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SPM Landskap dan Nurseri study plan

SPM Landskap dan Nurseri · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Asas Landskap dan Hortikultur (Landscape and Horticulture Fundamentals) & Reka Bentuk Landskap (Landscape Design and Graphics)

  • Define 30 core landscape and horticulture terms (landskap lembut, landskap keras, hortikultur, arborikultur, xeriscaping) in a personal glossary with one example each

  • Differentiate the six planting design principles (skala, imbangan, penekanan, irama, kesatuan, perkadaran) and match each to one real Malaysian site photo you source yourself

  • Sketch three bubble diagrams for a 20m x 30m terrace house lot showing zoning for softscape, hardscape and utility areas

  • List the eight stages of a landscape project cycle from brief to handover and state the output of each stage

Your checkpoint

A 6-page hand-drawn design workbook containing the 30-term glossary, principle-to-photo matching table, and three labelled bubble diagrams

Week 2

Reka Bentuk Landskap (Landscape Design and Graphics) & Pembiakan Tumbuhan dan Pengurusan Nurseri (Plant Propagation and Nursery Management)

  • Produce a scaled site plan at 1:100 with north arrow, scale bar, existing trees, contours and drainage direction

  • Draft a planting plan using botanical names, spacing, mature height and quantity columns

  • Build a plant schedule spreadsheet of 25 species with symbol, botanical name, common name, size and quantity

  • Explain how nursery stock availability and pot size constrain design choices by writing a 200-word note referencing your own schedule

Your checkpoint

One complete A3 design set (site plan, planting plan, plant schedule) for the same 20m x 30m lot, checked for scale accuracy

Week 3

Pengenalan dan Pengelasan Tumbuhan Landskap (Plant Identification and Classification) & Pembiakan Tumbuhan dan Pengurusan Nurseri (Plant Propagation and Nursery Management)

  • Classify 40 landscape plants by growth habit (pokok, palma, renek, penutup bumi, rumput, memanjat) and by function (naungan, sempadan, tumpuan, penapis)

  • Identify 20 species by leaf arrangement, margin, venation and flower type using your own field notes or public herbarium images

  • Compare sexual and asexual propagation methods (biji benih, keratan batang, tut, cantuman, pembahagian rumpun) and match each to three suitable species

  • Describe the nursery workflow from mother stock selection to hardening off, noting media, humidity and shading at each step

Your checkpoint

A 40-species identification and classification table plus a one-page propagation method decision chart

Week 4

Media, Baja dan Pengairan (Growing Media, Fertilizers and Irrigation) & Pembinaan dan Penyelenggaraan Landskap (Landscape Construction and Maintenance)

  • Formulate three growing media mixes by volume (seedling, general potting, palm/cactus) and justify each component's role

  • Calculate fertilizer rates for a 50-plant bed given an N-P-K recommendation, showing working for urea and compound fertilizer

  • Design a drip irrigation schedule stating emitter flow, run time and frequency for a 100m2 bed

  • Sequence the construction of a 30m2 softscape bed from site clearing to planting and staking, listing tools and materials per step

Your checkpoint

A media and fertilizer calculation sheet plus a construction sequence checklist with quantities for a 30m2 bed

Week 5

Pembinaan dan Penyelenggaraan Landskap (Landscape Construction and Maintenance) & Perlindungan Tanaman dan Keselamatan Kerja (Crop Protection and Occupational Safety)

  • Write a 12-month maintenance calendar covering mowing, pruning, fertilizing, mulching and pest scouting with frequency and responsible role

  • Diagnose eight common landscape problems (chlorosis, root rot, leaf scorch, pest damage) from symptom descriptions and propose corrective action

  • Apply integrated pest management by ranking cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical controls for three named pests

  • List PPE, tool handling and chemical storage rules, and draft a 10-point site safety briefing

Your checkpoint

A maintenance calendar poster plus a 10-point safety briefing card suitable for posting at a worksite

Week 6

Keusahawanan dan Pengurusan Projek Landskap (Entrepreneurship and Project Management) & Asas Landskap dan Hortikultur (Landscape and Horticulture Fundamentals)

  • Prepare a bill of quantities and cost estimate for the 30m2 bed using current local prices you verify yourself

  • Build a simple project schedule (Gantt or bar chart) with dependencies, milestones and a 10% contingency

  • Draft a one-page client proposal covering scope, timeline, price and warranty terms

  • Summarise the legal and licensing basics for a landscape contracting business (SSM registration, CIDB where relevant) without asserting details you cannot verify

Your checkpoint

A costed mini project proposal with bill of quantities, schedule and one-page client document

Week 7

Asas Landskap dan Hortikultur (Landscape and Horticulture Fundamentals) & Pengenalan dan Pengelasan Tumbuhan Landskap (Plant Identification and Classification) & Media, Baja dan Pengairan (Growing Media, Fertilizers and Irrigation)

  • Revisit weak spots flagged in weeks 1 to 6 and rewrite any glossary or table entries you got wrong

  • Complete 60 mixed practice questions across the three domains under timed conditions and log every error with its cause

  • Redraw two design or construction diagrams from memory to test retention

  • Explain in writing how media choice, irrigation and plant selection interact in one worked scenario

Your checkpoint

An error log of at least 25 corrected items with a short note on why each answer was wrong

Week 8

Reka Bentuk Landskap (Landscape Design and Graphics) & Pembinaan dan Penyelenggaraan Landskap (Landscape Construction and Maintenance) & Perlindungan Tanaman dan Keselamatan Kerja (Crop Protection and Occupational Safety) & Keusahawanan dan Pengurusan Projek Landskap (Entrepreneurship and Project Management)

  • Run two full-length timed mock exams and score each domain separately

  • Target any domain still below 70% with a focused 90-minute review using your own notes

  • Rehearse calculation types (fertilizer rates, quantities, costs) until you can complete each in under three minutes

  • Consolidate all deliverables into one indexed revision file for final review

Your checkpoint

Two scored mock exams with a domain-by-domain score table and a one-page final revision index

Milestones

Week 2: You can produce a scale-accurate site and planting plan for a given lot without referring to a template, and your plant schedule reconciles with the plan quantities.

Week 4: You correctly calculate fertilizer rates and media volumes for two unseen scenarios and can recite the construction sequence for a planting bed from memory.

Week 6: Your costed proposal totals match your bill of quantities line by line, and you can defend each price assumption you made.

Week 8: Both mock exams score at least 70% overall with no single domain below 60%, and every logged error from week 7 has been rechecked as resolved.