AHC20422 | CERTIFICATE II IN HORTICULTURE
Description:
This qualification provides an occupational outcome in parks and gardens. The horticulture industry expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.
A Horticultural trades assistant is likely to be involved in a wide range of gardening tasks under limited supervision. Work undertaken as a horticultural assistant could include:
- planting, transplanting and pruning small trees and shrubs operating equipment and machinery
- maintaining properties and structures processes under taking irrigation and drainage
- maintenance activities
- treating weeds, pests and disease
- establishing and renovating grassed areas
- supporting re-vegetation works
There are several ways to get work as a horticultural trades assistant. In a parks and training as a horticultural assistant before moving to work as a horticultural trades assistant. Individuals with general horticultural experience are often able to obtain work as horticultural trades assistants on a casual basis in domestic and large private gardens.
| Campus: | Melbourne / Werribee South / Cairns |
| Duration: | 24 Months VCAL / VETis or 6 months full-time |
| Intakes: | Fortnightly |
| Mode (Domestic Students): | Face-to-Face
Distance (must have workplace to practice) Online Moodle (must have workplace to practice) |
| Mode (International Students): | Not Available |
Training & Employment Outcomes
This qualification provide an occupational outcome in horticulture. The horticulture expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Units
Completion of fifteen (15) units.
| Units | Assessments |
| AHCWHS201 Participate in work health and safety processes | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to observe and contribute to positive environmental work practices. The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 Short answer questions ( Workplace safety ) Activity 2 Exercise (Recognising hazard in the workplace) Activity 3 Short answer questions ( Risk control) Activity 4 Short answer questions ( Risk assessment and report risk) Activity 5 & Activity 6 Exercises ( Safety working procedures) |
| AHCBIO204 Follow site biosecurity procedures | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to follow the workplace biosecurity procedures for accessing and leaving a quarantine site to reduce and contain the transfer of diseases or pests.The following activities will be covered in this unit:
Activity 1: Site quarantine procedures and biosecurity protocols Activity 2: Handled and stored production materials and products according to procedures and biosecurity protocols Activity 3: Biosecurity online training course Activity 4: Farm biosecurity checklist |
| AHCWRK204 Work effectively in the industry | This unit of competency covers the process of working effectively on an individual basis and with others and defines the standard required to: meet the standards required in the industry for dress and work practices; implement the quality standards for workplace products or services; interpret instructions and establish work tasks and priorities; demonstrate communication skills with supervisors and co workers. The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 & Activity 2 Understanding Your Workplace Structure |
| AHCWRK205 Participate in workplace communication | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in workplace communications.
The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1: Types of communication involved in the workplace Activity 2: Effective communication Activity 3: Communication hierarchy Activity 4: Follow routine spoken messages and verbal communication Activity 5 : Follow routine written notices and written communication Activity 6 : How to establish communications with clients to obtain and provide appropriate information Activity 7 : Participate in workplace meeting and discussions Activity 8: Complete relevant work related documents and process communicated information Activity 9 : Effective work instructions Activity 10 : Identify, access and operate workplace communication systems |
| AHCPHT215 Plant horticultural crops | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to plant horticultural crops in the annual, vegetable and flower growing industries, including preparing for crop planting, preparing site and plant material for planting and completing planting operations.The following activities will be covered in this unit:
Activity 1: Prepare for a crop planting operations Activity 2: Principle and practices for planting horticultural crop Activity 3: Mathematics for horticultural production Activity 4: WHS in horticultural production Activity 5: Complete hazard report Activity 6 : Equipment settings for planting Activity 7: Complete planting operations |
| AHCSOL203 Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with the sampling and testing of soil or growing media sampling and testing.
The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 Written task ( Locating services) Activity 2 Written task (Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare) Activity 3 Written task (Personal Protective Equipment) Activity 4 Written task (Soil texture) Activity 5 Written task (Soil structure) Activity 6 Written task (Soil colour) Activity 7 Written task (Soil chemical properties) Activity 8 Written task (Properties of growing media) Activity 9 Calculating task ( Air Filled Porosity) |
| AHCWRK211 Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices |
This unit covers the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to effectively measure current resource use and to carry out improvements including reducing the negative environmental impact of work practices. This unit requires the ability to access industry information, and applicable legislative and Work Health and Safety (WHS) guidelines. The following activities will be covered in this unit : Activity 1 Written task (Identifying resources used in own work role ) Activity 2 Written task (Documenting and measure current usage of resources using appropriate Activity 3 Written task ( Recording and filing documentation measuring current usage, using Activity 4 Written task (Identifying and reporting workplace environmental hazards to Activity 5 Written task (Reporting breaches or potential breaches to appropriate personnel ) Activity 6 Group task |
| AHCIRG221 Assist with pressurised irrigation operations | This unit covers the process of treating weeds and defines the standard required to: identify significant weed species for the enterprise; apply a range of weed treatment control options; recognize and control risks to environment (including spray drift and chemical spillage); clean and store equipment correctly; monitor treatment site; record weed treatment. The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 : Assessing weed infestation |
| AHCSOL203 Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with the sampling and testing of soil or growing media sampling and testing.
