Available as either a traineeship part-time or full-time course, you will gain the knowledge required for working within the horticultural industry. This qualification could lead you to work as a parks and gardens worker at local councils, resorts, retirement centres or as a wholesale or retail nursery assistant. Or you could even become self-employed!

If you are interested in horticulture then this is your starting point. Horticulture covers turf management, landscaping, parks and gardens, arboriculture and nursery work. This course provides you with the skills and knowledge required for employment in the horticultural industry in organisations such as local councils, landscape contracting businesses, golf courses or nurseries.

Available as either a traineeship part-time or full-time course, you will gain the knowledge required for working within the horticultural industry. This qualification could lead you to work as a parks and gardens worker at local councils, resorts, retirement centres or as a wholesale or retail nursery assistant. Or you could even become self-employed!

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.

This course is a prerequisite for undertaking the Diploma of Arboriculture. You'll gain the base skills to undertake the Diploma course. This will involve learning how to identify trees, implement tree maintance programs and perform pruning operations.

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.