Certificate
This course will change in 2024.
AHC20416 Certificate II in Horticulture course provides you with the introductory skills and knowledge required to enter the horticulture industry.
In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of work health and safety as it applies to the Horticulture industry. You will also learn how to recognise local plants, proper planting techniques, propagating plants, and plotting up and maintaining nursery plants. Furthermore, you will develop skills and knowledge of soils, installing irrigation systems, pruning, and how to treat weeds, plant pests, and diseases.
This qualification underpins a range of work functions and job roles which may lead to an AHC30716 Certificate III in Horticulture qualification.
There are no entry requirements for this qualification. To ensure you have the right skills and support to succeed in your course, a Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LL&N) evaluation helps identify any areas where you may need additional support to help you achieve your goals.
To achieve AHC20416 Certificate II in Horticulture, a total of fifteen (15) units of competency must be completed comprising five (5) Core and ten (10) Elective units as detailed in the packaging rules and listed below. The electives offered may vary between campuses.
Occupations relevant to this qualification in industry sectors such as horticulture include:
>Landscape worker >Horticulture assistant >Nursery hand >Farm hand
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is the acknowledgement of a person's skills and knowledge acquired through previous training, work or life experience, which may be used to grant status or credit in a subject regardless of how and where they were attained, including overseas.This can include skills from:
RPL is a form of assessment. It is used to determine whether a person has acquired, through formal or informal learning, the skills and experience consistent with the stated competency standards that comprise a qualification. RPL is not time referenced, so there are no parameters on how or when the skills are acquired. However, the skills that have been acquired through life experience etc., must be current and must match the elements and performance criteria contained in the individual unit.
Students seeking RPL need to indicate this on their enrolment form at the time of enrolment.
For further information please refer to the Applicant's Guide to the Recognition of Prior Learning or contact Student Central on 1800 061 963 (free call) or email Student.Central@cdu.edu.au.
Credit Transfer
Charles Darwin University as a Registered Training Organisation recognises the Australian Qualifications Framework qualifications and Statement of Attainments issued by any other Australian Registered Training Organisation.
Students are encouraged to submit any requests for credit from previous studies at the time of enrolment, to ensure they are not enrolling in units they may not need to undertake.
In order to apply for exemption/credit transfer from units completed at another training organisation, you will need to complete an Application for Exemption Form available from any campus, centre, or team, or a copy of the form can be obtained from the web.
Your completed Application for Exemption form together with attached documentary evidence (certified copy of Qualification/Statement of Attainment) to support your request for exemption/credit transfer should be submitted directly to the University either in person or by mail. Requests without documentary evidence will not be processed and will be returned to students. There are no fees attached to Credit Transfers.