Online Study · Horticulture

How to Get Started in Landscaping and Gardening

Whether you garden at home or want outdoor work, plants pay. You learn soil, propagation, pests, pruning, irrigation and machinery. Placement hours go on the tools, close to home.

From $67.82a week, zero interest
90 Hoursof placement, minimum
No Examsever
Start Anytimeno semesters
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaHorticulture
DeliveryOnline, with placement on the tools
StartStart anytime, no start and finish dates
PlacementMinimum 90 hours
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom $67.82 per week
Comes with
  • Soil, nutrition and plant establishment
  • Chemicals handled safely and legally
  • Irrigation systems and machinery
  • Placement arranged with SkilTrak
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Gardens Do Not Look After Themselves

Councils, nurseries and clubs all pay someone to.

Plants Are A Trade Skill

Naming, feeding, pruning and propagating are learnable.

You Get On The Tools

Ninety hours of placement, arranged near you.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Horticulture work runs through parks, nurseries, farms and private gardens. A day is early starts, weather, soil and steady graft.

Gardener

Keep gardens healthy through every season.

Landscaping Assistant

Build and plant new spaces with a crew.

Crop Worker

Grow and harvest under a production plan.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Some chemical and machinery work needs further licensing.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Know the plant, grow the plant, then keep it alive.

01
Know Your Plants
Naming and choosing.
Identify plant specimen
Identify and select plants
Provide information on plants and their culture
02
Growing Them On
From cutting to bed.
Prepare growing media
Implement a propagation plan
Implement a plant establishment program
Implement a plant nutrition program
Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas
03
Keeping Them Alive
Pests, weeds and pruning.
Control weeds
Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
Transport and store chemicals
Perform specialist amenity pruning
04
Water And Machines
The kit side of the job.
Operate pressurised irrigation systems
Operate machinery and equipment
Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
05
Placement
Minimum ninety hours.
Work placement preparation
Work Placement Approval Module
Work Placement Learning Portfolio
Work Placement Assessment Portfolios
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Plants, identify, select, advise
  • Growing, media, propagation, nutrition
  • Protection, weeds, pests, chemicals
  • Kit, irrigation and machinery

As a Student

  • Placement, minimum 90 hours
  • No exams, portfolios and site tasks
  • Start, any day
  • Pace, yours to set
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things this course does well.

01
Chemicals Done Right

Transport, storage and safe application are taught.

02
Irrigation And Machinery

Pressurised systems and equipment, not just secateurs.

03
Trainers From Turf And Nursery

Blaine Knox on turf, Jaclyn Knight across twenty years.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate III in Horticulture

Plus ninety hours on the tools

Certificate III In Horticulture

Issued once the modules and placement are done.

Placement Hours

Ninety hours minimum, logged on site.

Chemical Handling

Transport, storage and safe application covered.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask For The Guide

Units, placement hours and kit, in writing.

Step two

Talk Placement

Where you live decides the site.

Step three

Choose How To Pay

Upfront, week to week, or in four.

Step four

Enrol And Dig In

The first unit is naming what you grow.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From $67.82 / week
Pay upfront, go week to week, or pay in four.
Zero interest payment plan through Payright
A credit check applies to the plan
Over eighteen, and citizen or permanent resident
You or a family member can apply
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need gardening experience?

None. Plant identification starts from scratch.

How much placement is there?

A minimum of ninety hours on site.

Who finds the placement?

The college does, through SkilTrak, close to home.

Do I learn chemical spraying?

Yes. Transport, storage and application are covered. Some work needs further licensing.

Is machinery included?

Yes. Irrigation systems and equipment both feature.

Are there exams?

None, ever. Portfolios and site tasks instead.

How fast can I finish?

You set the pace. There are no semesters here.

Will this get me council work?

It gives you the skills councils list. Employers set their own hiring rules.

Delivered By

About the College

Open Colleges delivers this course online, from Australia.

Placement is arranged with SkilTrak. Trainers come from turf, nursery and landscaping work.

Placement with SkilTrakTrainers from the industryStart any dayOnline units, any hour
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