Jobs and Skills AustraliaIs the work there?
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates broadacre crop and livestock farmers and mixed production farmers necs as not in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Broadacre Crop and Livestock Farmer and Mixed Production Farmers nec as not in 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 Diploma of Agriculture every year. Across Australia, 240 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 365, up 52.1% in a year. National data for AHC50122 starts in 2023.
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 Diploma 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 AHC50122 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 AHC50122 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 2 core units for the Diploma of Agriculture, plus 76 elective options.
- AHCWHS503Manage workplace health and safety processes
- AHCWRK520Develop workplace policy and procedures for environment and sustainability
View the 76 elective options
- AHCAGB512Plan and manage infrastructure
- AHCAGB513Develop a farm plan
- AHCAGB514Manage application of agents to crops or pastures
- AHCAGB515Develop sustainable agricultural practices that utilise renewable energy and recycling systems
- AHCAGB516Select and implement a GIS for sustainable agricultural systems
- AHCAGB517Develop and manage a plan for sustainable production
- AHCAGB518Develop climate risk management strategies
- AHCAGB519Plan and monitor production processes
- AHCAGB520Plan production for the whole business
- AHCAGB521Select and use agricultural technology
- AHCAGB522Implement the introduction of biotechnology into the production system
- AHCBAC417Manage agricultural crop production
- AHCBAC509Plan and manage long-term weed, pest and disease control in crops
- AHCBAC510Manage integrated crop and pasture production
- AHCBAC511Plan and manage a stored grain program
- AHCBAC512Develop production plans for crops or pastures
- AHCBAC513Apply plant biology to agronomic practices
- AHCBAC515Manage forage conservation
- AHCBAC516Manage the harvest of crops
- AHCBUS408Operate within a budget framework
- AHCBUS511Manage enterprise staff requirements
- AHCBUS513Market products and services
- AHCBUS514Negotiate and monitor contracts
- AHCBUS515Prepare estimates, quotes and tenders
- AHCBUS516Develop and review a business plan
- AHCBUS517Monitor and review business performance
- AHCBUS518Prepare and monitor budgets and financial reports
- AHCCHM405Plan and implement a chemical use program
- AHCCHM501Develop and manage a chemical use strategy
- AHCCOM502Plan and schedule compost production
- AHCDRG502Design drainage systems
- AHCECR506Develop and implement sustainable land use strategies
- AHCLSK508Plan, monitor and evaluate strategies to improve livestock through genetics
- AHCLSK509Develop and implement a breeding strategy
- AHCLSK510Develop production plans for livestock
- AHCLSK511Manage livestock production
- AHCLSK512Arrange marketing of livestock
- AHCLSK513Develop livestock health and welfare strategies
- AHCLSK514Design livestock effluent systems
- AHCMER502Develop a sales strategy for rural products
- AHCMOM501Manage machinery and equipment
- AHCMOM502Implement a machinery management system
- AHCORG509Prepare and manage organic or biodynamic certification
- AHCORG510Design and document an organic farm landscape
- AHCORG511Develop and manage a community based marketing supply chain
- AHCORG512Develop and monitor a sustainable production plan
- AHCORG513Manage an agroecology production system
- AHCORG514Develop an organic or biodynamic management plan
- AHCPCM513Conduct environment and food safety risk assessment of plant nutrition and soil fertility programs
- AHCPER514Design an integrated permaculture system
- AHCPER518Manage a permaculture aid and development project
- AHCSHG404Coordinate shearing and wool harvesting teams
- AHCSOL505Monitor and manage soils for production
- AHCSOL506Manage erosion and sediment control
- AHCSOL507Develop and manage a plan to reclaim land affected by salinity
- AHCSOL508Manage soils to enhance sustainability
- AHCWAT503Manage water systems
- AHCWAT505Purchase and sell temporary water for irrigated agriculture and horticulture
- AHCWAT506Identify carryover water or continuous accounting
- AHCWRK506Collect and manage data
- AHCWRK513Write and present reports
- AHCWRK514Manage trial and research material
- AHCWRK515Assess new industry developments
- AHCWRK516Implement professional practice
- AHCWRK517Interpret legislation
- AHCWRK518Provide specialist advice to clients
- AHCWRK521Plan, implement and review a quality assurance program
- BSBHRM525Manage recruitment and onboarding
- BSBINS401Analyse and present research information
- BSBOPS504Manage business risk
- BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional development
- BSBWHS515Lead initial response to and investigate WHS incidents
- FBPFSY5001Develop a HACCP-based food safety plan
- MSS015040Conduct a sustainability energy audit
- TLIL5019Implement and monitor transport logistics
- TLIR4002Source goods/services and evaluate contractors
training.gov.au national register, AHC50122 release 2
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