Diploma of Landscape Design

Diploma

Acquire the specialist landscape design skills and knowledge you need to work in landscape planning and garden design.

Key details

Degree Type

Diploma

Course Code

AHC50621

Study Mode

In person

About this course

Acquire the specialist landscape design skills and knowledge you need to work in landscape planning and garden design.

If you have a passion for working outdoors and love problem-solving, planning and creating beautiful outdoor spaces for people to use and enjoy... then this is the course for you!

In this specialised landscape design course you'll learn how to prepare and design sustainable landscape and how to design for the construction of landscape features, as well as planning and specifying plants for different landscapes and plant displays.

You'll also learn to assess landscape sites and survey and establish site levels, implement design solutions and establish, negotiate and redefine a design brief, as well as produce computer-aided drawings and provide specialist advice to clients.

Successful completion of this nationally recognised course will qualify you to work as a Landscape Designer in a variety of commercial and residential contexts anywhere across Australia.

Entry requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification

To meet academic requirements for Diploma or Advanced Diploma courses, you need to successfully complete any TasTAFE course entry procedures and you also need to:

Have completed year 12 and provide TasTAFE with a copy of your Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education awarded to you by an agency or authority of a State or Territory; OR,

Provide TasTAFE with a copy of a qualification at Level 4 or above in the Australian Qualifications Framework that was awarded to you. This qualification must have been delivered in English; OR,

Complete an approved language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) assessment and display competence at or above Exit Level 3 in the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) in both literacy and numeracy.

Study locations

Alanvale

Career pathways

Landscape Designer
Parks and Gardens Manager

Credit for prior study or work

It makes sense that you should be recognised for the things you already know how to do.

TasTAFE can assess your skills and knowledge based on your previous education, work history or life experience - which may help you to gain your qualification a whole lot faster!

More information on the recognition process is available on our recognition of prior learning and skills page.