The NOCN Level 3 Diploma in Garden and Planting Design enables progression to further learning opportunities within employment or further study in the Garden/Landscape Design sector.
The qualification relates academically to Level 3 so learners will be able to progress to HNC/HND Landscape design related studies.
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 8 mandatory units and 7 optional units.