Certificate
AHC30716 Certificate III in Horticulture is trained and assessed using the simulated workplace at Bairnsdale Trade Centre. Students are generally not currently employed in industry. The teachers work closely with local businesses and local industry organisations to ensure that students are exposed to real work environments through a combination of fieldtrips, industry guest speakers and projects.
You'll be trained by industry professionals in areas such as plant identification, soil health and plant nutrition, plant propagation, crop and plant maintenance, canopy management (pruning) and integrated pest management and farm safety (including farm chemical use).
This qualification will allow you to pursue a career pathway in one of the horticulture sector's many streams, including arboriculture, landscaping and gardening services, turf management, retail nursery and rural and residential land care and management - just to name a few!
Hear from Kaylee, one of our Horticulture students
Horticulture teacher Katrina on studying with us
Did you know: The Victorian Government has now made Free TAFE courses even more accessible for new students enrolling for study in 2023. All Free TAFE courses at TAFE Gippsland are now available to people with higher-level qualifications and those who have completed a previous Free TAFE course and are looking to continue in their selected training pathway. Conditions and eligibility rules apply. Check out our Free TAFE information page for further details.
Horticulture industry is very diverse and provides individuals with opportunities from soil rectification to production and retail/wholesale employment. The horticulture industry in Gippsland has significant important assets that positions the region to further develop its horticulture and food production opportunities.
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This course involves hands on learning, both outdoor and indoor and enables students to develop and practice skills including machinery operation, plant growth, soils, diseases and pests, chemical use and landscape construction works. This qualification also includes creating and maintaining garden beds, nursery and vegetable growing skills. This is a real 'doing' course and involves fun learning, getting dirty and experiencing all of what is offered in the horticultural industry.
Are there specified requirements for entry into the course/qualification?: Yes
Horticulture industry is very diverse and provides individuals with opportunities from soil rectification to production and retail/wholesale employment. The horticulture industry in Gippsland has significant important assets that positions the region to further develop its horticulture and food production opportunities.