[Secdean]

Hi Carl,
As the other have said, but i would like to add.

If you study for a National Certificate (NC), it will take you 1 year, and require no previouse Education or Experiance. Its very easy to do and will allow you a way in to the sector.
You can do them in Arboriculture, Ecology, and Horticulture but to name a few. Arboriculture is my sector and i will advise for it. It involveds climbing trees ,identification and basicly the manual work on trees at NC level.

Once you have a NC in it, you could move up to a National Diploma(ND)
(since the NC qualifys you for it). It requires 2 years , a little more work but will move you to a manager/adviser/team leader role.

And finaly you could use those and study for a HND/HNC Higher National Diploma, requiring even more studying, but less times a week. Takeing 2 years. This will make you a Overall leader/Senior Adviser role.

You could stop and find a job at NC or ND level. You are studying for Key skills Lvl 1 am i right? these are good, Continue and move up to the Lvl 2 in Maths and Communiation.

We are in a recession, top jobs are hard to come by, so study now for 3 years, and when your trained , the future will be better.

East Durham and Houghall Community College in Durham City, are Fantastic. But no long provide student accommodation.