BTEC Level 2 in Land & Wildlife Management (Technical Diploma in Countryside Pathway) 2025-26

BTEC Level 2 Technical in Countryside (Land & Wildlife) Management is a practical hands-on qualifications designed to help you master the industry-specific skills and knowledge you will need to start and succeed in their careers.

You will cover vital industry knowledge employers say learners need within mandatory units and specialise with optional units.

You will draw on and apply all learning to a real-life situation in the synoptic final unit. Build knowledge and focus on developing competency in key sector skills. Showcase what you know and can do in different types of assessments based on real-life scenarios.

Have evidence of applying what you know to tasks you will tackle every day in your chosen career.

Unit 1: Introduction to Working in Land-based Industries
Unit 2: Introduction to Plant and Soil Science
Unit 3: Countryside Work Placement
Unit 4: Habitat Maintenance
Unit 5: Countryside Access and Recreation
Unit 7: Land-based Machinery Operations
Unit 8: Countryside Estate Maintenance

Working in a variety of countryside occupations including junior estate operative or junior reserve warden.

With further study there are a range of possible employment opportunities including:
• Ecologist or environmental surveyor
• Countryside Ranger
• Environmental education officer
• Volunteer coordinator for an environmental charity
• Contractor for an environmental contracting firm
• Grounds maintenance for a major organisation such as the National Trust

Below are just some of the job roles our recent Level 3 Land & Wildlife students have gone on to secure:
• Ranger with the National Trust
• Volunteer Coordinator with Tyne Rovers Trust
• Self-employed ecological consultant working with the MoD and other large landowners
• Assistant Ranger and a Reserve Assistant with the RSPB.
• Apprentice Ranger with the North Yorks Moors National Park
• Groundskeeper with the local authority
• Invasive Species Manager with the Orkney Native Wildlife Project

Subject to grades, including Maths and English, this course could lead onto our Level 3 in Land & Wildlife Management or our Level 3 in Arboriculture.

Our entry requirements are reviewed annually and are subject to change as qualifications, awarding bodies and assessment criteria evolve.

Assessed through formal external exams, written assignment work and practical activities

September 2025

36 weeks face-to-face teaching with additional assignment work to be carried out at home. You will spend 3 days a week in college and also take part in 75 hours of work placement.