Australian College of Agriculture & Horticulture (formally known as Horticultural Skills Australia) is a specialist school delivering high quality industry-based training to the Australian Horticulture Industry and is a leading pathway provider working in association with major universities and industry partners in Australia. It is listed on Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS Provider No 02494A), approved to deliver Agriculture, Horticulture and English Language qualifications to international and Australian Students.
ACAH specialises in the provision of consulting and training services to the Australian Agriculture & Horticulture industry. It delivers high quality training to the Australian Production and Amenity Horticulture Industry sectors. The objective of our training programs is to assist commercial enterprises and institutions to achieve their training requirements in the increasingly competitive and changing environment.
With its reputation to provide high quality consultancy service to the industry, ACAH delivers its training programs on the platform of best industry practice by incorporating emerging technologies and improved work practices that students are trained to meet the current industry standards.
Utilising, its well established links with the industry and key institutions, ACAH is able to maximise benefits to all students. Dedicated teaching staffs with extensive horticultural industry-based teaching and consultancy experience are able to effectively interact and relate with students from diverse experience and cultural backgrounds.
This qualification reflects the role of those working in decision-making and supervisory roles on farms, stations and related rural businesses.
At this level, workers take personal responsibility and exercise autonomy in undertaking complex work. They must analyse information and exercise judgement to complete a range of advanced skilled activities.
Learn moreThis qualification describes the skills and knowledge for management job roles in agriculture, including managing livestock production, crop production and advice.
Individuals with this qualification take personal responsibility and exercise autonomy in undertaking complex work. They must analyse information and exercise judgement to complete a range of advanced skilled activities.
This qualification applies to individuals with existing agriculture industry experience and technical skills and knowledge gained through training or employment specifically in the agriculture industry.
Learn moreThis qualification reflects the role of individuals working in a range of agribusiness leadership or consulting roles. The role reflects the need for agribusiness specific expertise in planning and analysis, managing supply chains, financial and human resource management together with an emphasis on return on investment.
At this level, workers utilise significant theoretical agribusiness knowledge and provide leadership and strategic direction across multiple enterprises.
Agribusiness leaders and consultants analyse, design and execute judgements using wide-ranging technical, conceptual and managerial competencies. Their knowledge base may be highly specialised or broad within the agribusiness field. These individuals are often accountable for group outcomes and for the overall performance of agricultural or horticultural production enterprises.
Learn moreThis qualification describes the skills and knowledge for trade level roles in the parks and gardens industry including gardener, greenkeeper and groundsperson.
Individuals with this qualification perform tasks under broad supervision involving a broad range of skills that are applied in a wide variety of contexts, which will involve discretion and judgement in selecting and operating equipment, coordinating resources and applying contingency measures during work.
Learn moreThis qualification describes the skills and knowledge for job roles in the production horticulture and floriculture industry including field worker, seeding person, operator, irrigation maintainer, machinery maintainer and leading hand.
Individuals with this qualification perform tasks involving a broad range of skills that are applied in a wide variety of contexts, which will involve discretion and judgement in selecting and operating equipment, coordinating resources and applying contingency measures during work.
Learn moreThis qualification provides an occupational outcome in parks and gardens. The horticulture industry expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.
Learn moreThis qualification describes the skills and knowledge for general job roles in rural and regional Australia, and supporting job roles in agriculture including livestock production, cropping or in the case of mixed farming workplaces, both cropping and livestock.
Learn moreThis qualification describes the skills and knowledge for landscape designer job roles in the landscape industry.
Individuals with this qualification will take personal responsibility and exercise autonomy in undertaking complex work. They analyse information and exercise judgement to complete a range of advanced skilled activities.
Learn moreThis qualification provides a general vocational outcome in agriculture. The qualification enables individuals to select alivestock production or cropping context as a job focus or, in the case of mixed farming enterprises, both. A farm tradesperson is an experienced farmhand and is likely to be involved in co-ordinating a wide range of agricultural operations.
Learn moreThis qualification provides a general vocational outcome in agribusiness. It reflects the role of individuals who apply substantial specialised knowledge and skills to the managerial role in an organisation or business area. In these roles they make significant high-level independent judgements in major planning, research, design, operational, compliance and management functions within highly varied or specialised agribusiness contexts.
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