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Horticulture
18 courses
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- Short courses 4
- Certificates 11
- Diploma level 3
- Degree level 0
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Plant and nature lovers will enjoy an active outdoor career as a graduate of a TAFE NSW horticulture course. You’ll learn how to keep soil and plants healthy and all the tricks to protect them from weeds and disease. Advance your horticulture career with specialist courses in arboriculture, sports turf management or landscape design or move into project planning and management.
Arboriculture
Become a qualified arborist to climb and care for trees. Graduate armed with the knowledge of how to safely assess, prune and scale trees to ensure their strength, safety and longevity. more...
Certificate III
Arboriculture (Climbing Arborist)
AHC30824-01Taker your career to new heights, climbing trees and pruning branches, as a climbing arborist. Build your confidence and learn specialist, in-demand skills like using a chainsaw at heights, to prune, dismantle and fell trees.
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Diploma
Arboriculture
AHC50524-01Become an arborist consultant, undertake site and tree risk assessments. Learn to keep accurate data and records for maintenance and writing tree assessment reports. Enhance your report writing recommendations by learning to produce computer aided drawings.
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Horticulture
Explore the world of horticulture and prepare for a flourishing career. You'll learn to plant, prune, nurture, and care for a wide range of plants. Discover plant identification to garden design and master the art of creating lush, vibrant gardens with a horticulture course. more...
Certificate II
Horticulture
AHC20422-01Get your hands dirty as you learn to create and maintain beautiful gardens and grow your own plants. Gain the foundational skills to control weeds, operate basic garden machinery and launch your career as a horticulture assistant or garden labourer.
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Certificate III
Horticulture
AHC30722-01Nurture your green thumb and watch your career bloom in a rewarding industry as a horticulturist, landscaper or gardener. Learn to create and nurture green environments that are both beautiful and functional including parks, gardens and nurseries.
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Diploma
Horticulture Management
AHC50422-01Grow your rewarding career in horticulture management and lead teams and projects in this hands-on course. Take your career to the next level and work in supervisory roles or harness your entrepreneurial spirit and start your own horticulture business.
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Landscaping
Study a landscaping course and create dream gardens in homes, businesses and public green spaces. Get your hands dirty with construction irrigation systems and planting, or be the designer with the grand landscape vision. more...
Certificate III
Landscape Construction
AHC30921-01Gain the skills to become a landscaper with this trade-level qualification. Build experience on-site as you work with plants, soil and construction materials to build natural landscapes, structures and irrigation and drainage systems.
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Nursery
Propagate and irrigate your way to a flourishing career in production nurseries. Establish healthy seedlings in traditional and hydroponic systems for sale in garden centres. more...
Certificate III
Nursery Operations (Nursery Production)
AHC31124-02Gain practical skills to work in a production nursery, propagate plants at scale and manage production programs. Graduate ready to work as a production horticulturist, retail nursery tradesperson or lead hand in a production nursery.
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Parks and Gardens
Engage with your natural surroundings and learn skills in plant and soil nutrition, weed suppression and pest control. Work in public parks or botanical gardens and use your horticulture expertise to keep outdoor spaces beautiful. more...
Production Horticulture
Pick a career as a horticultural assistant or a floricultural cropping assistant. Spend your days outdoors and manage crops from establishment through to harvest. Use your industry-relevant skills and techniques to gain the best yield from your crops. more...
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Mushroom Cultivation
800-001109Become an expert in mushroom cultivation. Enter the fascinating world of fungi through practical tasks and need-to-know theory. Delve into topics such as optimal growing conditions, best practices for cultivation, and effective harvesting methods.
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Orchard floor and canopy management
800-001309Learn industry best practices from experts to operate and maintain the health and quality of your orchard floor and canopy. Maximise the influence of aspects of your orchard such as light, ground cover, water availability, cover crops, and more.
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Certificate III
Nursery Operations (Retail Nursery)
AHC31124-03Launch your career with practical experience working with plants and customers in retail nursery businesses. Gain specialised skills to nurture plants, design plant displays and offer guidance on plants and related products.
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Certificate III
Production Horticulture
AHC30624-01Grow your career using regenerative farming techniques. Spend your days managing crops from crop to harvest. Learn compost making, grow organic produce and use your industry-relevant skills and techniques to gain the best yield from your crops.
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Sports Turf Management
Whether you see yourself smoothing the lawn at your local bowling club, or in charge of the SCG cricket pitch - a course in sports turf management will get you on the green. more...
Certificate III
Sports Turf Management
AHC31324-01Make the grass always greener on both sides of the field as a greenkeeper for iconic sporting venues. Gain the skills to construct, maintain, prepare and restore sports turf surfaces while working outdoors, supporting the sports community.
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