Subjects
Total number of units = 15
Core Units = 1
Elective Units = 14
Core Units
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Participate in work health and safety processes |
Elective Units
Select 4 units from Group A
Select 7 units from Group A or B
3 units may be selected from Group B or this or any other endorsed Training Package or Accredited Course
Selected units must be relevant to job outcomes in production horticulture and must be chosen to ensure the integrity of the qualification outcome at AQF level 2
Group A
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Follow site quarantine procedures | |
Apply chemicals under supervision | |
Operate basic machinery and equipment | |
Plant horticultural crops | |
Support horticultural crop harvesting | |
Carry out post-harvest operations | |
Treat weeds | |
Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders | |
Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing | |
Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices |
Group B
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Maintain properties and structures | |
Assist with low volume irrigation operations | |
Assist with surface irrigation operations | |
Assist with pressurised irrigation operations | |
Assist with pump and flow control device operations | |
Operate irrigation injection equipment | |
Operate two wheel motorbikes | |
Operate tractors | |
Undertake operational maintenance of machinery | |
Operate vehicles | |
Operate quad bikes | |
Care for nursery plants | |
Undertake propagation activities | |
Carry out canopy maintenance | |
Undertake field budding and grafting | |
Handle and move mushroom boxes | |
Perform mushroom substrate process tasks | |
Water mushroom crops | |
Produce trellis dried grapes | |
Observe and report on weather | |
Operate in isolated and remote situations | |
Observe enterprise quality assurance procedures | |
Collect and record production data | |
Provide information on products and services | |
Maintain food safety when loading, unloading and transporting food | |
Work in a food handling area for non-food handlers | |
Bench graft vines | |
Carry out potting operations | |
Hand prune vines | |
Maintain callusing environment | |
Obtain and process rootlings | |
Train vines | |
Operate specialised canopy management equipment | |
Field graft vines | |
Support mechanical harvesting operations | |
Install and maintain vine trellis | |
Operate vineyard equipment | |
Carry out hot water treatment | |
Operate nursery cold storage facilities | |
Take and process vine cuttings | |
Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads | |
Use hand tools | |
Use power tools/hand held operations | |
Shift materials safely using manual handling methods | |
Conduct weighbridge operations | |
Licence to operate a forklift truck |