Certificate II in Horticulture

This VET program:

• provides participants with the knowledge and skills to achieve competencies that will enhance their employment prospects in the horticulture or horticulture-related industries.
• enables participants to gain a recognised credential and to make informed choices in relation to vocation and career paths.

Sample modules (Units 1 - 4)

• Recognise plants
• Undertake propagation activities
• Participate in OHS processes
• Work effectively in the industry
• Participate in workplace communication
• Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• Renovate grassed areas
• Plant trees and shrubs
• Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders
• Pot up plants
• Tend nursery plants
• Maintain properties and structures
• Operate basic machinery and equipment
• Perform above ground pruning
• Assist with landscape construction work
• Determine basic properties of soil and/or growing media
• Maintain pressurised irrigation systems

Future pathways

• Certificate III in Production Horticulture
• Certificate III in Horticulture
• Certificate III in Horticulture (Landscape)
• Certificate III in Horticulture (Retail Nursery)
• Certificate III in Horticulture (Wholesale Nursery)
• Certificate III in Horticulture (Parks and Gardens)
• Certificate IV in Production Horticulture
• Diploma of Ornamental Horticulture

Future career opportunities

• Horticultural assistant
• Horticultural tradesperson
• Arboriculturist