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Course Overview
Allotment Management Level 3
Course code: OSC1098
Are you interested in growing your own fruit and vegetables? Then learn how to maintain a healthy and sustainable allotment garden in this Level 3 course, from home!
This course will enable you to:
- Understand more about the allotment movement, its past, present and future
- Learn how to prepare and maintain an allotment garden
- Discover how to care for tools and equipment
- Explore how to look after the soil and cope with weeds, pests and diseases
- Recognise the growing requirements of a range of fruit, vegetables and herbs
- Develop the plot further by adding permanent structures and additional features
This course will allow you to study the convenient way! You decide when and where you learn, at your own pace. Your coursework can be submitted by either post or email, making it easy and hassle-free.
All your course materials will then be delivered to you by post, so it couldn’t be easier. Our experienced and friendly tutors are there to help you every step of the way by email, so help is only a click away!
Start your journey and develop your skills and knowledge today and join over 85,000 students that already have!
Course Content
Unit 1: Acquiring your allotment
- Acquire an allotment
- Historical context of an allotment
- Vibrant social movement
- National organisations to go to for additional information
Unit 2: Getting Started
- Preparing a plot for cultivation
- Developing a plan
- Choosing the right tools and equipment
- Maintaining soil
- Providing growing conditions
Unit 3: Growing fruit
- Choosing the best fruit to grow
- Developing an action plan
- Importance of feed, water and fertilise for maximum production
- Protecting fruit from pests and diseases
Unit 4: Growing Vegetables
- Choosing the best vegetables to grow
- Advantages and disadvantages of disease resistant or heritage varieties
- Growing from seeds, sets or plug plants
- Growing in rows and raised beds
- Crop rotation
Unit 5: Growing herbs
- Kitchen herbs and their culinary or medical uses
- Choosing herbs to grow and maintaining them
- Benefits of companion planting
- Controlling weeds
Unit 6: Developing your plot further – permanent structures
- Site a water butt and manage water effectively
- Security options
- Storing produce and tools
- Growing under glass (cold frames and cloches)
- Long-term benefits of greenhouses and poly-tunnel
Other Information
Assessment
This course is assessed by a series of assignments, which are submitted to your tutor for marking. No external examination is required. You are required to do some of your own research.
Course Duration
You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. This is more than enough time to give you flexibility and work at your own pace without the pressure of deadlines.
Study Method
This course will enable you to work when and where you want. You can study from home or at work; it is completely up to you. All your materials will be posted to you, so receiving your materials is easy. You will also receive our award-winning support by email, so help is only a click away!
Course Outcome
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).
The course has been endorsed under the ABC Awards and Certa Awards Quality Licence Scheme. This means that Open Study College has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.
The course itself has been designed by Open Study College to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications. ABC Awards & Certa Awards endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.
ABC Awards and Certa Awards have long-established reputations for providing high quality vocational qualifications across a wide range of industries. ABC Awards and Certa Awards combine over 180 years of expertise combined with a responsive, flexible and innovative approach to the needs of our customers.
Renowned for excellent customer service, and quality standards, ABC Awards and Certa Awards also offer regulated qualifications for all ages and abilities post-14; all are developed with the support of relevant stakeholders to ensure that they meet the needs and standards of employers across the UK.
*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual / CCEA / Qualification Wales
Q&As
Your Questions Answered
What skills are needed to enrol onto this course?
You do not need any previous skills or knowledge to enrol onto this course.
Is there a time limit for this course?
You may start at any time and have a full year to complete your studies. It is truly flexible and is designed to be adaptable around your lifestyle and other commitments.
What is included in the cost of the course?
- Comprehensive study guide
- Dedicated personal tutor support
- Dedicated student support
- Assignment marking and feedback
- Open Study College pen and highlighter
- Student study planner
- Student notebook
- Document wallet
- FREE CV writing service
- FREE employability guide to help you impress future employers
How do I get my work assessed?
You will send your work to your personal course tutor for them to mark and return to you. On successful completion of the course you will be awarded your certification.
What happens if I lose my course pack?
It’s not a problem. We offer a course replacement service, so if you get into trouble and your course pack is lost or damaged, our Student Support Team can provide you with a new set of materials for a one-time additional fee.
What if I still have questions?
That’s not a problem. We want to make sure you’re 100% confident about enrolling on the course and starting your study. So, just give our Student Support Team a call on 03300 563 100 and they’ll do their best to help.
