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
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NCVER Total VET ActivityWho is training
More people are choosing the Certificate IV in Landscape Construction Management every year. Across Australia, 10 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 40, up 300% in a year. National data for AHC42021 starts in 2024.
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 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 AHC42021 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 AHC42021 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 IV in Landscape Construction Management is 12 units: 2 core, plus 10 electives chosen from 49 options on the register. Prerequisites apply to Two of them, marked below.
- AHCBUS407Cost a project
- AHCLSC404Supervise landscape project works
View the 49 elective options
- AHCBUS408Operate within a budget framework
- AHCBUS410Report on a project
- AHCCHM405Plan and implement a chemical use program
- AHCECR401Supervise ecological restoration works
- AHCGRI301Maintain roof gardens, vertical gardens and green facades
- AHCGRI401Construct roof gardens
- AHCGRI402Construct vertical gardens and green facades
- AHCGRI501Design roof gardens
- AHCGRI502Design vertical gardens and green facades
- AHCIRG442Supervise irrigation system installation
- AHCLSC402Apply building codes and standards to the construction process for Class 10 buildings
- AHCLSC403Apply structural principles to Class 10 buildings (has prerequisites)
- AHCLSC505Manage landscape projects
- AHCMER408Coordinate customer service and networking activities
- AHCMOM402Supervise maintenance of property, machinery and equipment
- AHCPCM303Identify plant specimens
- AHCPCM404Recommend plants and cultural practices
- AHCPGD403Design plant displays
- AHCPGD404Plan a plant establishment program
- AHCSOL406Sample soils and interpret results
- AHCWHS402Maintain workplace health and safety processes
- AHCWRK404Implement quality assurance procedures
- AHCWRK408Provide information on issues and policies
- AHCWRK409Supervise work routines and staff performance
- BSBESB401Research and develop business plans
- BSBESB407Manage finances for new business ventures
- BSBHRM415Coordinate recruitment and onboarding
- BSBINS401Analyse and present research information
- BSBINS410Implement records systems for small business
- BSBLDR414Lead team effectiveness
- BSBOPS305Process customer complaints
- BSBOPS402Coordinate business operational plans
- BSBPEF402Develop personal work priorities
- BSBWRT411Write complex documents
- CPCCBC4001Apply building codes and standards to the construction process for Class 1 and 10 buildings
- CPCCBC4002Manage work health and safety in the building and construction workplace
- CPCCBC4003Select, prepare and administer a construction contract
- CPCCBC4004Identify and produce estimated costs for building and construction projects
- CPCCBC4005Produce labour and material schedules for ordering
- CPCCBC4006Select, procure and store construction materials for building and construction projects
- CPCCBC4008Supervise site communication and administration processes for building and construction projects
- CPCCBC4009Apply legal requirements to building and construction projects
- CPCCBC4010Apply structural principles to residential and commercial constructions (has prerequisites)
- CPCCBC4012Read and interpret plans and specifications
- CPCCBC4026Arrange building applications and approvals
- CPCCBC4053Apply building codes and standards to the construction process for Class 2 to 9 Type C buildings
- CUAACD313Produce technical drawings
- TLIL3003Conduct induction process
- TLIR4002Source goods/services and evaluate contractors
training.gov.au national register, AHC42021 release 2
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