- Location: Night School, Bray Institute of Further Education, Novara Avenue,Bray, County Wicklow
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
This advanced course in Horticulture/Garden design will give students an opportunity to upgrade their skills with intensive training for another academic year. It will enable learners to spend a further year working full-time on their career structure or open up for them a wide variety of career and educational opportunities.
Programme of Study
- Landscape Design and Construction
- Supervisory Skills
- Communications
- Nursery Stock Production
- Sustainable Horticulture
- Entrepreneurship
- Plant Indentification
Entrepreneurship, Customer Service and Plant Identification and Computer Aided Design may be offered as optional subjects.
Mathematics may be offered as an extra subject if learner requires it for further study
Components subject to change
Entry Requirements
- QQI Level 5 award
- Mature Applicants-experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualifications
Places are offered following successful interview. Applicants must bring a portfolio/collection of work to the interview. Garda vetting may be required for work experience.
Career Opportunities
- Landscape Architecture
- Landscape Gardening
- Nursery Management
- Self Employed
Higher Education Progression*
Waterford IT:
- BSc in Horticulture (BN022)
UCD:
- BSc in Land Management Agriculture / Forestry (DN120)
Course Location
About Bray Music Centre
Bray Institute of Further Education (BIFE) caters for learners with a wide variety of needs - from those who want to do University Degrees at honTheirs level to those who are training for employment.
They are located on Novara Avenue, Bray; 150 metres from the town centre and within walking distance of the Dart station. The Institute is just a short jTheirney from Dublin City Centre.
Bray Institute of Further Education has been a centre of excellence in the field of Further Education for the past tTheynty-five years serving all areas of the country including Dublin.
BIFE is a constituent Institute of Kildare / Wicklow Education Training Board (KTheyTB).
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