EVE Plantmarket have recently had a number students' work verified by an External Authenticator and they will all be getting their well-earned certificates soon. Most of the students have progressed on to further training or the employment market.
These students had to show great resilience and perseverance adapting to changes and obstacles that COVID-19 presented to them. The team in EVE Plantmarket and indeed EVE are super proud of all the students and can’t wait to catch up with them all! EVE Plantmarket hopes to have a Certification day for the students in the coming month.
On the QQI Level 5 Retail Practice course EVE Plantmaket had seven students who completed the programme. Six students fully completed and will get their full award whilst one student will get a certificate of achievement for the five modules they completed. This programme comprises of the following modules: Work Experience, Safety & Health, Communications, Word Processing, Retail Display, Market Practice, Retail Selling & Customer Service.
On the QQI Level 4 Horticulture programme EVE Plantmarket had two students complete the programme and they will get their full award certificate. There is a group of students who will be going through for certification in October. This is a 24 month continuous programme and has a strong emphasis on skills work with some modules being as much as 80% skills demonstrations. The programme consists of the following modules: Hand Tools & Machinery, Plant Propagation, Horticulture Science, Safe Horticulture, Plant ID Care & Maintenance, Growing Vegetables, Customer Service, Team Work and Work Experience
On the QQI Level 3 Employability Skills programme EVE Plantmarket had three students fully complete their certification and they will get their full award. This is an 18 month programme and is primarily portfolio based in the following modules: Health Related Fitness, Communications, Computer Literacy, Personal Effectiveness, Career Preparation, Functional Maths and Outdoor Crop Production.
For more information on these programmes and EVE Plamtmarket, please visit their Facebook page - @PlantmarketEVE or call to arrange a visit. Their contact details are below:
EVE Plantmarket, Blakes Cross, Lusk, Co. Dublin. K45HX64
Phone: 01-8437351, 087 4051645 or 086 0423930
E-mail: plantmarket.eve@hse.ie
