Part Time Courses
Come and enjoy our extensive range of part-time courses
Discover a new interest, develop your current skills to improve your overall career potential or do a workshop with friends.
We've got lots of courses to choose from, whether you’re interested in Equine Management or Dog Grooming, Garden Design or Bee Keeping, we are sure to have a course that suits you.
We offer courses over 1 year, intense courses over multiple weeks, or 1 day workshops to make sure studying fits in with your lifestyle.
Courses are based at our main campus, Plumpton College surrounded by the South Downs countryside, or we have courses and workshops at our Stanmer Campus at One Garden Brighton, situated within Stanmer Park.
Skills Bootcamp | Grounds & Estates Horticulture Operative
Dates: 15/09/25 - 10/10/25
Delivery: 4 days a week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Duration: 4 weeks (80 hours)
Value: £3,250
Looking to begin your Grounds and Estates career, or already work in the field but would like to upskill and boost your career prospects?
Choose a Part Time Course
- Know Your Garden City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Practical Horticulture
- Lambing Practical One Day Workshop
- Level 4 Award in Advanced Aquatic Treadmill Therapies Level 4 Award in Advanced Aquatic Treadmill Therapies
- Level 4 Certificate in Canine Hydrotherapy for Musculoskeletal Practitioners Level 4 Certificate in Canine Hydrotherapy for Musculoskeletal Practitioners
- Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations LANTRA
- Location and Avoidance of Underground Apparatus – Cat & Genny LANTRA
- Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding City & Guilds Level 1 Award
- Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding City & Guilds Level 2 Award
- PA1 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides NPTC
- PA3 Air Assisted Sprayer - Mounted or Trailed Preparation and maintenance of the sprayer
Departments Offering Part Time Courses
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Agriculture
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Agricultural Engineering
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Animal Management
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Blacksmithing & Metalwork
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Dog Grooming
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English & Maths
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Environmental Studies & Conservation
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Equine Management
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Fisheries & Aquatic Science
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Floristry
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Food Skills (Butchery & Bakery)
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Forest School
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Forestry & Arboriculture
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Horticulture
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Veterinary Studies
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Wine Division