Agriculture & Horticulture

Develop your skills and knowledge to gain a supervisory role in an ever-expanding sector. If you have a sound business mind and have practical agricultural skills and ideally experience at a Certificate III level, you could use this qualification to develop a career in the primary industry sector as a manager of a farming operation or agribusiness administrator. This course focuses on agricultural management, and the administrative aspects of agriculture.

Learn the technical agricultural skills and knowledge you need as a skilled tradesperson in an agricultural workplace. Your studies focus on working with plants, animals, machinery and equipment, occupational health and safety (OH&S), people, administration and business.

This qualification provides an occupational outcome in agriculture, horticulture and conservation land management and at least one and up to four other related industries. Course is delivered by Matthews and Associates in North West Victoria.

Offering the foundation building blocks to your career in agriculture and offered also as a traineeship through your employer, you will establish the basic skills and knowledge to become a skilled tradesperson in the agricultural primary industries.

Develop your skills and knowledge to gain a supervisory role in an ever-expanding sector. If you have a sound business mind and have practical agricultural skills and ideally experience at a Certificate III level, you could use this qualification to develop a career in the primary industry sector as a manager of a farming operation or agribusiness administrator. This course focuses on agricultural management, and the administrative aspects of agriculture.

Learn the technical agricultural skills and knowledge you need as a skilled tradesperson in an agricultural workplace. Your studies focus on working with plants, animals, machinery and equipment, occupational health and safety (OH&S), people, administration and business.

Offering the foundation building blocks to your career in agriculture and offered also as a traineeship through your employer, you will establish the basic skills and knowledge to become a skilled tradesperson in the agricultural primary industries.

Learn the industry standards for chemical use, storage and handling. This course provides the required training for many quality assurance programs and is necessary to apply for the Victorian agricultural chemical users permit. Learn to use and apply chemicals in an industry environment.

Re-accredit your current (within 5 year validity) AgVet Chemical Licence. Learn current legislative requirements and safe working practices needed to use pesticides and herbicides. There's hands-on training in the preparation, application, transportation and storing of chemicals.

This course covers the units FWPCOT2239 - Trim and Cut Felled Trees and FWPCOT2237 - Maintain Chainsaws (equivalent to level 1 chainsaw operation). This training will provide you with knowledge and skills to safely operate and maintain a chainsaw for trimming and cutting fallen trees using a range of cutting techniques. You will learn to identify cross cutting requirements, prepare and maintain equipment, assess trees and plan cutting and trim and cross cut safely and efficiently.

Gain the practical skills for operation and maintenance of a pole saw as a national competency. This training is useful to get additional skills for the Arboriculture and Horticulture industries.

A training requirement for all industries using side by side utility vehicles, you’ll be introduced to the legislative requirements and safe working practices.

Prepare yourself to operate a tractor safely in the farming environment, adhering to legislation. This is a useful, practical and theoretical course for people new to the industry, as well as those who would like to stay informed about current standards and practices.

Whether for work or play, it is important that you understand the best and safest way to ride and use quad bikes. In a working environment, it is very important you understand the legislative requirements surrounding quad bike usage.