Course Level
Certificate II
CRICOS
116148E
Certificate II in Production Horticulture - AHC20324
\r\n This qualification describes the skills and knowledge for supporting job roles in the production horticulture and floriculture industry including field worker, picker, pruner and packer.\r\n Individuals with this qualification carry out routine tasks under supervision where the work is predictable and structured with limited judgement requirements.\r\n Work must comply with work health and safety and environmental regulations and legislation that apply to the workplace.\r\n No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.\r\n
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Melbourne | Full-time - 53 weeks | N/A | N/A |
Cairns | Full-time - 53 weeks | N/A | N/A |
Riverland | Full-time - 53 weeks | N/A | N/A |
Subjects
- Recognise plants
- Operate quad bikes
- Apply sampling procedures
- Operate vineyard equipment
- Undertake propagation activities
- Produce trellis dried grapes
- Apply quality systems and procedures
- Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
- Prune shrubs and small trees
- Undertake field budding and grafting
- Operate side by side utility vehicles
- Use hand tools
- Apply food safety procedures
- Observe and report on weather
- Operate vehicles
- Licence to operate a forklift truck
- Assist with care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis
- Operate basic machinery and equipment
- Take and process vine cuttings
- Use power tools/hand held operations
- Install and maintain vine trellis
- Carry out hot water treatment
- Carry out canopy maintenance
- Perform basic packaging tests and inspections
- Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
- Perform mushroom substrate process tasks
- Treat weeds
- Clean equipment in place
- Hand prune vines
- Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
- Maintain properties and structures
- Maintain drainage systems
- Clean and sanitise equipment
- Operate four wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads
- Water mushroom crops
- Assist with propagation of medicinal cannabis
- Package goods
- Handle and move mushroom boxes
- Participate in workplace communications
- Operate tractors
- Follow site biosecurity procedures
- Maintain callusing environment
- Assist with low volume irrigation operations
- Obtain and process rootlings
- Bench graft vines
- Carry out post-harvest operations
- Perform manual pollination of crops
- Work effectively in industry
- Train vines
- Pot up plants
- Inspect and clean machinery, tools and equipment to preserve biosecurity
- Support horticultural crop harvesting
- Undertake manual handling
- Operate specialised canopy management equipment
- Maintain crop
- Carry out potting operations
- Maintain indoor plants
- Operate in isolated and remote situations
- Assist with harvest and pre-processing of medicinal cannabis
- Participate in workplace health and safety processes
- Assist with pressurised irrigation operations
- Support mechanical harvesting operations
- Provide First Aid
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Tend containerised nursery plants
- Work in a food handling area for non-food handlers
- Conduct routine maintenance
- Collect and record production data
- Operate two wheel motorbikes
- Field graft vines
- Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing
- Observe workplace quality assurance procedures
- Conduct weighbridge operations
- Plant horticultural crops
- Maintain food safety when loading, unloading and transporting food
- Carry out manual handling tasks
- Care for nursery plants
- Provide information on products and services
- Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Apply chemicals under supervision
- Organise and communicate information
Entry requirements
- \r\n There are no entry requirements for this qualification.\r\n
Related Courses
Certificate IV in Production Horticulture - AHC40324
Australian College of Agriculture & Horticulture
Certificate II in Horticulture - AHC20422
Australian College of Agriculture & Horticulture
Certificate III in Production Horticulture - AHC30624
Australian College of Agriculture & Horticulture
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