Ascentis · RQF Level 2
Ascentis (AptEd) Level 2 Extended Certificate In Work Preparation for Land-Based Industries (QCF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 2
- Total credits30
- Guided learning79 hours
- Units in this qualification47
Awarded by Ascentis · on the Ofqual register
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What you’ll learn
What each unit actually teaches you to do
These are the units Ascentis registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Applying for a JobReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different methods of applying for a job.
- Prepare a job application.
Building a Personal Career PortfolioReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Recognise own skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and personal qualities.
- Assess the potential of own skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and personal qualities for contributing towards the achievement of personal goals.
- Build a portfolio of information to evidence achievements and qualities.
- Produce a curriculum vitae (CV).
- Identify personal goals and the actions required to achieve these.
- Understand the value of a portfolio in personal, educational and career development.
Building working relationships with colleaguesReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how people in the workplace depend on one another.
- Understand how an individual’s behaviour affects other people at work.
- Demonstrate positive behaviours that promote effective working with others.
Collect, sort and process materials for recyclingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Collect materials for recycling
- Sort materials for recycling
- Process materials for recycling
- Use equipment in recycling materials
- Protect your own and others health and safety
- Collect, sort and process materials for recycling
- Know the relevant health and safety and other legislation in recycling materials
Communication in the workplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know about ways of communicating.
- Know the methods used to communicate different types of information in the workplace.
- Use communication skills.
Customer CareReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of good customer care.
- Provide good customer care.
- Communicate positively with customers.
- Understand the importance of keeping to organisational policies and practice.
Developing Practical Floristry SkillsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know the range of design features for a specified project.
- Make informed design decisions.
- Plan and prepare for the construction process.
- Produce a floral arrangement.
Developing meeting skillsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose and format of meetings.
- Prepare for meetings.
- Contribute to a meeting.
Enterprise skillsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs and how these are important in business situations.
- Understand own strengths as an enterprising person and ways to develop own enterprising characteristics.
Establishing plants or seeds in soilReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and maintain equipment
- Select and transport plants and/or seeds
- Establish plants and/or seeds in soil.
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know the requirements for establishing healthy plants
- Deal with damage and pollution
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
Exploring job opportunitiesReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify suitable job opportunities.
- Investigate job vacancies.
Handle animalsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Handle animals
- Work safely
- Handle animals
- Know relevant health and safety legislation
Health and Safety in a Practical EnvironmentReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know the Health and Safety requirements, procedures and equipment relevant to their work environment.
- Recognise and manage risk in their work environment by following safe working practices.
HedgelayingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know the health and safety issues in relation to hedgelaying.
- Know a range of hand tools used for hedgelaying and how to care for them.
- Know about the methodology of hedgelaying.
- Lay a hedge.
- Understand the importance of maintaining laid hedges.
- Know how the characteristics of hedgelaying reflect geology.
Identify and report the presence of pests, diseases and disordersReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Identify and report the presence of pests, diseases and disorders
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Identify and report the presence of pests, diseases and disorders
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Interview SkillsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate readiness for an interview.
- Respond to questions in an interview.
- Review own performance in an interview.
Introduction to Land Based IndustriesReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand Land-Based Industries.
- Know about different types of career opportunities and training available in Land-Based Industries.
- Demonstrate and review an appropriate skill in Land-Based Industries.
Maintain moisture levels for crops or plantsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know why it is important to maintain moisture for crops and plants
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Select, use and maintain equipment
- Maintain moisture levels for crops and plants
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
Personal presentation in the workplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know conventions for personal presentation in the workplace.
- Demonstrate appropriate personal presentation for the workplace.
Planning and reviewing learningReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Plan to meet targets.
- Follow a plan to meet targets and improve performance.
- Review own progress and achievements.
Plant nomenclature, terminology and identificationReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the terminology used in naming plants
- Understand how the parts of plants can aid identification
- Identify and name plants using botanical names
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
Practical skills for dry stone wallingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Dismantle a wall
- Lay foundations
- Construct a wall
Prepare and cultivate sites ready for planting cropsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and maintain equipment and tools for preparing sites.
- Prepare sites for cultivation and planting
- Carry out site cultivations
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the methods for preparing sites ready for cultivation
- Understand how to cultivate sites
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Prepare feed for animalsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare feed for animals
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Select, use and maintain relevant equipment
- Prepare feed for animals
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
Preparing ground for seeding and plantingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and maintain equipment
- Prepare ground for seeding and planting
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Prepare the ground.
- Know the types of hazards
- Know the types of weeds
- Know the types of equipment and materials required and how to maintain them
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
Principles of Ecology and ConservationReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the interaction of plants and animals in a given eco-system.
- Understand plant structures and their purposes.
- Understand the basic principles of species evolution.
- Understand eco-system development.
- Understand the need for plant and animal conservation.
Propagate plants from seedReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and maintain relevant equipment
- Prepare materials and sow seed
- Provide aftercare for seedlings
- Maintain accurate records
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Prepare materials and sow seed
- Provide aftercare for seedlings
- Know relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Maintain accurate records
Provide nutrients to crops or plantsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Know how nutrient requirements vary and their method of application
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the current health and safety legislation and environmental good practice
- Provide nutrients to plants or crops
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Select use and maintain equipment
Recognising Leadership SkillsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key characteristics of effective leadership.
- Understand the skills involved in effective leadership.
Recognising Prejudice and DiscriminationReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how stereotyping people can lead to prejudice and discrimination.
- Understand the impact of discriminatory behaviour on individuals and the workplace.
