Start date: Bendigo - July 2020
Duration: Castlemaine - 10 months
If you’re passionate about working outdoors to create beautiful landscaped gardens for all to enjoy, then our Certificate III in Horticulture (AHC30716) will provide you with the specialist skills and knowledge to succeed in this fast-growing industry.
You’ll have the opportunity to learn from our passionate, innovative and industry-connected horticulture teachers to gain practical hands-on skills that are in demand. This includes:
• Plant selection and identification
• Propagation and best-practice soil management
• Garden bed construction methods
• Machinery operation and maintenance
• Irrigation and drainage installation
• Safe use of chemicals
Our course is delivered via a combination of online learning modules as well as practical class room based projects that will also see you put your learning to practical use, in a simulated work-place setting to get you job ready.
You may be entitled to free tuition fees for this course if you meet the eligibility criteria for the State Government’s FREE TAFE for Priority Courses initiative. It's important to know that you may incur other fees, such as student services fees or materials fees, and you'll need to cover these costs yourself.
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This course will provide you with the necessary knowledge and skills on which to build a successful career in the landscape or parks and gardens sector. Training focuses on practical in areas such as: landscape design, costing and construction, plant and soil selection and nutrition, as well as safety with chemicals and first aid.
Your fees are made up of four parts.
Once you have determined the fees applicable to your
situation you will be able to calculate a indicative total fee
for your qualification.