NURSERY SALES ASSISTANT VHT103

Learn nursery sales skills

Learn about plant identification, plant care and how to really sell plants to customers!

BECOME THE NURSERY GURU!

 

This wide-ranging course will teach you all the sales secrets you need to know, plus give you the knowledge to advise customers on plants.

This course was developed in response to a request from a retail nurseryman who was finding it difficult to find staff with appropriate skills. As he put it, job applicants were either over qualified or lacked the basic skills needed: to be able to identify plants, advise customers on their use and to understand some basic sales techniques and procedures.

LEARN ALL ABOUT PLANTS AND HOW TO ADVISE CUSTOMERS AND SELL!

This valuable and information packed course aims to develop your capacity to effectively sell those plants to a customer in a retail situation. You will learn valuable sales techniques including how to open and close a sale. You will also learn all about plant identification, soils and plant care, so you can advise your customers on everything they need to know! This course will propel you forward in the nursery business.

 

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS

There are five lessons in this course, as follows:

  1. Introduction to Plant Identification: Understanding plant classification and pronunciation of plant names.
  2. Basic Sales Skills: Determining different types of customers; developing the communication skills to sell, including how to open and close a sale.
  3. Caring for Plants: Planting techniques, understanding soils, plant nutrition and pest management.
  4. Selecting the Right Plant for the Right Place: How to create different moods using plants.
  5. Advising Customers in a Nursery: Developing good communication skills, knowing your product, plant placement.

 

Duration: 100 hours

 

Aims

At the completion of this course you should be able to:

  • Identify a range of different plants, based on their flower and leaf structures.
  • Describe the importance of effective communication and sales techniques in the retail nursery industry.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of how to care for plants, both in the garden and in the nursery.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate plant selection for a range of different sites.
  • Identify a range of plant health problems and describe appropriate chemical and non-chemical control methods to control those problems.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and use of nursery products.
  • Describe the importance of plant placement in the retail nursery.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO IN THIS COURSE

  • Read the supplied course material.
  • Undertake simple and relevant practical tasks.
  • Submit written assignments at the completion of each lesson.
  • Prepare plant review worksheets.

 

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Just go to the top of this page for pricing and enrolment options. If you have any questions you can contact us now, by:
Phone (UK) 01384 44272, (International) +44 (0) 1384 442752, or

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