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1. Tools and Machinery.

• Manual Handling.
• Materials used for Constructing Tools and Equipment; ferrous metals, non ferrous metals.
• Safety with Electricity.
• Engine Troubleshooting.
• Machine Maintenance.
• Types of Machines.
• Chainsaws: safety, buying, using.
• Brushcutters.
• Earthmoving and Cultivating Equipment; rotary hoes, ploughs, cultivators, etc.
• Workshop and Hand Tools; spanners, chisels, hacksaws etc.
• Hand saws, Rakes, Spades, Shovels, Rollers, Wheelbarrows, Sprasyers, etc.

2. Landscape Plans and Setting Out a Construction Site.

• Reading Landscape Plans, Scale, etc.
• Understanding and Using Triangulation.
• Slope, Contouring, Grid Systems.

3. Drainage in Landscape Construction.

• Introduction to Drainage.
• Testing Drainage.
• Improving Drainage.
• Improving Soil Water Infiltration.
• Improving Drainage after construction; sand slitting, aerating, sub soiling.
• Sub Surface Drains; types, layout, outlet, gradients, pipe spacing, etc.
• Surface Drainage.
• Soil Testing; testing nutrients, pH, toxins.

4. Earthworks.

• Levelling terminology.
• Levelling Procedure.
• Levelling a Sloping Site.
• Earthmoving.
• Earthmoving Machinery; Bobcat, Backhoe, Dozer.
• Use an Experienced Driver.
• Topsoil Considerations.
• Earth Forming: creating Mounds.
• Building Raised Garden Beds.
• Earth Quantity Calculation.
• Soil Degradation.
• Erosion; water erosion, wind erosion, controlling erosion.
• Soil Acidification Management.
• Managing Soil Compaction.
• Managing Chemical Residues.

5. Surfaces, Paths, Paving and Turf.

• Introduction.
• Surfaces for Play Areas.
• Concrete; concrete, cement, mortar, variations in treatment and use.
• Loose Surfacing Materials: advantages and disadvantages.
• Bark Surfaces, Crushed tiles, pebbles, etc.
• Paths; concrete, asphalt, etc.
• Paving; laing pavers, setting out circular paving, curved paving, edges to paving.
• Lawns and Turf; shape, design, establishment.
• Garden Edges.
• Playing Field Construction.
• Sand Based Technology.
• Constructing Steps.

6. Construction of Garden Structures Part 1.

• Buildings in a Garden; gazebos, verandahs, storage buildings, cubbies, etc.
• Where to build a building.
• Floors and Foundations for Buildings.
• Walls; brick construction, coping, expansion joints, etc.
• Fencing.
• Retaining Walls.
• Wooden Walls.
• Construction with Rock or Masonry; dry walls, wet walls.
• Home Playgrounds.
• Using Timber in the Garden.
• Differences between Softwood and Hardwood.

7. Construction of Garden Structures Part 2.

• Compost Bins.
• Traditional Features: gazebos, statues, gates, arches, sundials, bird baths, urns, tubs, pergolas, pleached alleys, etc.
• Wooden Decks.
• Constructing a Deck.
• Greenhouse and Shadehouse; types, construction, installation.
• Water Features; Waterproofing, keeping water clean.
• Landscaping a pond.
• Tennis Courts.
• Spas.
• Rockery Construction.
• Artificial Rock Formation.
• Mulching Rockeries.
• Garden Furniture.
• Lighting in the Garden.

8. Irrigation Systems.

• Planning an Irrigation System.
• Types of Systems: sprinkler, drip, automatic, etc.
• Using and Maintaining an Irrigation System.

9. Establishing Hedges and Other Plants.

• Factors affecting successful plant establishment.
• Physical Plant Protection Methods.
• Hedges; site preparation, plant selection, spacing, planting, pruning, hedge maintenance.

10. Workplace Safety and Management of Landscape Construction Work.

• Risk Management on a Landscape Construction Site.
• The Risks.
• Keeping a Work Site Safe.
• Duty of CareSignificance of Illness.
• Protective Clothing.
• Safety with Tools and Equipment.
• Safety with electricity and different types of equipment.
• Tool Maintenance.