Jobs and Skills AustraliaIs 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
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NCVER Total VET ActivityWho is training
More people are choosing the Diploma of Horticulture Management every year. Across Australia, 165 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 235, up 42.4% in a year. National data for AHC50422 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 AHC50422 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 AHC50422 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 Diploma of Horticulture Management is 10 units: 3 core, plus 7 electives chosen from 53 options on the register.
- AHCWHS503Manage workplace health and safety processes
- AHCWRK513Write and present reports
- AHCWRK520Develop workplace policy and procedures for environment and sustainability
View the 53 elective options
- AHCAGB611Analyse business performance
- AHCARB508Identify, select and specify trees
- AHCARB509Develop an arboricultural impact assessment report
- AHCARB510Specify and audit tree work
- AHCARB513Examine and assess trees
- AHCBUS410Report on a project
- AHCBUS511Manage enterprise staff requirements
- AHCBUS514Negotiate and monitor contracts
- AHCBUS515Prepare estimates, quotes and tenders
- AHCBUS518Prepare and monitor budgets and financial reports
- AHCCHM501Develop and manage a chemical use strategy
- AHCDES505Prepare a landscape design
- AHCDES508Design sustainable landscapes
- AHCDES509Assess landscape sites
- AHCIRG507Audit irrigation systems
- AHCIRG508Design irrigation system maintenance and monitoring programs
- AHCIRG509Develop an irrigation and drainage management plan
- AHCLPW506Develop a management plan for a designated area
- AHCLSC504Survey and establish site levels
- AHCLSC505Manage landscape projects
- AHCMOM501Manage machinery and equipment
- AHCMOM502Implement a machinery management system
- AHCPCM507Diagnose plant health problems
- AHCPCM510Collect and classify plants
- AHCPCM511Specify plants for landscapes
- AHCPCM602Develop and implement a plant health management strategy
- AHCPGD506Manage parks and reserves
- AHCPGD507Manage plant cultural practices
- AHCPGD508Plan the restoration of parks and gardens
- AHCPGD509Develop and implement a streetscape management plan
- AHCPGD510Conduct comprehensive inspection of park facilities
- AHCPHT511Develop a horticultural production plan
- AHCPHT512Manage a controlled growing environment
- AHCPMG508Develop a system to monitor and evaluate the pest management plan
- AHCSOL406Sample soils and interpret results
- AHCSOL505Monitor and manage soils for production
- AHCTRF505Plan the establishment of sports turf playing surfaces
- AHCWAT503Manage water systems
- AHCWAT505Purchase and sell temporary water for irrigated agriculture and horticulture
- AHCWAT506Identify carryover water or continuous accounting
- AHCWRK506Collect and manage data
- AHCWRK514Manage trial and research material
- AHCWRK515Assess new industry developments
- AHCWRK516Implement professional practice
- AHCWRK517Interpret legislation
- AHCWRK518Provide specialist advice to clients
- AHCWRK519Audit site operations
- AHCWRK521Plan, implement and review a quality assurance program
- BSBHRM525Manage recruitment and onboarding
- BSBINS401Analyse and present research information
- BSBPMG430Undertake project work
- TLIL5019Implement and monitor transport logistics
- TLIR4002Source goods/services and evaluate contractors
training.gov.au national register, AHC50422 release 1
Same training packageWhat skill sets come from the AHC training package?