About Brisbane College of Horticulture

In undertaking the qualification BSB60120 Advanced Diploma of Business, you can learn advanced business administration skills that apply across different sectors and roles within the workplace.

Depending on your chosen outcome, your study will help you develop significant expertise in either specialized or broad areas of skills and knowledge and is suited to those who are seeking to further develop their expertise across a range of business functions. The qualification is also suited to those individuals who would like to develop their theoretical business skills and knowledge so they can expand their educational or employment opportunities.

Occupations that relate to this qualification include senior administrators and executives.

In the Diploma of Horticulture Management, you learn how to establish and manage a horticultural business or project. Your study will help you develop a range of skills which include: managing plant health programs; developing production and safety plans and managing staffand services.

The Diploma of Horticulture Management graduates could go for supervisory positions in the Horticulture industries such as nurseries, country clubs and resorts, council servicesand visitor attractions such as theme parks.

This qualification reflects the role of those working in decision-making and supervisory roles on farms, stations and related rural businesses.

Industry expects individuals with this qualification to 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.

Graduates in the qualification BSB50420 Diploma of Leadership and Management can apply their knowledge, practical skills and experience in leadership and management across a range of enterprise and industry contexts.

They can display initiative and judgement in planning, organising, implementing and monitoring their own workload and the workload of others and identify, analyse and synthesise information from a variety of sources.

You will learn how to establish and maintain plants and structures / features in gardens & parks; use horticultural machinery and equipment; apply pest, weed and disease management techniques; maintain irrigation and drainage systems; and identify plants, products and treatments.

Graduates in the Certificate III in Horticulture could apply for positions in the Horticulture industries such as working in nurseries, country clubs and resorts, council services, and visitor attractions such as theme parks.

The qualification AHC40422 Certificate IV in Horticulture allows you to develop post-trade skills and knowledge across a broad coverage of the industry prior to undertaking higher roles in the industry.

You learn how to control small horticultural projects, improve soils, manage equipment and machinery, implement pest management and chemical use strategies, manage water systems and horticultural production, recruit and induct staff and maintain work health and safety.

Your studies include subjects from the Diploma of Horticulture which can provide entrée to supervisory positions in the Horticulture industries such as nurseries, country clubs and resorts, council services, and visitor attractions such as theme parks