NOCN Level 2 Award in Garden Design
Qualification summary
The qualification has been designed to enable learners to develop the drawing skills and plant knowledge required to enter the garden design industry. The qualification could be used in conjunction with other horticultural qualifications for those new to the landbased sector.
The qualification supports the aspiration to develop creative talent within society in order to improve economic success. The specific aims of the NOCN Level 2 Award in Garden Design are to:
Develop basic drawing skills to produce garden and planting plans.
Develop knowledge and understanding of plant and soil science relevant to garden design.
Develop knowledge of plant identification, selection and care criteria as they relate to garden design.
The qualification has been designed in conjunction with the garden design specialists at Capel Manor College and is supported by Lantra, the SSC for the Landbased sector.
Qualification details
VRQ - Vocationally-Related Qualification
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NOCN qualifications are designed to encourage and facilitate widening participation. The qualification helps to develop social, cultural and environmental awareness of the place of garden design within society.
The NOCN Level 2 Award in Garden Design is designed to be accessible to young people and adult learners wishing to explore and develop both their drawing and design skills and their plant knowledge.
The qualification can be used to introduce learners to the initial skills and knowledge required to enter the Garden Design sector. It support learners new to the design process and new to horticulture.
Learners could progress onto further Level 3 VRQs in relation to Garden Design such as: NOCN Level 2 Certificate in Garden Design or NOCN Level 3 Certificate in Garden and Planting Design.
Garden Designer
Landscaper
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03 Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care
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03.2
Horticulture and Forestry
Coursework
Portfolio of Evidence
Achievement of the units is through internally set, internally assessed and externally verified assessment activity. Centres devise assessment tasks to meet the specification for assessment detailed for each unit. The activity must meet the standards detailed in the assessment grid provided on each unit. If an assessment method is prescribed it must be used to assess the unit.
Centre devised assessments will be scrutinised by the quality reviewer against the unit specification and NOCN Assessment Definitions grid to ensure reliability and validity of assessment. Centres will be required to provide samples for local and national standardisation activity.
Each task must be assessed against the identified assessment criteria in the unit and judged to be either achieved or not achieved.
To achieve the qualification the learner must achieve all the assessment components for the units. No compensation across units is allowed.
The learner can achieve the qualification on completion of 4 mandatory units.