Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) Apply directly to College
The QQI Level 6 Sustainable Horticulture / Permaculture Award provides a strong base for developing professional skills in permaculture & landscape design, regenerative agriculture, food production, agroforestry, tree management, nursery stock production, leadership and entrepreneurship
Learn to design real world sustainable landscape using tools such as syntropic agroforestry, permaculture orchards, nutrient dense abundant market gardens, Korean Natural Farming, soil building techniques, creating wetlands systems and diverse nursery set ups. Learn to lead community projects or start your own eco-friendly business while being part of a thriving class community.
Course Details
What will you study?
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which any Major Award (including this one) provides a possible Progression route, click below:
| CAO with Any QQI Major Award |
| Old FETAC Code | New QQI Code |
| CHORT | 6M4334 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Naturalist
Not surprisingly, some aspect of the natural sciences will run through the Naturalist's interests - from ecological awareness to nutrition and health. People with an interest in horticulture, land usage and farming (including fish) are Naturalists.
Some Naturalists focus on animals rather than plants, and may enjoy working with, training, caring for, or simply herding them. Other Naturalists will prefer working with the end result of nature's produce - the food produced from plants and animals. Naturalists like solving problems with solutions that show some sensitivity to the environmental impact of what they do. They like to see practical results and prefer action to talking and discussing.
Further Research
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Career Progression
Nurseries | Market Gardens | Landscaping | Conservation | Start your own business | Environmental Education | Garden Centres | Sustainable Resource Management | Therapeutic Horticulture | Gardener | Orchardist.
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