Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Diploma in Landscape (Level 6)
Version
1
Qualification type
Diploma
Level
6
Credits
120
NZSCED
040105
Architecture and Building>Architecture and the
Environment>Landscape Architecture
Qualification developer
Primary ITO
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
May 2015
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the landscape industry
with experienced individuals who have design skills and knowledge
to operate as a senior landscape designer for the purpose of
producing high quality residential landscape outcomes.
Learners will benefit by having a qualification that recognises their
advanced design skills to enable enhanced employment and selfemployment opportunities across a range of landscape design
applications.
The landscape industry will benefit by having experienced
landscape designers with advanced design skills who can promote
industry standards when meeting the needs of clients.
This qualification is targeted at people who may have intermediate
landscape design skills and knowledge and wish to develop more
advanced design skills and knowledge to apply to the production of
a wide range of residential landscape designs for a variety of
purposes.
Graduates will be able to apply in-depth landscaping skills and
knowledge to inform complex landscape designs either within the
parameters of a landscape business or in a self-employed capacity,
and may be managing others.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the qualification will be able to:
Outcome Statement
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create landscape design solutions
(75 credits)
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complete documentation for a range of contexts
(20 credits)
-
manage and assess the implementation of landscape
design projects.
(25 credits)
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Education pathway
This qualification may build on the New Zealand Diploma in
Landscape (Level 5) with strands in Design and Construction [Ref:
2888].
Employment
pathway
Graduates of this qualification are likely to be employed as senior
landscape designers, or landscape design managers.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5 of the
Industry Training Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by an education organisation
accredited under section 250 of the Education Act 1989 to deliver an
approved programme leading to this qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification will
display the NZQF logo and may also include the name and/or logo
of the awarding education organisation.
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to the
qualification must engage with arrangements for managing
consistency, including covering actual and reasonable related costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:

Student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training,
and suggestions for improvements

Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge
and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the
qualification

Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems

Portfolios of work and/or assessment samples
demonstrating the range of student performance within a
programme
TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that supports
the consistency review.
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of the
qualification will be the achievement of all graduate outcomes in
the graduate profile through successful completion of an NZQA
approved programme.
Other requirements for the
qualification (including
There are no regulatory body or legislative requirements.
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regulatory body or legislative
requirements)
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
TEOs offering programmes leading to this qualification must
maintain currency with amendments to, and replacements of,
relevant legislation, regulations, professional practice standards,
and industry Codes of Practice.
Application of environmentally sustainable practices applies across
all outcomes.
Implementation situations for projects at this level are more
complex in scale and scope.
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
1
Programmes may include the following topics:
Create landscape design
solutions
 Design process and principles from concept to developed design,
including spatial, environmental, and cultural considerations
 Construction solutions and specifications
 Statutory requirements.
2
Complete documentation in
a range of contexts
Programmes may include the following topics:
 Project planning, costing
 Contract documentation
 Tender documentation – proposals, submission
 Construction drawings
 Report writing.
3
Manage and assess the
implementation of landscape
design projects
Programmes may include the following topics:

Project implementation and management

Site management

Planning and reporting milestones

Professional practice - ethics, business systems.
Implementation situations may include – development of landscapes
for new residential, commercial and industrial complexes; parklands.
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