Jobs and Skills AustraliaIs the work there?
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates cotton farm workers, grain, oilseed, pulse and pasture farm workers, sugar cane farm workers and vineyard workers as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Cotton Farm Worker, Grain, Oilseed, Pulse and Pasture Farm Worker, Sugar Cane Farm Worker and Vineyard Worker as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET ActivityWho is training
National enrolment data for AHC20324 starts in 2025: 35 people enrolled that year. There is no earlier year to compare yet.
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications FrameworkWhat does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Certificate II is typically 0.5 to 1 year of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to AHC20324 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training listsWhat does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for AHC20324 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packagingWhat is in the qualification
The register lists 4 core units for the Certificate II in Production Horticulture, plus 77 elective options. Prerequisites apply to Six of them, marked below.
- AHCBIO204Follow site biosecurity procedures
- AHCWHS202Participate in workplace health and safety processes
- AHCWRK212Work effectively in industry
- AHCWRK213Participate in workplace communications
View the 77 elective options
- AHCBIO203Inspect and clean machinery, tools and equipment to preserve biosecurity
- AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervision
- AHCDRG202Maintain drainage systems
- AHCINF207Maintain properties and structures
- AHCIRG219Assist with low volume irrigation operations
- AHCIRG221Assist with pressurised irrigation operations
- AHCMDC201Assist with propagation of medicinal cannabis
- AHCMDC202Assist with care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis
- AHCMDC203Assist with harvest and pre-processing of medicinal cannabis
- AHCMOM201Operate two wheel motorbikes
- AHCMOM202Operate tractors
- AHCMOM203Operate basic machinery and equipment
- AHCMOM204Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
- AHCMOM205Operate vehicles
- AHCMOM216Operate side by side utility vehicles
- AHCMOM217Operate quad bikes
- AHCNSY205Pot up plants
- AHCNSY206Care for nursery plants
- AHCNSY207Undertake propagation activities
- AHCNSY208Maintain indoor plants
- AHCPCM204Recognise plants
- AHCPGD209Prune shrubs and small trees
- AHCPHT211Maintain crop
- AHCPHT212Perform manual pollination of crops
- AHCPHT214Support horticultural crop harvesting
- AHCPHT215Plant horticultural crops
- AHCPHT216Carry out canopy maintenance
- AHCPHT217Undertake field budding and grafting
- AHCPHT218Carry out post-harvest operations
- AHCPHT219Handle and move mushroom boxes
- AHCPHT220Perform mushroom substrate process tasks
- AHCPHT221Water mushroom crops
- AHCPHT222Produce trellis dried grapes
- AHCPMG201Treat weeds
- AHCPMG202Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders
- AHCSOL203Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing
- AHCWRK210Observe and report on weather
- AHCWRK211Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
- AHCWRK214Observe workplace quality assurance procedures
- AHCWRK215Collect and record production data
- AHCWRK216Provide information on products and services
- AHCWRK323Operate in isolated and remote situations
- FBPBPG2008Perform basic packaging tests and inspections
- FBPFSY2002Apply food safety procedures
- FBPFSY2003Maintain food safety when loading, unloading and transporting food
- FBPOPR2065Conduct routine maintenance
- FBPOPR2066Apply sampling procedures
- FBPOPR2067Work in a food handling area for non-food handlers
- FBPOPR2070Apply quality systems and procedures
- FBPOPR2074Carry out manual handling tasks
- FBPOPR2094Clean equipment in place
- FBPOPR2095Clean and sanitise equipment
- FBPVIT2001Bench graft vines
- FBPVIT2002Carry out potting operations
- FBPVIT2003Hand prune vines
- FBPVIT2005Maintain callusing environment
- FBPVIT2006Obtain and process rootlings
- FBPVIT2007Tend containerised nursery plants
- FBPVIT2008Train vines
- FBPVIT2010Take and process vine cuttings
- FBPVIT2011Operate vineyard equipment
- FBPVIT2016Carry out hot water treatment
- FBPVIT2018Support mechanical harvesting operations (has prerequisites)
- FBPVIT3005Install and maintain vine trellis
- FBPVIT3006Field graft vines
- FBPVIT3007Operate specialised canopy management equipment (has prerequisites)
- FWPCOT3325Operate four wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads
- HLTAID011Provide First Aid
- MEM11011Undertake manual handling (has prerequisites)
- MEM13015Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering
- MEM16006Organise and communicate information (has prerequisites)
- MEM18001Use hand tools (has prerequisites)
- MEM18002Use power tools/hand held operations (has prerequisites)
- TLIA0020Package goods
- TLID0020Shift materials safely using manual handling methods
- TLID2022Conduct weighbridge operations
- TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truck
training.gov.au national register, AHC20324 release 1
Same training packageWhat skill sets come from the AHC training package?