The following activities will be covered in this unit: |
| AHCPMG202 – Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders / | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise plant pests, diseases and disorders, determine the treatment options and apply treatments under supervision. The unit applies to individuals working in a broad range of job contexts who undertake defined routine activities under supervision. They exercise limited autonomy within established and well-known parameters, providing solutions to a limited range of predictable problems. The following activities will be covered in this unit:Activity 1 Written questions ( Identifying insects and mites)
Activity 2 Written questions (Identifying plant diseases) Activity 3 Written questions ( Monitoring pests and diseases) Activity 4 Written questions ( Treatment methods) Activity 5 Written questions ( Treatment application) Activity 6 Written questions ( Post treatment operations) |
| AHCPMG201 Treet weeds | This unit covers the process of treating weeds and defines the standard required to: identify significant weed species for the enterprise; apply a range of weed treatment control options; recognize and control risks to environment (including spray drift and chemical spillage); clean and store equipment correctly; monitor treatment site; record weed treatment.The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 : Assessing weed infestation Activity 2: Determine threshold for action Activity 3 : Weed control methods Activity 4: Using personal protective equipment when transporting, handling and applying chemicals Activity 5: Calibration of spray equipment Activity 6: Measuring and decanting chemical Activity 7: Dealing with empty containers |
| AHCNSY207 Undertake propagation activities | This unit covers the process of undertaking propagation activities and defines the standard required to: collect and maintain suitable plant material; apply a range of propagation techniques; maintain and monitor propagated plants; maintain plant hygiene.The following activities will be covered in this unit:
Activity 1 Practical task (Separating cells for seedlings)Activity 2 Multiple choice questions (Separating cells for seedlings) Activity 3 Short answer questions (Separating cells for seedlings) Activity 4 Practical task (Types of softwood cuttings) Activity 5 Matching exercise (Types of softwood cuttings) Activity 6 Short answer questions (Types of softwood cuttings) Activity 7 Practical task (Lining out cuttings) Activity 8 Short answer questions (Lining out cuttings) Activity 9 Matching exercise (Lining out cuttings) Activity 10 Practical task (Separation and division ) Activity 11 Multiple choice questions (Separation and division ) Activity 12 Matching exercise (Separation and division ) Activity 13 Practical task (Stenting) Activity 14 Short answer questions (Stenting) Activity 15 Multiple choice questions (Stenting) Activity 16 Practical task (Budding) Activity 17 Multiple choice questions (Stenting) Activity 18 Practical task (Layering) Activity 19 Multiple choice questions (Layering) |
| AHCPGD209 Prune shrubs and small trees | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to prune shrubs and small trees that are less than three meters in height while standing on the ground. It applies to individuals who work under general supervision and exercise limited autonomy with some accountability for their own work. They undertake defined activities and work in a structured context. The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 Written task ( Workplace Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment) |
| AHCMOM216 Operate side by side utility vehicles | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to safely operate a side-by-side utility vehicle including undertaking pre-start checks and shut down procedures.The following activities will be covered in this unit:
Activity 1: Written questions on the supplied side-by- side manual |
| AHCCHM201 Apply chemicals under supervision | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to apply chemicals using workplace specific application equipment under supervision.The following activities will be covered in this unit: Activity 1 Written task (Preparing spray equipment) Activity 2 Written task ( Calibration of boom spray) Activity 3 Written task ( Identify hazards and assess risks associated with hazardous substances) Activity 4 Written task (Personal and public safety in using hazardous substances) Activity 5 Written task ( Disposing of treatment waste) Activity 6 Written task (Accidental poisoning ) Activity 7 Written task ( Correctly apply treatment) Activity 8 Written task ( Storage of chemicals) Activity 9 Written task ( Reporting and recording injury or poisoning) |
| AHCPCM204 Recognise plants |
This unit covers the process of recognising plants that are commonly encountered in horticulture or land management situations and defines the standard required to inspect and research enterprise plants; observe and record the habits; characteristics and significant features of plants; use available processes to recognise plants; update a plant reference collection. Activity 1 Written task (Prepare plant for recognition ) |
Note: Units selected have been chosen with industry consultation, should clients wish to look at other units please contact ACAH or visit https://training.gov.au/Training/Details/AHC20422
Entry requirements
Age – 16 years plus.
English Proficiency Requirements: all candidates must complete a Language Literacy & Numeracy Assessment, assessed by the Language Studies Department.
Academic Requirement: Completion of Equivalent to Certificate I, or Primary school equivalent, or currently employed in the parks and gardens industry or interested in career in horticulture
Applications, enquiries & tuition fees:
More information about applications for this course and intake dates should be directed to info@acah.edu.au or by phone on 03 9654 8822.
