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About the competition - Landscape Gardening

The competition requires trainee landscape gardeners to showcase their skills by building a pre-designed garden to a specification. The garden may include timber construction, walls, fences, water features, paving, steps, turf and plants.

Teams will be sent drawings in advance to allow them to prepare and practise.

Landscape Gardening competition dates and Venues 2009



Landscape Gardening Brief 2009 (updated) 54Kb PDF Document Download

Entry Levels: Intermediate, Advanced

Entry Deadline: 09 April 2009

Entry Type: Team competitors

Competition Type: Live

Who can enter?

This competition is intended for those training to be landscape gardeners and normally working towards relevant qualifications at level 2 or level 3.

Intermediate: up to two years of relevant experience and/or level 2 vocational qualifications.

Advanced: two – seven years of relevant experience and/or level 3 vocational qualifications.

How many can enter?

This competition is for teams of two competitors. Each organisation may enter one team per level.

Assessment criteria

 
  • Accurate measurement, dimensions and setting out
  • Hard landscape construction
  • Vertical and horizontal construction
  • Soft landscape construction
  • Timber construction
  • General impression
  • Health and safety
  • Work process and time management

Competition structure

Stage one: enter online between 7 January – 9 April 2009.

Stage two: competitors compete in a heat.

Stage three: highest scoring competitors across all heats that meet the required standard will be invited to compete at the UK final.

Further information

For general information about competitions please contact:

WorldSkills UK contact centre 0800 612 0742 or email worldskillsuk@ukskills.org.uk

Further opportunities

There is a City & Guilds qualification available for this competition.

There is the possibility of progressing to an International WorldSkills competition.

Competition partners


This competition is organised by the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI).

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