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RTF10103 CERTIFICATE I IN HORTICULTURE
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RTF20103 CERTIFICATE II IN HORTICULTURE
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RTF30103 CERTIFICATE III IN HORTICULTURE
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RTF40103 CERTIFICATE IV IN HORTICULTURE
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RTF50103 DIPLOMA OF HORTICULTURE
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ADVANCED DIPLOMA OF HORTICULTURE
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training Package services several well-defined industry sectors, as well as a
wide range of jobs and roles that are part of the broader Horticulture industry.
Qualifications/units within this package cover all levels of work from inexperienced
new entrants to the industry, to skilled operators, supervisors and managers.
Key industry sectors include:
• Arboriculture - maintenance and management
of trees in private and public gardens, parks and streetscapes; removal and transplanting
of large trees; protection and rehabilitation of trees under structural or physical
threat; provision of advice on tree planting and maintenance; evaluation and assessment
of tree health and monetary value.
• Floriculture - growing and harvesting
of commercial flowers, flower seed, foliage and essential oil crops; management
and, maintenance of filed and controlled growing environments; post harvest treatments
and production of plant products; wild harvesting and processing of commercial
flowers, flower seed, foliage and essential oil crops.
• Landscape - There
is a wide range of landscape operations across the sector with a key division
between those who focus on hardscape construction, which is often linked to the
construction industry, and softscape development with a more eclectic approach
to plant use and landscape development. Work undertaken by those employed in the
Landscape sector can comprise of the following; construction and maintenance of
domestic and commercial landscapes; design of gardens and commercial landscapes;
rehabilitation and maintenance of urban bushland; construction and installation
of amenity and recreational landscape structures; provision of technical advice
and forward estimates on landscape development proposals.
• Nursery -
There is a wide diversity of enterprises that comprise the Nursery sector with
the major distinction being between production, wholesale and retail nurseries.
Some nurseries are involved in two or three sectors. Those employed in the nursery
sector may be undertaking work comprising of; propagation, production and maintenance
of plants for sales and/or hire; wholesaling and retailing of plants and associated
products; provision of advice on plant selection and garden design; marketing
and promotion of plant products and services.
• Parks and Gardens - Distribution
of this industry is closely allied to centres of population. The industry is undergoing
growth as tourism becomes more important and there is greater interest in public
health and outdoor recreation. Work in this sector can comprise of the following;
management and maintenance of public and private parks, reserves and gardens;
management and maintenance of natural bushland and community recreation areas;
management and maintenance of historic, cultural and special use area such as
botanic gardens, cemeteries, recreation parks and institutional lands.
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Turf - This sector comprises two industry groups, the growing and sale of turf
and the care and maintenance of turf. The work undertaken by those employed in
the Turf industry can comprise of the following; establishment and maintenance
of commercial and recreation turf; design and preparation of sports turf playing
surfaces; domestic mowing and turf maintenance operations; commercial growing
and supply of turf; management of recreational and sport turf facilities; provision
of technical advice on turf irrigation, pest and disease control and turf management
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