Certificate III in Production Horticulture - AHC30620
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
This qualification describes the skills and knowledge for job roles in the production horticulture and floriculture industry including field worker, seeding person, operator, irrigation maintainer, machinery maintainer and leading hand.Individuals with this qualification perform tasks involving a broad range of skills that are applied in a wide variety of contexts, which will involve discretion and judgement in selecting and operating equipment, coordinating resources and applying contingency measures during work.Work must comply with work health and safety and environmental regulations and legislation that apply to the workplace.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Troubleshoot irrigation systems
- Fumigate soil
- Supervise mushroom substrate preparation
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Coordinate vineyard operations
- Implement the pest monitoring and evaluation plan
- Operate spreading and seeding equipment
- Operate chemical application machinery and equipment
- Implement a post-harvest program
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Establish horticultural crops
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Implement a propagation plan
- Operate precision control technology
- Operate tractors
- Promote sales of plants
- Monitor weather conditions
- Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
- Work effectively in a biosecurity emergency response
- Transport and store chemicals
- Operate machinery and equipment
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Maintain pressurised irrigation systems
- Respond to emergencies
- Install and maintain plant displays
- Prepare specialised plants
- Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
- Troubleshoot drainage systems
- Prune shrubs and small trees
- Install pressurised irrigation systems
- Identify and treat nursery plant disorders
- Coordinate work site activities
- Measure drainage system performance
- Maintain field nursery
- Prepare growing media
- Prepare raw materials and compost feedstock
- Coordinate horticultural crop harvesting
- Contribute to work health and safety processes
- Control weeds
- Receive and dispatch nursery products
- Operate fertigation equipment
- Measure irrigation delivery system performance
- Implement a plant nutrition program
- Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systems
- Prepare value added compost-based products
- Monitor and maintain nursery plants
- Install drainage systems
- Use application equipment to apply fumigant in confined spaces
- Install hydroponic systems
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Maintain nursery plants
- Perform machinery maintenance
- Carry out movement and security procedures
- Harvest horticultural crops mechanically
- Monitor and operate water treatment processes
- Work effectively in the industry
- Implement an integrated pest management program
- Prepare, monitor and maintain biological agents for weeds
- Operate pressurised irrigation systems
- Perform shed nursery activities
- Carry out emergency disease or pest control procedures on infected premises
- Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair
- Provide information on plants and their culture
- Operate a mechanical harvester
- Implement a crop regulation program
- Handle bulk materials in storage area