Recognising and respecting diversity in the workplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how recognising and respecting individual differences and diversity contributes to a positive environment in the workplace.
- Understand key responsibilities in relation to promoting equality in the workplace.
- Understand the importance of challenging discrimination at work.
Responsible Work PracticeReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the requirements of the workplace.
- Understand the importance of positive attitudes and behaviours at work.
- Understand the characteristics of effective work practice.
Rights and Responsibilities in the WorkplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why rights and responsibilities are important in the workplace.
- Understand how to access sources of support and guidance about rights and responsibilities in the workplace.
Select and Prepare interior plant displaysReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Select, use and maintain equipment for establishing interior plant displays
- Establish interior plant displays
- Work safely and minimise environmental damage
- Set up interior plant displays
- Know the types of equipment required and how to maintain them
- Know the relevant health and safety legislation and environmental good practice.
Solving Problems in the WorkplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the types of problems that may occur in the workplace.
- Understand how problems can be solved.
Tractor DrivingReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Carry out a basic risk assessment.
- Know the health and safety legislation that underpins the use of a tractor.
- Know the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
- Know the controls and instruments relating to the equipment being used.
- Know the daily checks that should be carried out to maintain the tractor.
- Safely drive a tractor.
- Know how the elements that impact upon an effective field operation.
- Know how the shape and type of fields affect tractor operations.
Understanding Change in the WorkplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand that organisations need to respond to change and new directions.
- Understand the impacts of change in the workplace.
Understanding Grazing SystemsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to manage grazing.(LP12.1)
- Understand how to maintain livestock health during the grazing season.(LP5.1; LP12.2)
- Understand the elements of a grazing plan.(LP12.1)
Understanding How to Conserve Grass as Hay and SilageReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of conserving grass as hay and silage.
- Assess silage and hay quality.(AgC6.1)
- Prepare for silage or hay harvesting.(AgC6.1; AgC7.1, 7.2)
Understanding How to Grow Fruit and VegetablesReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and practices of crop rotation.(PH 1.1, 1.2)
- Understand the factors involved in siting a vegetable production area.(PH 2.1, 2.2)
- Describe how to grow a range of vegetables seeds.(CU 73.1, 73.2)
- Understand key factors for growing tree fruit plants.(PH 2.1)
- Plant and maintain tree fruit plants.(PH 2.1, 2.2)
- Grow a range of soft fruit plants.(PH 2.1, 2.2/CU 72.1, 72.2, 72.3)
Understanding How to Protect CropsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the need for protective structures.
- Understand the design and construction of protective structures.
- Be familiar with a range of equipment.(PH 13.1)
- Be aware of variety of methods of manipulating the environment in a protective structure.(CU 77.1, 77.2)
- Propagate and cultivate a range of ornamental and productive plants within a protective cropping environment.(PH 4.1, 4.2)
- Understand how to prevent and treat a range of plant problems occurring within a protective cropping environment.(CU 78.1, 78.2)
Understanding Opportunities in Work Based Learning and ApprenticeshipsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the purpose of work based learning and apprenticeships.
- Understand how work based learning and apprenticeship opportunities can benefit own learning and development.
Understanding Organic HorticultureReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the structure of the horticultural industry and the current status of organic methods.(SLlr/L2; Wt/L2)
- Understand the current legislative and regulatory framework in which organic horticulture operates.(SLlr/L2; Wt/L2)
- Recognise the advantages to the environment of organic horticultural methods.(SLlr/L2; Wt/L2)
- Understand how the principles of organic horticulture can be integrated into mainstream horticulture.(SLlr/L2; Wt/L2)
- Understand the economic underpinning of the organic approach.(SLlr/L2; Wt/L2)
- Understand the potential for growth of organic products and services within
Understanding Structures in the WorkplaceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of organisational objectives and values.
- Understand the need for effective communication routes within an organisation.
- Recognise the way in which decisions are made in relation to organisational structure.
Understanding how to Select PlantsReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Understand plant categories and their uses.(L4.1)
- Select plants to produce particular effects.(L4.1; L4.2)
- Select plants for a specified location.(L4.1; L4.2)
Welcome, receive and care for visitors to sitesReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Welcome and receive visitors
- Care for visitors
- Welcome and receive visitors
- Care for visitors
- Know the relevant health and safety procedures
Work ExperienceReal unit · Ascentis
What you'll be able to do
- Plan their work experience.
- Work effectively in their role.
- Review their work experience placement.
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 2 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
A qualification is never a dead end here. See the jobs its credits open, the national occupational standards its units map to, and the future skills they quietly build.
- Co-ordinate the Provision of Nutrients to Crops or Plants
- Feed fish
- Manage Grazing for Equines Legacy
- Prepare for and respond to drought
- Prepare for collections of confidential material
Where this can lead
Health & Safety Advisor
Your journey here as a Health & Safety Advisor is just the beginning. We're committed to helping you grow, whether that's becoming a technical expert, a team leader, or even reaching the executive level. Your passion for safety and commitment to continuous learning will open many doors.
See the whole journey →Skills it covers
What the job actually needs. These are the standards the units are built against, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for Ascentis (AptEd) Level 2 Extended Certificate In Work Preparation for Land-Based Industries (QCF)
47 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Ascentis.
- Applying for a Job
- Building a Personal Career Portfolio
- Building working relationships with colleagues
- Collect, sort and process materials for recycling
- Communication in the workplace
- Customer Care
and 41 more in the full unit list below.
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you
The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
Build my plan, freeNo card. See how this qualification maps onto your role and meet the tutors who’d teach it, free. The learning begins when you subscribe. It’s £70 a month, billed monthly. Cancel any time and billing stops.