Course Level
Certificate III
Certificate III in Nursery Operations - AHC31124
\r\n This qualification describes the skills and knowledge for trade level roles carried out under broad supervision in the nursery production and retail nursery industry. It is assumed that participants undertaking this qualification as a direct entry qualification would have nursery or horticulture industry experience prior to undertaking this qualification.\r\n Individuals with this qualification perform tasks autonomously involving a broad range of skills that are applied in a wide variety of contexts, which will involve discretion and judgement in planning tasks, selecting and operating equipment, coordinating resources and applying contingency measures during work.\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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Rosebud | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | N/A |
Hastings | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | N/A |
Mornington | Full-time - 3 years | N/A | N/A |
Subjects
- Sell products and services
- Coordinate visual merchandising activities
- Carry out movement and security procedures
- Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systems
- Recognise plants
- Operate quad bikes
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Carry out emergency disease or pest control procedures on infected premises
- Promote products and services
- Implement a propagation plan
- Operate tractors
- Operate pressurised irrigation systems
- Promote sales of plants
- Coordinate work site activities
- Install and maintain plant displays
- Operate irrigation controller and sensor technology
- Process customer complaints
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Control stock
- Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
- Advise on products and services
- Implement a plant nutrition program
- Transport and store chemicals
- Operate within a budget framework
- Implement an integrated pest management program
- Maintain store security
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Deliver and monitor a service to customers
- Monitor and operate water treatment processes
- Troubleshoot irrigation systems
- Produce visual merchandise displays
- Maintain pressurised irrigation systems
- Control weeds
- Identify plant specimens
- Operate fertigation equipment
- Licence to operate a forklift truck
- Provide information on plants and their culture
- Maintain nursery plants
- Plan a growing-on program
- Install hydroponic systems
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- Prepare specialised plants
- Operate machinery and equipment
- Respond to emergencies
- Measure irrigation delivery system performance
- Install pressurised irrigation systems
- Engage the customer
- Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing
- Prepare growing media
- Provide information on hardware products
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Work effectively in a biosecurity emergency response
- Receive and dispatch nursery products
Entry requirements
- \r\n There are no entry requirements for this qualification.\r\n
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