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Workplace training, block training, drop in days, mobile training, day release, online, or a mix of all these options. Available as apprenticeship or traineeship.
Apprenticeships and traineeships
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Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Brisbane
66 Ernest St, South Brisbane, QLD 4101
Student Information
Tuition Fee
Funded apprentices/trainees: $1.60 per nominal hour (regulated rate); concession rates apply for Health Care Card holders or Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander students. Non-funded apprentices/trainees are charged a fee-for-service cost confirmed prior to enrolment.
Intakes
Starts anytime
Eligibility
Career & Study Pathways
Quality & Recognition
Academic Regulator
ASQA
Professional Body
Agricultural Industry Body / AgriFutures
Accreditation Status
AccreditedSkills Assessor
VETASSESS
Course Content
Operate basic machinery and equipment
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to operate and maintain machinery and equipment.
Recognise plants
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise commonly encountered plants, including desired species and weeds, and to document and confirm plant identification.
Plant trees and shrubs
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to manually plant trees and shrubs and other containerised and bare-rooted plants, including preparing, inspecting and planting trees and shrubs and completing planting work.
Treat weeds
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise significant weed species and apply a range of weed treatment control options.
Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to treat plant pests, diseases and disorders.
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, including collecting soil or media samples, performing basic tests on soil or media samples, and completing sampling and testing activities.
Participate in workplace health and safety processes
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to recognise and report hazards in the workplace, and follow workplace health and safety procedures and directions.
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in environmentally sustainable work practices.
Apply chemicals under supervision
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to apply chemicals using workplace specific application equipment under supervision.
Transport and store chemicals
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to safely transport, handle and store liquid and dry chemical formulations across a broad range of industry sectors.
Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to safely prepare and apply chemicals for the control of pests, weeds and diseases, using general application equipment.
Maintain properties and structures
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain and repair properties and structures where the services of a tradesperson is not necessary.
Assist with low volume irrigation operations
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with installing, operating and maintaining low volume irrigation systems. These systems use emitters such as drippers and generally use poly pipe.
Assist with landscape construction work
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to assist with landscape works, including preparing for and undertaking landscape construction work as directed, handling materials and equipment, and clean up on completion of landscaping work in public, commercial and domestic situations.
Construct low-profile timber or modular retaining walls
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to construct low-profile timber or modular retaining walls in landscape settings, including preparing for work, marking out site, preparing footings, installing wall components and cleaning up site.
Lay paving
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to lay modular paving in landscape settings, including preparing for work, setting out paving area, ground preparation, laying bedding material and pavers, and cleaning up site.
Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to undertake operational maintenance of machinery.
Pot up plants
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to pot up established plants with developed root systems, including preparing and potting up propagated plants and completing potting up operations.
Care for nursery plants
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain and care for containerised nursery plants, including preparing for work, maintaining the nursery environment and plants, and completing plant maintenance operations.
Undertake propagation activities
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare for plant propagation, assist with plant propagation and complete propagation activities.
Prepare and maintain plant displays
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to prepare and maintain a plant display, including preparing the site, installing and maintaining plants, and completing work.
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, including identifying pruning requirements, undertaking pruning and completing pruning work.
Support turf establishment
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to establish turf by seed, sod or other methods.
Observe and report on weather
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to observe and report on weather and carry out preventative action in response to weather and climate.
Work effectively in industry
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to work effectively within an industry on an individual basis and within a work team, including observing employment requirements and accepting responsibility for quality of own work.
Maintain chainsaws
This unit of competency describes the knowledge and skills required to maintain fuel or electrically powered hand-held chainsaws. The unit includes completing routine maintenance service as well as periodic maintenance servicing and chain sharpening.
Trim and cut felled trees
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to trim and cut felled trees with a chainsaw, and complete operator maintenance. For the purpose of this unit of competency, a felled tree is any tree or part thereof, including, but not limited to, a tree trunk, branch or limb that has fallen or has been felled and is laying on the ground in a bushland, plantation, forested or other setting, including parkland, roadways and urban areas.
Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to shift materials safely using manual handling methods.
Common Questions
Yes, you must already be employed to enrol as an apprentice or trainee with TAFE Queensland. You should speak to your employer about choosing TAFE Queensland as your Supervising Registered Training Organisation (SRTO).
Eligible apprentices and trainees that meet the Queensland state funding requirements will be charged a set fee per nominal hour, calculated at a regulated rate of $1.60 per nominal hour. Concession rates apply for students who hold a current Health Care Card or who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Non-funded apprentices and trainees will be charged a fee for service cost, which will be confirmed prior to the commencement of training.
The Certificate II in Horticulture is available at multiple locations across Queensland, including Ashmore (Gold Coast), Nambour (Sunshine Coast), Toowoomba (Darling Downs and South West), Bundaberg and Hervey Bay (Wide Bay Burnett), and Cairns (North Queensland).
After submitting your application, you will be invited to complete a Skills Check to help determine if the course is right for you. The recommended benchmark levels are 2 in English, 2 in Maths, and 2 in Digital Technology. To study via the traineeship pathway, you must be indentured as a trainee with your employer, and your employer must be able to provide the necessary human and physical resources.
After completing the Certificate II in Horticulture, you can further advance or enhance your career options by undertaking the Certificate III in Horticulture, which will qualify you to work in nurseries and parks and gardens. TAFE Queensland also offers university pathway options, where completing certain diplomas may give you a full year of credit towards a degree with a partner university.
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