The OCNLR Level 1 Award is a 6- credit qualification. The course provides 2 credits from mandatory units and 4 credits from Optional Group 

Course Description:

The OCNLR Level 2 qualifications in Skills for Professions in Horticulture, Environmental and Animal Care have been designed to provide a flexible approach to study using a range of subject-specific vocational units within horticulture, environmental and animal care, combined with units in learning skills and employability, and ‘green’ units.

The Award is a qualification for learners wishing to explore vocational study in horticulture, environmental and animal care. The size of the qualification makes it ideal for learners who are not yet ready to commit to a larger qualification.

The vocational units fall into four themes: i) horticulture, which can be contextualised, but is not restricted, to encompass an organic approach; ii) environmental conservation; iii) ‘green care’, which adopts a holistic approach to the relationship between outdoor environments and human health and wellbeing; and iv) animal care. The qualifications are a useful introduction to learners exploring outdoor careers in these areas and only available at level 2 only.

Qualification Details

·      Qualification Number:                       603/3864/7

·      Qualification credit value:                  6

·      Operational start date:                       1st Deceber 2018

·      Review date:                                       30^th  November 2023

·      Guided Learning Hours (GLH):            48 hours

·      Total Qualification Time (TQT):          60 hours

Assessment requirements: internally assessed, internally and externally moderated.

Purpose of Qualification:         

The OCNLR Level 2 qualifications in Skills for Professions in Horticulture, Environmental and Animal Care are suitable for learners who:

·      want to work in an outdoor environment, in horticulture, environmental and animal care, and are looking to update and/or add to their vocational skills and knowledge;

·      want to progress to higher level vocational study in horticulture, environmental and animal care;

·      need to develop their employability and/or learning skills alongside their vocational skills.

Course Requirements:

·      14 or above years old

Rules of Achievement:

The Award comprises the mandatory unit and optional units. Learners must achieve at least 6 credits in total:

·      2 credits from the mandatory unit;

·      a minimum of 4 further credits from the Group 1 vocational units, Group 2 learning and employability units, or Group 3 ‘green’ units, with a maximum of 4 credits from Groups 2 and 3.

Assessment and Moderation:

·      Each activity must be marked against the identified assessment criteria in the unit and judged to be either achieved or not achieved.

·      Students’ success are evaluated by keeping in view the material through 

§  Authentic – it is the result of the learner’s own performance or activity;

§  Sufficient – enabling the tutor/assessor to make a consistent and reliable judgement;

§  Adequate – appropriate to the level.

·      The unit achievement is not graded. Units are either achieved or not achieved.

·      Access to Fair Assessment Policy and Procedures are employed to access.