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APPLICATIONS FOR PART TIME COURSES WILL OPEN IN MARCH 2018
Part Time Courses in Horticulture
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Horticulture is a significant contributor to the Irish economy with an output of approximately 370 million in 2009 (Food Harvest 2020). The sector has a current retail value of € 1.18bn and employs over 6,000 people on a part/full-time basis. Our hands-on and practical courses are designed to help develop the knowledge, skills and practical experience needed to work in the dynamic and developing horticulture sector.
WHY
Previous graduates have moved into a variety of careers, from landscape design, stadia grounds-keeping, garden centres and nurseries, to organic food production, golf course management, parks and gardens management and even teaching. Many have gone into business for themselves in these areas too.
WHO
If you’re the active, outdoorsy, entrepreneurial type, who’s creative and hands-on; if you’re interested in the environment, where your food is grown and how parks and golf courses are designed and cared for; then you should probably look no further than Horticulture.
HOW
Designed to incorporate both the theoretical and practical
aspects of horticulture, courses include modules on organic
production, sustainability, landscape design and turf-grass
management as well as computing, business and personal
development.
We offer practical hands-on opportunities to develop skills
and we engage with the local community on real life practical
projects, designed and built by students, to a budget. This
allows students to get to know each other and their lecturers
in a working environment and for skills to develop naturally as
the course progresses. Work placement is an essential part of
this course.
State-of-the-art Horticulture facility.
Our new state of the art Horticulture facility is now ready. This new facility includes geodomes, poly-tunnels, workshops, welfare facilities as well as a range of outdoor practical work areas for fruit and vegetable production and sports turf management.
This investment shows our continued commitment to the development of horticulture education for full time, part time and work based students.
As part of the course content, each student is required to successfully complete work placement in Year 2 of our Horticulture course.
In order to commence work placement, each student must undergo a Garda vetting process. To ensure the protection of the public, and to justify public trust and confidence, the Institute is committed to ensuring that only suitable candidates are allowed to undertake specific parts of the programmes. Without satisfactory Garda clearance, students will be unable to complete the work placement and thus will not be able to complete the programme or receive an award. All places on the Horticulture course are provisional and subject to the student obtaining satisfactory Garda vetting from the Central Garda Vetting Unit. The current legal minimum age for application for sole application for Garda vetting is 18 years of age. In the event of an applicant being between 16 and 18 years of age, written consent is also required from a parent or guardian.
In addition to Garda vetting a medical assessment and provision of personal references may be required in regard to suitability for placement
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