Nursery Accreditation Scheme
The Study
The Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) has commissioned the development of a Nursery Accreditation Scheme (NAS) to help nurseries establish better daily work processes and optimise land productivity, and ensuring a consistent supply of quality nursery products. This scheme is expected to be launch in 2012.
The study is divided into three interlinked components and phases.
- Supply and Value Chain Analysis
- Nursery Labour Productivity Benchmarks
- Nursery Accreditation Scheme
The Supply and Value Chain Analysis will map and identify the points that control and influence plant production, plant supply and their value adding components. This information will be used to in the development of the Nursery Accreditation Scheme and Productivity Benchmarks.
The Nursery Labour Productivity Benchmarks component will review international best practices; develop, monitor and analyse labour and land performance measures.
The Nursery Accreditation Scheme will be specifically tailored for Singapore and outline standards for developing and maintaining productive nurseries.
Concurrently, a Certified Nursery Professional (CNP) Programme will be developed in gearing up the nursery practitioners to attain professional certification and accreditation for their nurseries.
As part of this study, the consultant will be interviewing nurseries in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia to develop the NAS and CNP.
The study will include, but not limited to the following nursery aspects:
- Nursery layout and design
- Environmental (ecology) management system
- Quarantine areas
- Production systems
- Holding areas
- Nursery hygiene
- Growing media
- Plant standards
- Water management
- Waste management
- Staff skills & capacity
E-Newsletters
A series of six newsletters will communicate updates on this study, as well as providing a focus on a particular theme concerning nursery management practices.
* Upcoming NAS newsletter
Enquiry
For further information concerning this study kindly email Albert Ong, Senior Manager (Industry Development) at CUGE
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