Qualification - ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE - NURSERY (VHT009)

Train as a professional nurseryman and be at the head of your profession

This course trains you for professional work in nurseries at a technician or management level in positions such as: nursery managers, technical representatives or consultants. Coupled with experience you can also move on to teaching, course development and writing.

Accredited by IARC
Articulates into higher qualifications with our UK college or affiliate (Warnborough College)
Making this an extremely comprehensive learning experience!

COURSE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS

Core modules

The following FIVE modules are compulsory:

Biochemistry (Plants)
E-Commerce
Instructional Skills
Business Studies
Workplace Health and Safety

Stream Modules

800 hours of study in compulsory modules (normally 8 x 100 hour modules):

Horticultural Management
Horticultural Marketing
Botany I
Propagation I
Horticulture I
Soil Management
Plant Protection
plus either
Wholesale Nursery Management
or
Garden Centre Management

Elective Modules

600 hours of study in modules (normally 6 X 100 hour modules), selected from the following:

wholesale Nursery Management
Garden Centre Management (whichever was not previously chosen)
Horticulture II
Irrigation
Landscaping I
Fruit Production
Commercial Vegetable Production
Hydroponics II
Australian Native Plants I
Herb Culture
Orchid Culture
Roses

Optional Electives

200 hours of study in modules (normally 2 X 100 hour modules), which can be chosen from any advanced diploma accredited modules, from a wide range of disciplines, excluding Recreation Administration & Management I, II & IV, Agricultural Marketing, Farm Management.

* Students are to attain a current Senior First Aid Certificate during the course of study.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

There are no academic pre-requisites for this course but it is expected that successful applicants have achieved an educational level that will enable the completion of the course objectives.

Entry to this course is based on:

a person with 5 years industry experience;
Year 12 standard of education;
mature age student.

COURSE STRUCTURE SUMMARY

COURSE COMPONENT	NUMBER OF MODULES	NOMINAL HOURS
Compulsory Core Modules	4	400
Stream Core Units	8	800
Stream Elective Subjects/Modules	6	600
Optional Electives	2	200
Workplace Research	2	200
Industry Assoc. Conference/Seminars/Meetings	1	100
Workshops	2	200

DURATION

2,500 hours minimum nominal duration

Being a self paced learning program, the student can study at a rate according to their ability and capabilities.

RECOGNITION

This course is written to satisfy all relevant competencies of the International Accreditation and Recognition Council.

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