RHS Level 3 - Design course
Last post 09-09-2008 9:02 AM by Mr Green Fuse. 7 replies.
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16/07/2008 09:46 PM
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- growalot1
- tring
- 16 Jul 2008
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Has anyone studied this course? Just taken RHS Level II Cert in Hort, and found that a struggle. Passed first exam, awaiting results of second. Am I being too ambious going straight onto this module of Level 3? Is is done in 3 parts over a year. If anyone can give more info about this course would be grateful.
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25/08/2008 06:06 PM
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Hi Growalot
Can't comment on the level three design module, but I'm awaiting my final level II results too- arrgh!!
I loved the course, the tutors and fellow students were brilliant. Probably ranks as amongst the best fun I've ever had that's legal, and what's more now I've got enough confidence to launch out cautiously into a bit of gardening work to build up some real experience. I've just got to bite the bullet and get on with it. I'd love to take it further but the level 3 day-release fees come in at just short of two grand, a heck of a lot of money for a course they plan to cram into just one year. And it would be VERY intense. Good luck with whatever you choose to do, anyway!
Charlie
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03/09/2008 01:00 AM
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- S_Major
- 28 Aug 2008
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charlie, where exactly did you take your course?
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05/09/2008 02:58 PM
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Merrist Wood. But I've just discovered that the advanced at Sparsholt is much, much cheaper. It's further away so I'd probably spend the balance in extra petrol!
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05/09/2008 03:43 PM
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- jadecon
- southampton
- 02 Sep 2008
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i have just signed up to do basic horticulture cert with a view to doing lev 2 and 3 rhs. doing it through learningcurve as a correspondance course, dont know if that is an option for you but think you get up to 3 years to complete, takes the pressure off a bit! may be worth a look?
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05/09/2008 06:09 PM
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hi jadecon, thanks for your suggestion, but I'd find a correspondence course too dry, I'd never absorb all the information like that. I need a bit of interaction- just my personal learning style I guess . Although it would help if there was some sort of local correspondence group to visit gardens and discuss the course topics etc. Actually I found that Sparsholt costs are about £1100 inc exam fees, so I might still go with that.
Charlie
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07/09/2008 01:37 PM
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- jadecon
- southampton
- 02 Sep 2008
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I know what you mean, its def better to work along side other people, its good to bounce ideas around. I cant commit to college at the mo as have 2 small children at school and also havnt studied since gcses 20 years ago so bit nervous about getting back into it! How did you find level 2 ?
jade
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09/09/2008 09:02 AM
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well, I reckon if you were OK with gcse's you'd be fine. If you look at past papers (RHS web site under education) the level2 q's often look pretty simple but the challenge is the breadth of it. A lot depends on having good/enthusiastic lecturers and a supportive group. I was very lucky. I didn't find much need for work out of class, maybe an hour or two per wk at most, and a lot of students used college facilities and did everything they needed to there. You'd not be alone in juggling home commitments- the hours were designed to accommodated an early school run.
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