Landscaping

Course Outline: What You Will Cover

The ICI landscaping course has been designed in consultation with the landscaping industry and teaches you the skills that you need to succeed quickly and conveniently. Course units include:

How Will You Benefit?

• Fast track your career in landscaping
• Learn the inside secrets of how to become a landscaping pro in months not years!
• Study a landscaping course that was designed in conjunction with the landscaping industry
• Free up valuable time, don’t waste time and money travelling to classes
• Study at your own pace whenever and wherever you are
• Have access to a tutor
• Easy interest free payment plans from as low as $39 per week
• Exciting, diverse projects

Start reaping the benefits by enrolling today!

Career Prospects

Trained professionals who can demonstrate the right skills and knowledge should be able to pursue many exciting and respected career options. Here are some places that welcome such professionals.

Landscape Contractors

Working for a design/build firm, landscape designers may create landscapes for homes, hotels, resorts, office parks, retail centres, and more.

Retail Garden Centres

Landscape designers are often on staff to share their knowledge of design, cultivation, plants and planting, hardscapes, and more. Some centres may offer their customers individualized landscape design services.

Wholesale Greenhouses or Nurseries

Landscape designers may be involved in plant selection, designing plans for planting, cultivating inventory, purchasing, or sales.

Interiors capes Companies

Malls, retail stores, restaurants, offices, schools, hospitals, and homeowners rely on landscape designers to create interior plants capes, gardens, and courtyards.

Clubs & Resorts

Professionals with knowledge of grasses and plants—and their regular maintenance—keep golf courses and other outdoor grounds up to par for resorts, country clubs, and hotels.

Public Gardens

Landscape designers may initiate or assist in the supervision of the layout, selection of plants, and maintenance of parks, botanical gardens, government facilities, and historic sites.

Course Levels Explained

Prerequisites

There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into any course level.

Course Length

Diploma Level

24 weeks

ICI courses allow you to study at your own pace with no assignment deadlines. This means that you determine the pace of the course and within which time period you will ultimately complete your studies in.

• Completing your course with ICI is flexible as you can fast-track and graduate in a matter of months. You complete activities and submit assignments whenever you are ready.
• The maximum time given to complete a program is three years.

Study Mode: Online Learning

This entire course is carried out via Distance Learning (also known as correspondence learning). Distance learning is ideal if you need to adapt around work, family, or other commitments. It is also extremely beneficial should you simply wish to fast track your studies (and career) and not be locked into a timetable.

Our course content and learning experience ensure that your course is relevant and interesting. Learning, tutorial assistance, assessments takes place whenever and wherever you are in the country or world. It takes place at your own pace on your own terms to fit your lifestyle. As an ICI student, you’ll never endure a pop quiz, spend countless hours and hundreds of dollars travelling, and never be late with an assignment or for class.

Recognition & Accreditation

This course is recognised and accredited by the International Association of Private Career Colleges (IAPCC). The courses offered by ICI are unique as they take a very “hands on” approach. Our courses are not designed to teach you just the “theory” behind the industry – they are written and tutored by industry professionals and will fast-track you into a new career of your choice.

Various government departments and business’s have enrolled their own staff with ICI for further training and development and is a strong indicator of acceptance and recognition by employers and industry.

The following is a partial list of companies and government departments which have enrolled or sponsored staff into ICI courses:

• Ministry of Defence
• Sports Centre, University of Kent
• Department of Tourism, Regional Development & Industry
• The Placement People
• Skill Hire
• Metcash Trading Ltd
• Navman Technologies
• The European Fund
• Employment Directions Network
• The Salvation Army
• Calvin Klein
• John Paul College
• Legal Aid Commission
• Melton Council
• Mitsubishi Corporation

• Commonwealth Bank
• HSBC
• American Express
• Clayton UTZ
• Hennikers Solicitors
• Villari Lawyers
• Prisoners Education Trust (HM Prison Service)
• Uniting Care Institute of Family Practice
• Workplace Authority
• Centacare Employment Group
• Employment Directions
• MAX Employment
• Gunnebo (Security)
• Brookfield Multiplex
• Coles Myer Ltd

Already in the Profession or Industry?

This course and qualification is a great way of consolidating existing knowledge via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), updating your industry skills and contributing towards your professional development. It is also one of the most practical steps you can take towards working towards gaining a promotion or better paid position.

Course fees can be claimed as a tax deduction as long as the course is sufficiently connected to your work activities.

What Do I Get?

All materials essential for course completion are included in the cost of the course fee. Upon enrollment, students receive:

• All required study materials and course notes
• Assignment projects with constructive tutor feedback
• A tutor who will service all of your course and career questions and guidance needs.

On successful completion of the course you will receive:

• A graduation certificate officially recognizing your successful completion of studies and qualifications as an landscaping
• Transcripts indicating units completed
• Letter of recommendation and validation for current and future employers
• Post-nominal letters placed after your name which indicate that you hold the relevant qualification. For example: John Smith, DipLndScp

Cut Off Date

  is the next enrollment cut off date. Places are limited, in demand and entry into the course is on a first come first served basis.

Your enrollment is processed and acknowledged within 24 hours of the Institute receiving your application. You can expect to receive your course within days of enrolling. When you start your ICI course its at your own pace and you determine when you finish. Don’t miss out. Enroll today!

Course Investment & Payment Plans

How do I get started?

Click on one of the Enroll Now buttons below and you could be working on your first lesson – and towards a new career – in a matter of days!

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Course Level	Course Fee	Pay Upfront Save 10%	Weekly Subscription Plan Interest Free
DIPLOMA	$1199	10% Off = $1079 ENROLL NOW	$39 x 31 weeks ENROLL NOW

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