Greenhouse Plants
• Risk Assessment

3. Another Crops Module chosen from the following options: