5-day Paving Essentials Course For Professional Landscapers

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Learners should be a minimum of 18 years old and have a moderate level of fitness due to the physical nature of this programme. 

INTRODUCTION

Our 5-day training course for landscapers is ideal for those who have some experience in the landscape industry and are looking to upskill their knowledge, increase confidence, gain an understanding of industry standards and deliver exceptional patio installations for their clients. 

OVERVIEW

This course has been developed to provide delegates the opportunity to learn new skills in a relaxed and welcoming environment. This course has been specifically developed to meet the needs of landscapers who would like to undertake training for our most popular courses over a shorter period. This week-long course, which includes our Site Survey, Site Set-out & Preparation, Natural Stone Paving and Porcelain Paving Courses, provides essential information and knowledge in relation to industry recommendations and standards, materials, methods, and installation.

The course provides learners with in-depth knowledge and skills to fully understand industry recommendations. Learners will achieve a Lantra Award Certification of Competence upon completion. 

WHAT’S COVERED

This 5-day training programme combines theory and practical training to ensure the learner has a full understanding of each course. The attendee will gain:

• An understanding of working with clients, designers and contractors and how site surveys can establish working relationships, and aid with accurate pricing and quoting
• A comprehensive knowledge of health & safety requirements for site, identifying potential hazards and hidden dangers to ensure the safety of yourself and others
• An understanding of potential project considerations required when undertaking a survey to help prevent delays, additional costs and issues when constructing on site
• Full understanding of selecting the correct materials, tools and equipment for surveying and the potential project.
• Full understanding of working with measurements, scales, levels, gradients, site variations and how to overcome difficult obstacles you may find on a site
• An understanding of how and where to survey to enable smooth and successful project builds, including how baselines and offsets are fundamental elements to any landscaping project.
• Full understanding of assessing and surveying sites including techniques to cover all circumstances
• Full understanding of how to operate of site survey equipment, including the use of traditional techniques, automatic levels (dumpy levels), rotating levels (laser levels) and altimeter levels (zip levels)
• The ability to produce a competent site survey plan for pricing, and project construction, and set-out a proposed landscape scheme in preparation for construction
• An understanding of working with setting-out points, datums, baselines and levels to achieve accurate planning and progression of the construction phase including dealing with site features, and regular and irregular forms.
• Full understanding of calculating areas, volumes and quantities for paving installation
• Full understanding of sub-base requirements to meet industry standards including excavation, waste and sub-base construction methods
• An understanding and in-depth product knowledge of various naturals stone and porcelain paving products and consideration for their applications
• Full understanding and knowledge required to set and calculate appropriate fall rates for natural stone and porcelain paving products to meet industry standards for surface water run-off
• An understanding mortar mixes, bedding layer and bridging bonds in preparation for the installation of paving
• Full understanding of the requirements and legality of cutting and shaping paving products using machinery and working with natural stone by using skilled stone craft techniques
• Understand joint sizing for both natural stone and porcelain products, the use of jointing compounds and various techniques for the products
• The skill to effectively install large areas of paving to industry standards on unbound (MOT) compacted sub-base
• Full understanding of the aftercare and maintenance requirements for natural stone and porcelain Products
• Hands-on training throughout the week to provide learners with real-world practical experience that can be utilised when on site
• Practical assessments throughout to ensure competent understanding