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AHC40422 Certificate IV in Horticulture

AHC40422 is the nationally recognised Certificate IV 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 AHC40416. 285 people enrolled in 2025, up 128% on the year before.

Often searched as Cert 4 in Horticulture · Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Long-term outlook
Mixed
One structural signal up; not rated in shortage
Register status
Current
Replaced AHC40416 in 2023
Enrolments
Rising fast
Up 128% in a year
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer

The signals behind the Certificate IV 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.

Jobs and Skills Australia

Is the work there?

Official shortage list

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.

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 Activity

Who is training

More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Horticulture every year. Across Australia, 125 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 285, up 128% in a year. National data for AHC40422 starts in 2023.

NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework

What does studying it involve?

The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.

How long it takes
A Certificate IV is typically 0.5 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 AHC40422 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 lists

What does it cost, and who funds it?

State funding for AHC40422 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 packaging

What is in the qualification

The Certificate IV in Horticulture is 12 units: 4 core, plus 8 electives chosen from 33 options on the register.

  • AHCPCM406Develop a soil health and plant nutrition program
  • AHCPGD404Plan a plant establishment program
  • AHCWHS402Maintain workplace health and safety processes
  • AHCWRK410Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
View the 33 elective options
  • AHCBUS407Cost a project
  • AHCBUS408Operate within a budget framework
  • AHCBUS410Report on a project
  • AHCCHM403Prepare safe operating procedures for calibration of equipment
  • AHCCHM404Develop procedures to minimise risks in the use of chemicals
  • AHCCHM405Plan and implement a chemical use program
  • AHCECR402Plan the implementation of revegetation works
  • AHCIRG435Determine hydraulic parameters for an irrigation system
  • AHCIRG437Schedule irrigations
  • AHCIRG442Supervise irrigation system installation
  • AHCLSC404Supervise landscape project works
  • AHCMOM402Supervise maintenance of property, machinery and equipment
  • AHCNSY403Plan a growing-on program
  • AHCNSY404Plan a propagation program
  • AHCORG411Manage organic soil improvement
  • AHCPCM404Recommend plants and cultural practices
  • AHCPGD403Design plant displays
  • AHCPMG401Implement the pest monitoring and evaluation plan
  • AHCPMG409Implement a pest management plan
  • AHCPMG412Develop a pest management plan
  • AHCSOL406Sample soils and interpret results
  • AHCTRF403Develop a sports turf maintenance program
  • AHCTRF404Plan and implement sports turf renovation
  • AHCWAT303Access, extract and monitor water for irrigation
  • AHCWAT505Purchase and sell temporary water for irrigated agriculture and horticulture
  • AHCWAT506Identify carryover water or continuous accounting
  • AHCWRK404Implement quality assurance procedures
  • AHCWRK406Develop community networks
  • AHCWRK409Supervise work routines and staff performance
  • BSBHRM415Coordinate recruitment and onboarding
  • BSBTEC401Design and produce complex text documents
  • CUAACD313Produce technical drawings
  • TLIR4002Source goods/services and evaluate contractors
training.gov.au national register, AHC40422 release 1
Same training package

What skill sets come from the AHC training package?

Production Horticulture Technology Skill Set
AHCSS00193 · skill set guide
Australian Native Stingless Bees Skill Set
AHCSS00076 · skill set guide
Introduction to Permaculture Skill Set
AHCSS00133 · skill set guide
Irrigation Meter Installation and Validation Skill Set
AHCSS00197 · skill set guide
Introduction to Arboriculture Skill Set
AHCSS00104 · skill set guide
Irrigation Systems Auditor Skill Set
AHCSS00165 · skill set guide
Where to study

Where can I study AHC40422?

No Get Course partner currently lists this qualification. Check the national register for organisations approved to deliver it, and remember that approval to deliver is a regulatory fact, not a recommendation. You can browse live courses from our partners and enquire today.

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How we calculate these figures

Get Course maps AHC40422 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. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 12 September 2026; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.

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