Horticulture: Training

(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support the training provision for careers in the ornamental horticulture, landscaping and arboricultural sectors.


Answered by
Alex Burghart Portrait
Alex Burghart
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 21st January 2022

It is for providers and local areas to determine what skills provision to deliver based on learner and employer demand.

Apprenticeships provide an opportunity for all people to receive the high-quality training and knowledge needed to progress in over 640 different careers paths. Employers in the horticulture, landscaping and arboriculture sectors have so far developed high-quality apprenticeship standards between levels 2 and 7 in roles such as Horticulture or Landscape Operative, Professional Arboriculturist and Charted Landscape Professional to help meet their skills needs.

T Levels are a high-quality technical alternative to A levels. The occupational specialisms for the T Level in Agriculture, Land Management and Production pathway, which will be available from September 2023, includes ornamental and environmental horticulture, landscaping, and tree and woodland management and maintenance.

As part of our investment in adult education we are fully funding any adult without an existing level 3 qualification under the Free Courses for Jobs offer. Qualifications available to learners include the Diploma in Work-based Horticulture, the Advanced Technical Diploma in Horticulture, the Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture and the Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture.

There are also several land-based colleges in the country that specialise in agriculture provision.

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