AHC30722 is the nationally recognised Certificate III in Horticulture. It prepares you for work as a gardener (general). It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced AHC30716. 6,115 people enrolled in 2025, up 124.8% on the year before.
The signals behind the Certificate III in Horticulture are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Enrolments are rising. The official shortage list does not rate its occupations in shortage. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Australia's official shortage list rates gardener (general)s as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Gardener (General) as not in shortage.
Certificate III in Horticulture graduates find work less often than is typical at Certificate III level. In the 2025 NCVER Student Outcomes survey, 74.7% were employed or in further study after training. The typical Certificate III result is 88%, across 105 qualifications. 91.4% were satisfied with the training, against 90.6% typical.
More people are choosing the Certificate III in Horticulture every year. Across Australia, 2,720 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 6,115, up 124.8% in a year. National data for AHC30722 starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for AHC30722 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.
The Certificate III in Horticulture is 17 units: 11 core, plus 6 electives chosen from 33 options on the register.
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Get Course maps AHC30722 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3626) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Outcome benchmarks marked “typical” are medians computed by Get Course across all Certificate IIIs in the same NCVER collection; they are derived figures, not official NCVER benchmarks. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 14 September 2026; NCVER Student Outcomes survey 2025 survey; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.