{"id":6191,"date":"2025-09-12T05:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/?page_id=6191"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T06:00:52","slug":"4m1994-horticulture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/staff-documents\/qqi-descriptor\/qqi-level-4\/4m1994-horticulture\/","title":{"rendered":"4M1994 Horticulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6191\" class=\"elementor elementor-6191\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-251a30a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"251a30a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f69a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3f69a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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