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Waterford IT

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Course Code:
WD097
Title:
Horticulture (Dublin - National Botanic Gardens)
College:
Waterford IT
Qualification:
Level on the National Framework of Qualifications
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Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry & Food
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Agricultural Adviser
Arborist
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Forestry Worker
Garden Centre Advisor
Horticultural Manager
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This is a three year full-time course designed to train professional horticulturists. The course is run in conjunction with Teagasc. Students can choose to study in Waterford at WIT and Teagasc, Kildalton College OR they can study in Dublin at the Teagasc College in the National Botanic Gardens. There are separate CAO codes for the Waterford and Dublin locations.

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Graduates from this course may find employment in fields such as:
- Greenkeeping
- maintenance of golfcourses and sports fields
- Nursery stock production
- producing plants for the horticultural industry
- Landscape construction
- Landscape design
- Garden maintenance contractors
- Employment as gardeners in public parks and grounds
- Gardeners in private and heritage gardens
- Food production
- Garden centres 

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CAO Points 
2012 Points 210
History:


2011 - 230
2010 - New 2011

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