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• Get the knowledge and skills you need to work in the agricultural industry
• Study at Writtle College, on our rural campus with its working farm
• Gain hands-on experience with an extended work placement

• Learn the practical side of animal care
• Explore business aspects of animal management
• Gain valuable experience with a work placement

• Cover animal handling, health and behaviour and study related scientific subjects
• Learn in our animal studies centre, with its aquatic, reptile and companion animal rooms
• Get valuable experience with a work placement

Lantra

• Further your knowledge of plants and planting design
• Explore planting combinations, texture and form
• Learn to create planting schedules to present to clients

• Learn how to design and create floral arrangements
• Use our purpose-built floristry building at Writtle College
• Materials included and no experience necessary

OCN London

OCN London

• Extend your skills in floristry design with our intermediate Level 2 Award
• Use our purpose-built floristry building at Writtle College
• Study with us one evening per week

• This dog grooming course is suitable if you have little to no experience
• Study one day or one evening per week
• We recommend applying early to avoid disappointment

• Learn essential techniques and gain hands-on experience in creating stunning floral arrangements
• Study for one full day a week
• Suitable for students with or without previous floristry experience

• Suitable for those with basic floristry skills and knowledge and beginners
• You'll learn with a strong emphasis on practical training
• Complete at least five days of supervised work in a floristry business

• Learn more about animal care, handling and management
• Get practical experience with animals at Writtle College, and on a work placement
• Gain a recognised City & Guilds qualification

• Learn about crop production, machinery operation, and farm maintenance
• Study on our rural campus in Writtle, with its working farm
• Work extensively with livestock throughout your course

• Explore aspects of biology and behaviour
• Learn how to safely handle and look after a range of species, including basic veterinary nursing
• Visit a zoo and animal rescue centres

• Learn about sustaining and protecting the natural environment
• Study on our rural campus at Writtle College
• Work with a range of animal species during your course

• Learn about horse care, handling and management
• Get hands-on in our specialist equine facilities
• Gain valuable experience with a work placement in the equine industry

• Study in purpose-built floristry facilities
• Suitable for those with basic floristry skills and knowledge, and beginners
• You’ll have a work placement one day per week

• Study on a countryside campus with an extensive plant collection and research glasshouses
• Enhance your learning with 150 hours of work experience
• Be part of making a real difference to the future of our planet

• Learn the theory and practise of horse care and management
• Visit places like the National Stud and the Olympia Horse Show
• Gain valuable experience with a one-week work placement in the equine industry

• Learn how to manage a range of natural environments and wildlife species
• Study on our rural campus at Writtle College
• Get hands-on experience in college and through work experience

• Learn more about horse health, behaviour and welfare
• Study in specialist facilities at Writtle College, home to around 70 horses
• Gain valuable experience with a short work placement

British Florist Association

• Gain the skills you need to work in the countryside
• Explore ways to manage and conserve habitats
• Get hands-on experience on our rural campus, and through work experience

• Fine-tune your practical skills while expanding your knowledge of equine health, nutrition, behaviour and welfare
• Get a two-week work placement in the equine industry
• Suitable training to start a career in the equine industry

• Develop your floristry skills to an advanced level
• Learn how to work to commercial briefs
• Use purpose-built floristry facilities at Writtle College

Skills & Education Group

• Learn theory in the classroom and practical knowledge in our campus dog-grooming parlour
• Study part-time
• Qualify ready to work as a professional dog groomer

Institute for Outdoor Learning