Certificate iiI in Production horticulture
This course is for people in the production horticulture industry with some expertise who want to develop advanced technical and production skills in the production horticulture industry. It also provides the underpinning knowledge required to apply these skills in the workplace. You will learn how to organise and coordinate procedures in the production horticulture industry as well as learning technical skills that a senior worker on a production horticulture enterprise is expected to possess.
Length of study
The length of this course is 12 months full-time and 18 months part-time. (Approximately 10-20 hours should be given to complete each unit - depending on your subject knowledge and time spent on study sessions)
Delivery modes
Fit your learning around your lifestyle - because the course is delivered online, you have the flexibility of when and where you wish to complete your business training.
You can start this course anytime - there are no semester course dates to wait for. The course is delivered via distance learning and online classroom sessions.
Complete the course faster depending on the time you have available! This certificate course of 16 units is typically completed within 1 year, but you can finish earlier by increasing the time you dedicate to your studies.
Enrolment
You can start your course at any time - there are no semester or course date to wait for. There are two options for enrolment: Firstly you can fill out the enrolment form and post or fax back to RMT or you can fill out the online enrolment form.
Course Units
This is an example only of how units can be packaged to suit an individual learner or enterprise. In no way is this mandatory. Please see attached brochure for more details on course units.
You are required to complete 16 units, made up of 1 core units, plus 15 elective units
- RTC3404A Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- RTC3704A Prepare and apply chemicals
- RTC3705A Transport, handle and store chemicals
- RTC3805A Coordinate worksite activities
- RTE3003A Coordinate horticultural crop harvesting
- RTE3030A Harvest horticultural crops mechanically
- RTE3601A Install irrigation systems
- RTE3603A Install drainage systems
- RTET3604A Troubleshoot drainage systems
- RTE3605A Troubleshoot irrigation systems
- RTE3611A Operate pressurised irrigation systems
- RTE3716A Carry out workplace OHS procedures (core)
- RTE3904A Keep records for primary production business
- RTF3012A Implement a plant nutrition program
- RTF3503A Sample soils and analyse results
- BSBEBUS304A Buy online