Certificate II in Production Horticulture - AHC20316
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
The qualification enables individuals to select a tree cropping, vegetable or berry production, grape growing or mushroom production context as a job focus, or a mixture in the case of mixed enterprises.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Structure
- 15 units: 1 core
- 14 elective
Subjects
- Undertake propagation activities
- Conduct weighbridge operations
- Carry out post-harvest operations
- Assist with low volume irrigation operations
- Assist with pressurised irrigation operations
- Take and process vine cuttings
- Operate specialised canopy management equipment
- Carry out hot water treatment
- Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- Operate tractors
- Operate vineyard equipment
- Undertake field budding and grafting
- Use power tools/hand held operations
- Work in a food handling area for non-food handlers
- Support horticultural crop harvesting
- Carry out canopy maintenance
- Operate two wheel motorbikes
- Assist with pump and flow control device operations
- Use hand tools
- Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
- Provide information on products and services
- Maintain callusing envrionment
- Observe enterprise quality assurance procedures
- Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Perform mushroom substrate process tasks
- Train vines
- Field graft vines
- Licence to operate a forklift truck
- Care for nursery plants
- Produce trellis dried grapes
- Obtain and process rootlings
- Operate vehicles
- Support mechanical harvesting operations
- Bench graft vines
- Assist with surface irrigation operations
- Install and maintain vine trellis
- Observe and report on weather
- Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads
- Plant horticultural crops
- Collect and record production data
- Treat weeds
- Carry out potting operations
- Water mushroom crops
- Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
- Maintain properties and structures
- Follow site quarantine procedures
- Operate in isolated and remote situations
- Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing
- Operate nursery cold storage facilities
- Handle and move mushroom boxes
- Participate in work health and safety processes
- Hand prune vines
- Apply chemicals under supervision
- Maintain food safety when loading, unloading and transporting food
- Operate irrigation injection equipment
- Operate quad bikes
- Operate basic machinery and equipment
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