Grow from gardener to horticulturalist.
Numerous people have turned their love of gardening into a career in horticulture - garden maintenance or retail.
The Cengage Education Certificate II in Horticulture course gives those starting out in the horticulture industry the entry-level skills they need to find work in the trade. You’ll learn a mix of horticultural and retail skills – identifying plants and soil types, potting and pruning, basic tree surgery and customer service and communication.
The course delivers nationally recognised credentials, helping graduates gain workplace training to get all the hands-on experience they need.
On completion of your course:
Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised RTF20103 Certificate II in Horticulture.
Cengage Education is a Registered Training Organisation registered by VETAB (Vocational Education and Training Accreditation Board).
This course is a Productivity Places Program approved course.
First Aid certificate
Students will need to have completed and hold a current full Senior or Basic First Aid Certificate, issued by an accredited provider. Students are required to submit certified copies of their First Aid Certificates. It is a mandatory requirement that all students complete the written and workplace components for First Aid modules, to meet the required outcomes for the applicable First Aid competencies:
HLTFA1A: Apply basic first aid - correlates to St John's Senior First Aid Certificate or the Australian Red Cross Course in Basic First Aid.
HLTFA2A: Apply advanced first aid - correlates to St John's Advanced First Aid Certificate or the Australian Red Cross Course in Intermediate First Aid.
*Please note the cost of the First Aid certificates is not included in the course cost.
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| Course Number |
A0002 |
| Course Type |
Correspondence |
| Course Duration |
Max 18 months |
| Study Hours |
Approx 440 hrs |
| Qualification |
Certificate II |
| Nationally Recognised |
What does this mean? |
Prerequisites
No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.
Learning periods
This course is divided into 5 learning periods.
Exam details
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18 written assessments
- 17 workplace assessments
Extra learning materials included
- Australian Gardening Textbook
- Australian First Aid Manual
Key areas of learning
- Follow OHS procedures
- Plant trees and shrubs
- Recognise plants
- Undertake propagation activities
- Treat weeds
- Provide basic first aid
- Pot-on plants
- Prune shrubs and small trees
- Determine basic properties of soil/growing media
- Operate retail equipment
- Apply point of sale handling procedures
- Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimens
- Maintain the workplace
- Provide information on products and services
- Meet industry requirements
- Meet workplace health & safety requirements
- Cooperate in the workplace
- Plan daily work routines
- Treat trees for a range of problems
Workplace assessment
Workplace training gives students the opportunity to develop practical job skills, such as interacting with people in a professional environment, developing communication skills, as well as an insight into particular job roles and responsibilities. Overall, students have found workplace training enhanced their chances of getting a job and succeeding at it.
As a mandatory part of this course, students are required to seek workplace training. Workplace training and assessment is the gathering and evaluation of evidence during normal work activities in order to determine whether a required element within a competency has been achieved.
Workplace assessment will entail a combination of recognition, observation, questioning, discussion and third party validation.
Following this, all students are required to provide a signed Pre-Assessment Interview form, Workplace Assessment form, Record of Outcome form and also the Workplace Agreement form to verify they have successfully demonstrated the practical components of each of the required competency outcomes. A qualified manager/supervisor must sign the forms as validation.
This is a government accredited course that meets the requirements of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) therefore you will need to complete this part of your studies in an Australian workplace.
Student Insurance
Cengage Education is pleased to offer our students insurance cover, for any workplace experience they undertake as part of their course.
Workplace experience is considered a vital component for many subjects and will contribute greatly when attempting to find employment in related fields. The policy covers 'personal accidents' in the workplace, and will help put employers' minds at ease for the duration of the work placement. The policy DOES NOT offer students Professional Indemnity coverage.
A copy of the Certificate of Currency can be requested from our student services team on 1300 650 011.