CERTIFICATE III IN PARKS AND GARDENS AHC31021
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2022
7 January 2018 - 31 January 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Quick Overview of AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:
- For each unit the theory is self-paced e-learning and the practical assessment is at one of our locations or your workplace.
- Funding available:
- Cert III Guarantee Funding
- User Choice Funding
- Cost (non-funded): $3890
- Units of competency: 11 core units and 5 elective units
- Nationally Recognised Training
Cost of AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:
AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens costs $3890 per person fee for service (no funding). Contact the office for a Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) matching your employment status in the industry (employed or unemployed).
Soft copy documents are e-learning and self-paced. Soft copy course costs could vary due to a student’s circumstances and location. This will be established with enrolment.
Soft copy online means Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoints, videos. Word documents or PDFs are to be completed on your computer or printed by you.
Hard copies of textbooks and assessment delivery are also available for $660, separate from the course fee. Students will receive printed learning material and assessments with Australia Post.
Funding is available for eligible employees and students.
LT Training has SAS status for this type of funding. The program supports eligible individuals to complete a certificate III qualification. The aim is to assist individuals to gain the skills required to secure employment or career advancement in priority industries. Employers may also be able to access training to address workforce development needs. Given the benefits that accrue to individuals from training, students will be required to contribute to the costs of their training through a co-contribution fee. The fee may be paid on behalf of the student by the employer or a third party unrelated to LT Training but cannot be paid or waived by LT Training. For example, in Southeast QLD, within a 200 km radius of LT Training head office, the cost will be $16.00 per unit for non-concessional and $8 per unit for concessional students upon enrolment. For more prices on different locations, please click here.
To be eligible, participants must:
Have either finished or left secondary school
Be 15 years of age or older
Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen permanently residing in Queensland
Not hold or be currently undertaking a certificate III or higher-level qualification (not including qualifications undertaken while still at secondary school)
Note that employment status is NOT a factor.
Further Certificate 3 Guarantee funding information for LT Training can be found Click here
For more information, you can download the Student fact sheet DESBT
Eligible individuals must understand that the Certificate 3 Guarantee is for one Government-subsidised training place in a funded Certificate III qualification only. You will not be allowed to claim another Certificate 3 Guarantee after the program.
Standard course:
- Fee for Service (no funding): The AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be delivered over 12 months.
- Cert III Guarantee: The AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be delivered over 12 months.
- Apprenticeships (User Choice Funding): Full-time apprenticeship, delivered over 36 months.
Overview of AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:
This qualification underpins a range of work functions and job roles for this horticultural trade qualification. This may include infrastructure installation, maintenance or renovation of public space, landscape maintenance, green space establishment and recreational developments for public or private gardens. It includes the theoretical and practical components of sixteen (16) units of competency. This qualification provides a vocational outcome in parks and gardens. The parks and gardens industry expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.
Over 95% of students who complete this course are employed or go on to further study.
From Myskills.gov.au – December 2017
Prerequisites:
There are no entry requirements for the certificate. However, students should have reasonable fitness and physical ability level and have an interest in horticulture.
Units in AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:
To be awarded the AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens, competency must be achieved in a total number of 16 units.
• Core Units = 11
• Elective Units = 5
Core units (11):
| AHCIRG346 | Operate pressurised irrigation systems |
| AHCMOM304 | Operate machinery and equipment |
| AHCPCM306 | Provide information on plants and their culture |
| AHCPGD307 | Implement a plant establishment program |
| AHCPGD309 | Perform specialist amenity pruning |
| AHCPGD310 | Implement a landscape maintenance program |
| AHCPMG301 | Control weeds |
| AHCPMG302 | Control plant pests, diseases and disorders |
| AHCSOL304 | Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas |
| AHCTRF309 | Implement a grassed area maintenance program |
| AHCWHS301 | Contribute to work health and safety processes |
Elective units (5) :
| AHCCHM307 | Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases* |
| AHCCHM304 | Transport and store chemicals* |
| AHCMOM213 | Operate and maintain chainsaws (Chainsaw level 1) |
| AHCPGD311 | Conduct operational inspection of park facilities |
| AHCWRK309 | Apply environmentally sustainable work practices |
Units are part of the ACDC licence in Queensland *
**Participants may choose RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights, instead of AHCPGD311 Conduct operational inspection of park facilities. Participants MUST NOT elect both AHCPGD311 Conduct operational inspection of park facilities and RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights.
Outcomes of AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:
Upon successful completion of all assessment components, participants will receive a nationally recognised AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens that includes a list of the units achieved.
Course delivery:
The AHC31021 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be a blended delivery mode which includes,
Distance self-paced study, including Face-to-face workbased classroom delivery, with an RPL component as detailed below:
- Distance self-paced study via OneDrive (providing participants with soft copies of training and assessment materials), whereby participants will have access to Trainers/Assessors through email and/or mobile telephone and/or MS teams. Trainers/Assessors have 48 hours to respond to participants during a business week – Monday – Friday
- Face-to-Face classroom in participants work based environment, or for participants who do not have access to a work based environment that meets the training package requirements, their face to face classroom delivery will be provided in a simulated work based environment.
- Delivery will be TEN (10) trainer/assessor work based visits over a 12 month duration as detailed below:
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- South East QLD locations up to 200km from LT Training Sunshine Coast Office – 10 x 1 day sessions
- All other locations – 2 x 4 day sessions AND 1 x 2 day session
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RPL:
Credit Transfer:
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for participants who consider that they will be able to meet the training package requirements for this qualification participants may apply to have their knowledge and skills assessed via the RPL process – as required
Payment Option:
Under RTO Standards 2015, the maximum fee to be collected in advance is $1500 on initial enrolment. If your fees are being paid for by your employer or another organisation they may be paid in full at the time of enrolment.
To comply with the standards, you would then pay instalments so that at no time would we hold fees of $1500 or more in advance. However, all fees must be paid as agreed and all must be paid before a qualification can be issued.
Further Information:
You will need a computer device that meets the minimum requirements of LT Training’s online system (we support and recommend a modern desktop or laptop computer running the Google Chrome web browser and the original Adobe program).
You must ensure a good stable internet connection and the ability of your device to play sound.
All training aids and safety equipment are provided for use as required with the full-time course.
After enrolment and initial interview, you will be given your link details to start.
Please take the time to familiarise yourself with our Student Handbook which contains loads of information for our students including our policies and terms and conditions. The handbook will be shared electronically or in hard copy. If you have any questions at all, we are happy to help.
Venue: Queensland Multiple Locations
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Description:
LT Training primarily uses PCYC venues that are non-for-profit and give back to the local community. We run ‘Working at heights‘, ‘Confined space training‘, ‘Operate and maintain chainsaws‘, and ‘ACDC chemical licensing‘ at PCYC’s.
Our certificates are run anywhere in Queensland by doing online and face to face training. These courses include CERT II IN HORTICULTURE AHC20422, CERTIFICATE III IN PARKS AND GARDENS AHC31021, CERTIFICATE III IN BUSINESS BSB30120.