The Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Facilitator Training Programme course provides learners with the skills, understanding and practical experience of working with plants and gardens to assist in achieving positive cognitive and behavioural changes in young people, teenagers and adults.

At the end of the Social and Therapeutic Horticulture Facilitator Training Programme, learners will be able to offer Social and Therapeutic Horticulture programmes and sessions to young children, teenagers and adults from all different backgrounds.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary use and maintenance a range of horticulture tools and equipment correctly and safely. During the programme learners will be required to perform a range of tasked on Hand/ Power Tools, pedestrian and horticultural machinery

This programme has been designed to enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to under-stand mechanical principles applied to engines, machines, hand and power tools including focus, torque, pressure, power, horse-power, gears and belt speed and to be able to make compassion between diesel and petrol engines. On completion participants will be able to describe the component system associated with a tractor engine being able to assess a range of fuel, oil and grease lubrication and use hand and power tools for nuts and bolts. Carrying out a range of basic electrical maintenance and performing 50 hour and 500 hour service.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to apply crop pesticides using a boom sprayer in accordance's with legislations and recommended safety practices.

This programme has been designed to enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out risk assessment for chainsaw operations including maintenance and sawing and be able to complete maintenance to the chainsaw. On completion participants will be able to outline the safe operation of a chainsaw during use including interpreting safety decals, safety devices fitted to the chainsaw and cross cutting operations and be capable of completing a number of chainsaw cutting techniques correctly and safety ensuring that the correct storage including cleaning, sharpening and setting is completed.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to plant, grow and maintain a range of flowering plants within a range of horticultural environments. Throughout the programme learners will be required to prepare, plant and maintain within a variety of settings including carrying out maintenance work on an established flower bed or boarder, design and plant a new flowering area and prepare hangding baskets and or window boxes.

On completion of this programmes participants will be able to complete an array of soft landscaping activities confidently.

The aim of this programme is to equip learners with the knowledge, skill and competency to achieve a QQI Level 4 in Establishing Trees and Shrubs 4N0666. Throughout the programme learners will learn major factors the affect the soil suitability, identify common problems to include assessing plant quality, pest and diseases, this should on completion allow learners to prepare an area for planting including soil preparation, applying compost, manure and fertiliser.

Learners will be able to plant a range of tress and shrubs correctly, training plants to grow, be able to water plants using a range of different methods, whiles maintaining to any health and safety issues.

The overall aim of this programme is to provide learners with the opportunity to develop their knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to achieve the QQI Level 5 component award in Felling and Processing Small Trees, carrying out work-related tasks in the maintenance and operations of a chainsaw, in order to fell and process small trees independently while under general direction, Learners will on completion understand the health and safety requirements in order to complete the process safety ensure all required control measures can be implemented in order to maintain the welfare of them self and others when felling and processing small tress.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to understand different infestation of pests and to the best control measures required to identify current legislation and correct mixing application and storage of hand held pesticides.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge, skills and competency necessary to ensure that people involved in the sale and/or distribution of pesticides are appropriately trained to cope with situations that may arise during the pesticide distribution phase.

This programme has be approved and will meet all the requirement set under the National Action plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. On completion of this programme participants will be able to register as a approved distributor and understand all storage, handling, distribution and disposal requirements for pesticides as required under legislation.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out appropriate landscape pre - building tasks, construct hard landscape features and structures, prepare and sow the ground with a variety of landscaping plants and be capable of maintaining soft landscaping features to a high standard.

The aim of this programme is to equip learners with the knowledge, skill and competency to achieve a QQI Level 5 Mechanical Pesticide Application 5N20435. On completion learners will be able to identify legislative requirements in relation to the use of pesticide, demonstrating understanding of the principles of application by being capable of using a range of pesticide applicators including a boom sprayer, slug pellet applicator and a propelled weedlickers safety, using required PPE, setting up and calibrating correctly and completing all relevant required paperwork.

The aim of this programme is to equip learners with the knowledge, skill and competency to achieve a QQI Level 4 in Plant Identification, Care and Maintenance. There will be a particular emphasis on skill development. Progression for successful learners will be to other Horticulture components at level 4 standard. The skills achieved on this programme may also assist entry to the workplace.

This award educates learners in protecting horticultural plants & crops from the affects of weeds, pests, diseases and disorders and to also select the appropriate control measures. Learners upon completion can competently review the affects, reproduction, spread and control of weeds and apply pesticides with a knapsack sprayer in accordance with recommended safe practice. Participants will have developed these skills ensuring that safe working practices are met when in use of equipment, chemical and other materials meeting all health and safety requirements.

This programme has been designed to help enable participants to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to be familiar with origins, characteristics and properties of soils and soil - less growing media, be capable of manipulating the properties of soil to support crop production, have practices of soil nutrition and cultivation and have safe working practices with agrichemicals.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to maintain and repair a range of sports surfaces. On completion of the programme participants will be confident in undertaking a range of maintenance requirements including scarifying, feeding, mowing, carrying out a variety of repair activities including divotting, patching and or plugging. They will be able to plan, prepare and set out areas for a range of sporting activities while understanding the importance of health and safety in a sports surface sector.

This Level 5 Childcare Course Online Certificate is designed with Early Years Educators, and the children they will engage with in mind.

The aim of the programme is to enable learners to develop the knowledge, skills, and competence to work as an Early Years Educator, promoting and supporting the holistic needs of children from 0 to six years within the Early Learning and Care environment.

This Advanced QQI Childcare Level 6 ELC Certificate is designed with Early Years Educators/Lead Educators, and the children they will engage with in mind. The aim of the programme is to enable learners to develop the knowledge, skills, and competence to work as an Early Years Educator and/or Lead Educator, promoting and supporting the holistic needs of children from 0 to six years, and to take responsibility for a room or area within an Early Learning and Care setting.

The purpose of the QQI level 5/6 Special Needs Assisting course is to equip you with the knowledge, skill and competence in the practices and principles underpinning the role of a Special Needs Assistant to enable you to work effectively under direction in a special needs assisting capacity.

The diversity of this programme will ensure that Early Childhood Educators are equipped with the competence to navigate the ever-changing landscape of early childhood education and care in Ireland. It aims to enable Early Years Educators to support the holistic care and development of all children within their practice, with an emphasis on supporting children’s rights, inclusion, diversity and collaborative practice.

This Specific Purpose Certificate in The Montessori Approach in Contemporary ELC, is a comprehensive training programme at Level 6 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ), specifically designed to equip aspiring educators with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in the field of Early Learning & Care, with a Montessori focus.

This Montessori course offers an exciting curriculum that combines theoretical understanding with practical application, preparing participants to become proficient Montessori Educators.

By studying healthcare support, individuals acquire the knowledge, skill, and competence to work under supervision and independently in providing support in a variety of Healthcare settings and or to progress to further and or higher education and training.

Achieving your Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support is crucial as it plays a fundamental role in maintaining and enhancing the overall well-being of clients in Healthcare.

The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence in the causes, range and effects of intellectual disabilities to develop an awareness of the importance of a social model of support and the role of various professionals in responding to the needs of persons with an intellectual disability.

Chevron College is currently accepting registration of interest for a new 3-year Undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Physiotherapy Degree which is being run in partnership with the University of East London.

Chevron College have a vision to educate highly-skilled Physiotherapists who will consistently provide critically appraised, evidence-informed, and compassionate care to patients in diverse health environments.