Jobs and Skills AustraliaIs the work there?
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates landscape gardeners and irrigation technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Landscape Gardener and Irrigation Technician as in national 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 AHC32424 starts in 2025: 40 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 III is typically 1 to 2 years 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 AHC32424 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 AHC32424 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 Certificate III in Irrigation Technology is 22 units: 9 core, plus 13 electives chosen from 60 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Nine of them, marked below.
- AHCINF308Install and terminate extra low voltage wiring systems
- AHCIRG337Measure irrigation delivery system performance
- AHCIRG338Troubleshoot irrigation systems
- AHCIRG339Monitor soils under irrigation
- AHCIRG340Install irrigation pumps
- AHCIRG342Interpret irrigation plans and drawings
View all 9 core units
- AHCIRG345Install pressurised irrigation systems
- AHCWHS302Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- AHCWRK320Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 60 elective options
- AHCCHM101Follow basic chemical safety rules
- AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervision
- AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicals
- AHCDRG305Install drainage systems
- AHCDRG306Measure drainage system performance
- AHCDRG307Troubleshoot drainage systems
- AHCDRG308Maintain and repair irrigation drainage systems
- AHCIRG301Install gravity fed irrigation systems
- AHCIRG328Operate irrigation controller and sensor technology
- AHCIRG336Operate and maintain gravity fed irrigation systems
- AHCIRG341Operate and maintain irrigation pumping systems
- AHCIRG343Operate irrigation injection equipment
- AHCIRG344Implement an irrigation schedule
- AHCIRG346Operate pressurised irrigation systems
- AHCIRG347Maintain pressurised irrigation systems
- AHCIRG348Operate and maintain moving irrigation system
- AHCIRG349Recommend irrigation products and services
- AHCLPW313Undertake sampling and testing of water
- AHCMER306Sell products and services
- AHCMOM204Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
- AHCMOM208Conduct excavator operations
- AHCMOM304Operate machinery and equipment
- AHCWAT303Access, extract and monitor water for irrigation
- AHCWRK317Coordinate work site activities
- AUMGTW001Perform basic welding, thermal cutting, heating and gouging
- BSBOPS305Process customer complaints
- BSBWRT311Write simple documents
- CPCPCM2043Carry out WHS requirements
- CPCPCM3023Fabricate and install non-ferrous pressure piping (has prerequisites)
- CPCPWT3027Install backflow prevention devices (has prerequisites)
- ICTWOR304Manage spare parts
- MEM07032Use workshop machines for basic operations (has prerequisites)
- MEM11011Undertake manual handling (has prerequisites)
- MEM12024Perform computations (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)
- MEMPE001Use engineering workshop machines
- MSTGN3023Estimate and cost jobs
- NWPIWS002Operate regulating devices in rural irrigation systems
- NWPIWS004Install meters for rural water supplies
- NWPIWS006Maintain meters for rural water supplies
- NWPIWS008Monitor and conduct maintenance on rural irrigation assets
- NWPIWS012Monitor and schedule water deliveries
- NWPNET019Prepare and restore worksite
- NWPNET029Locate, identify and protect utilities
- NWPTRT028Operate and control reclaimed water irrigation
- PMBWELD301EJoin polyethylene plastic pipelines using butt welding
- PMBWELD302EJoin polyethylene plastic pipelines using electrofusion welding
- SIRRINV001Receive and handle retail stock
- SIRRINV002Control stock
- SIRRMER003Coordinate visual merchandising activities
- SIRXCEG003Build customer relationships and loyalty
- SIRXPDK001Advise on products and services
- SITXCCS014Provide service to customers
- TLIK2010Use infotechnology devices in the workplace
- TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truck
- UEECD0007Apply work health and safety regulations, codes and practices in the workplace
- UEERL0001Attach cords and plugs to electrical equipment for connection to a single phase 230 Volt supply (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, AHC32424 release 1
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