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NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION (LANDSCAPE GARDENER) REGULATIONS 2014

BR 64 / 2014

The National Certification and Apprenticeship Board, in exercise of the power conferred by section 15(1)(a) and (g) of the National Occupational Certification Act 2004 and with the approval of the Minister responsible for the National Certification and Apprenticeship Board, makes the following Regulations:

Citation

1 These Regulations may be cited as the National Occupational Certification (Landscape Gardener) Regulations 2014.

Requirement for grant of certificate

2 The requirement for the grant of a national occupational certificate under the Act is—

(a) the City and Guilds level 2 vocational education certification; or

(b) such other equivalent certification which is accredited and internationally recognized.

Tasks, activities, and functions of landscape gardener

3 The tasks, activities, and functions of the occupation of landscape gardener are the selling, growing, installing and maintenance of plant or related material, and include—

(a) with respect to landscaping and gardening:

1. knowledge of levelling and preparing sites for landscaping;

2. preparing ground for seeding and planting;

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4. assessing the health and condition of general amenity turf;

5. identifying decorative amenity areas and selecting appropriate plants

6. for beautification;

7. providing appropriate nutrients to crops and plants;

8. monitoring and recording environmental conditions for protected

9. crops;

10. establishing, collecting, and preparing propagation material;

11. mixing, spraying, or spreading fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides

onto grass, shrubs, and trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders;

(b) with respect to grading, drainage, and stormwater management and irrigation:

1. preparing grading plans to create water quality pond to capture

2. runoff;

3. maintaining drainage systems;

4. monitoring and maintaining watering systems;

5. using irrigation methods to adjust the amount of water consumption

to prevent waste;

(c) with respect to plant and grass maintenance:

1. preparing and transporting plants and resources using best practice

2. techniques;

3. controlling pests, diseases and disorders;

4. identifying, preparing, and collecting plants for dispatch;

5. mowing and edging lawns, using power mowers and edgers;

(d) with respect to interior and artificial plants and maintenance:

1. establishing interior plant displays;

2. maintaining the health and appearance of interior plant displays;

3. establishing and maintaining artificial plant displays;

(e) with respect to hardscape and construction:

1. excavating and forming foundations for fencing;

2. installing hard standing sub-layers;

3. installing block surfaces;

4. installing flagstone surfaces;

5. installing sett or cobble surfaces;

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7. providing proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots,

fountains, planters, burial sites, or other grounds features;

(f) with respect to equipment, vehicles, and building usage and maintenance:

1. using hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge

2. and brush trimmers, and axes with best practice applications;

3. buildings, greenhouses, fences, and benches, using hand and power tools;

vehicles, chainsaws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws using best practice techniques;

(g) with respect to safety and health:

1. maintaining the safety of self and others in the workplace;

2. maintaining best practice techniques for transporting supplies and

3. physical resources to work sites;

4. employer;

with relevant legislation;

(h) with respect to administration:

1. advising customers on plant selection and care;

2. purchasing and receiving goods and materials into storage;

3. resolving customer queries and complaints;

4. processing invoices and payments for purchases in a retail

5. environment;

Commencement

4 These Regulations come into operation on the day the National Occupational Certification (Designation of Occupations) Amendment Regulations 2014 come into operation.

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION (LANDSCAPE GARDENER) REGULATIONS 2014

Made this 30th day of July 2014

Chairman The National Training Board

[Amended by:

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