Level 2 Diploma in Countryside and Environment
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Course Code | LP50201 |
Location | Llysfasi |
Duration | Full Time, This is a 1 year full time course. |
Department | Forestry & The Countryside |
Start Date | 01 Sep 2026 |
End Date | 31 Jul 2027 |
Course Overview
Cultivate a Career in Countryside Management!
Are you looking for a starting point for a rewarding career working outdoors? This course is designed for you if you're interested in managing land, habitats, wildlife, and conservation. It provides a strong foundation to help you progress either to a more specialist Level 3 qualification, such as Countryside Management or Forestry and Arboriculture, or to move directly into employment or a work-based apprenticeship.
What You'll Learn
You'll gain essential knowledge and practical skills, covering a wide range of topics, including:
● Safe working practices in the countryside.
● Work experience opportunities.
● Machine operation and tractor driving.
● Conservation and improvements to British habitats.
● Species surveying and monitoring.
● Countryside business principles.
● Estate skills.
● Practical forestry skills.
You'll learn through a variety of methods, benefiting from hands-on practical sessions, engaging classroom activities, enriching visits, and insights from guest speakers. You'll also make full use of the college’s extensive estate, including our 970-acre (400-hectare) farm and woodlands. As a vital part of the course, you will complete 150 hours in a work experience placement.
Enhance Your Learning
Educational trips are an important part of the course, providing opportunities for assessment and activities. Our strong links with businesses and organisations in the countryside create further learning opportunities through visits and practical sessions.
Supporting Your Success
If you haven't achieved a grade C/4 or above in English and Maths GCSE, we offer resit opportunities to help you succeed.
Are you looking for a starting point for a rewarding career working outdoors? This course is designed for you if you're interested in managing land, habitats, wildlife, and conservation. It provides a strong foundation to help you progress either to a more specialist Level 3 qualification, such as Countryside Management or Forestry and Arboriculture, or to move directly into employment or a work-based apprenticeship.
What You'll Learn
You'll gain essential knowledge and practical skills, covering a wide range of topics, including:
● Safe working practices in the countryside.
● Work experience opportunities.
● Machine operation and tractor driving.
● Conservation and improvements to British habitats.
● Species surveying and monitoring.
● Countryside business principles.
● Estate skills.
● Practical forestry skills.
You'll learn through a variety of methods, benefiting from hands-on practical sessions, engaging classroom activities, enriching visits, and insights from guest speakers. You'll also make full use of the college’s extensive estate, including our 970-acre (400-hectare) farm and woodlands. As a vital part of the course, you will complete 150 hours in a work experience placement.
Enhance Your Learning
Educational trips are an important part of the course, providing opportunities for assessment and activities. Our strong links with businesses and organisations in the countryside create further learning opportunities through visits and practical sessions.
Supporting Your Success
If you haven't achieved a grade C/4 or above in English and Maths GCSE, we offer resit opportunities to help you succeed.
4 GCSEs at grade D/3 or above including Maths and English Language/Welsh (1st Language)
OR Successful completion of a relevant Level 1 programme which must include achievement of numeracy and literacy.
At Coleg Cambria we would encourage you to do the very best that you can in your exams. The better your grades the more options you will have, and may result in you gaining entry onto a higher level course.
OR Successful completion of a relevant Level 1 programme which must include achievement of numeracy and literacy.
At Coleg Cambria we would encourage you to do the very best that you can in your exams. The better your grades the more options you will have, and may result in you gaining entry onto a higher level course.
You’ll demonstrate your learning throughout the course through a variety of assignments, designed to assess both your practical skills and your knowledge and understanding for each unit.
To gain the qualification, you must successfully pass all assignments for each unit. Assessment is ongoing throughout the course, with clear deadlines for individual tasks.
The grades you achieve for each assignment contribute to your overall qualification grade.
Upon successful completion of the course and all assessments, you will be awarded a City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Countryside and Environment.
To gain the qualification, you must successfully pass all assignments for each unit. Assessment is ongoing throughout the course, with clear deadlines for individual tasks.
The grades you achieve for each assignment contribute to your overall qualification grade.
Upon successful completion of the course and all assessments, you will be awarded a City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Countryside and Environment.
This course opens doors to diverse opportunities in the countryside sector.
Further Study
You could progress to:
● A Level 3 Tilhill Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture (a two-year course).
● An Extended Diploma in Countryside Management.
Career Options
Job opportunities are varied and include roles such as:
● Assistant Conservation Worker
● Trainee Under Keeper
● Assistant Recreation Ranger
● Maintenance / Machinery Operative
● Ground Worker for a Tree Surgeon
● Fencing Contractor
There are also excellent opportunities for apprenticeships in the sector.
Further Study
You could progress to:
● A Level 3 Tilhill Extended Diploma in Forestry and Arboriculture (a two-year course).
● An Extended Diploma in Countryside Management.
Career Options
Job opportunities are varied and include roles such as:
● Assistant Conservation Worker
● Trainee Under Keeper
● Assistant Recreation Ranger
● Maintenance / Machinery Operative
● Ground Worker for a Tree Surgeon
● Fencing Contractor
There are also excellent opportunities for apprenticeships in the sector.
Some courses may require kit/uniform to be purchased. Please see attached kit list for further information.
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March Open Event – Bersham Road
11/03/2026
17:30
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March Open Event – Yale & Yale Sixth
11/03/2026
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March Open Event – Deeside & Deeside Sixth
04/03/2026
17:30
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March Open Event – Northop
14/03/2026
10:00
Our Open Events are the perfect opportunity for you to have a look around & get all the info you need to help you make a decision on your next step.
