CERTIFICATE III IN PARKS AND GARDENS AHC31024

CERTIFICATE III IN PARKS AND GARDENS
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  • 2025 - 2027
     1 January 2025 - 31 January 2027
     8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Quick Overview of AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:

  • For each unit the theory is self-paced e-learning and the practical assessment is at one of our locations or your workplace.
  • Funding available:
  • Units of competency: 11 core units and 5 elective units
  • Nationally Recognised Training

Cost of AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:

AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens costs $4190 per person fee for service (no funding). Contact the office for a Training and Assessment Strategy (TAS) matching your employment status in the industry (employed or unemployed).

Soft copy documents are e-learning and self-paced. Soft copy course costs could vary due to a student’s circumstances and location. This will be established with enrolment.

Soft copy online means Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoints, videos. Word documents or PDFs are to be completed on your computer or printed by you.

Hard copies of textbooks and assessment delivery are also available for $660, separate from the non-funded course fee. Students will receive printed learning material and assessments with Australia Post.

 

Funding is available for eligible employees and students.

Certificate 3 Guarantee:

LT Training has SAS status for this type of funding.  The program supports eligible individuals to complete a certificate III qualification. The aim is to assist individuals to gain the skills required to secure employment or career advancement in priority industries. Employers may also be able to access training to address workforce development needs.  Given the benefits that accrue to individuals from training, students will be required to contribute to the costs of their training through a co-contribution fee. The fee may be paid on behalf of the student by the employer or a third party unrelated to LT Training but cannot be paid or waived by LT Training.  For example, in Southeast QLD, within a 200 km radius of LT Training head office, the cost will be $16.00 per unit for non-concessional and $8 per unit for concessional students upon enrolment. For more prices on different locations, please click here.

To be eligible, participants must:

Have either finished or left secondary school
Be 15 years of age or older
Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen permanently residing in Queensland
Not hold or be currently undertaking a certificate III or higher-level qualification (not including qualifications undertaken while still at secondary school)
Note that employment status is NOT a factor.

Further Certificate 3 Guarantee funding information for LT Training can be found Click here

For more information, you can download the Student fact sheet DESBT

Eligible individuals must understand that the Certificate 3 Guarantee is for one Government-subsidised training place in a funded Certificate III qualification only. You will not be allowed to claim another Certificate 3 Guarantee after the program.

LT Training is a Queensland Skilled Assured Supplier (SAS) for this qualification. Contact your employer if you are already employed in the industry and want to choose LT Training as your Supervising Registered Training Organisation (SRTO).  Eligible apprentices meeting the Queensland state funding requirements will be charged a fee per nominal hour. These fees are calculated at a regulated rate of $1.60 per nominal hour. Concession rates apply for students who hold a current Health Care Card or who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
User Choice funding information for LT Training can be found Click here
To understand level III in Horticulture traineeships better, you can visit the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training website QTIS website

Standard course:

  • Fee for Service (no funding): The AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be delivered over 12 months.
  • Cert III Guarantee: The AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be delivered over 12 months.
  • Apprenticeships (User Choice Funding): Full-time apprenticeship, delivered over 36 months.

 

Overview of AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:

This qualification underpins a range of work functions and job roles for this horticultural trade qualification. This may include infrastructure installation, maintenance or renovation of public space, landscape maintenance, green space establishment and recreational developments for public or private gardens.  It includes the theoretical and practical components of sixteen (16) units of competency. This qualification provides a vocational outcome in parks and gardens. The parks and gardens industry expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.

Over 95% of students who complete this course are employed or go on to further study.

From Myskills.gov.au – December 2017

 

Prerequisites:

There are no entry requirements for the certificate.  However, students should have reasonable fitness and physical ability level and have an interest in horticulture.

 

Units in AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:

To be awarded the AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens, competency must be achieved in a total number of 16 units.
• Core Units = 11
• Elective Units = 5

Core units (11):

AHCIRG346 Operate pressurised irrigation systems
AHCMOM304 Operate machinery and equipment
AHCPCM306 Provide information on plants and their culture
AHCPGD307 Implement a plant establishment program
AHCPGD309 Perform specialist amenity pruning
AHCPGD310 Implement a landscape maintenance program
AHCPMG301 Control weeds
AHCPMG302 Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
AHCSOL304 Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas
AHCTRF309 Implement a grassed area maintenance program
AHCWHS302 Contribute to work health and safety processes

Elective units (5) :

AHCCHM307 Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases*
AHCCHM304 Transport and store chemicals*
AHCMOM213 Operate and maintain chainsaws (Chainsaw level 1)**
AHCPGD311 Conduct operational inspection of park facilities
AHCWRK320 Apply environmentally sustainable work practices

Units are part of the ACDC licence in Queensland *

**For participants who do not want to enrol in **AHCMOM213 Operate and maintain chainsaws, they can elect to enrol in either *AHCIRG338 Troubleshoot irrigation systems OR **RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights.

Outcomes of AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens:

Upon successful completion of all assessment components, participants will receive a nationally recognised AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens that includes a list of the units achieved.

Course delivery:

The AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens will be a blended delivery mode which includes,
Distance self-paced study, including Face-to-face workbased classroom delivery, with an RPL component as detailed below:

  • Distance self-paced study via OneDrive (providing participants with soft copies of training and assessment materials), whereby participants will have access to Trainers/Assessors through email and/or mobile telephone and/or MS teams. Trainers/Assessors have 48 hours to respond to participants during a business week – Monday – Friday
  • Face-to-Face classroom in participants work based environment, or for participants who do not have access to a work based environment that meets the training package requirements, their face to face classroom delivery will be provided in a simulated work based environment.
    • Delivery will be TEN (10) trainer/assessor work based visits over a 12 month duration as detailed below:
      • South East QLD locations up to 200km from LT Training Sunshine Coast Office – 10 x 1 day sessions
      • All other locations – 2 x 4 day sessions AND 1 x 2 day session

RPL:

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for participants who consider that they will be able to meet the training package requirements for this qualification participants may apply to have their knowledge and skills assessed via the RPL process. The RPL of AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens costs $2950.

RPL apprentices will be advised that, to be awarded the AHC31024 Certificate III in Parks and Gardens they must complete:

  • 11 core units of competency, plus five (5) elective units from the six (6) offered below:
Unit code Unit title Training Product
AHCIRG338 Troubleshoot irrigation systems AHC31024
AHCWRK317 Coordinate work site activities AHC31024
AHCPGD210 Transplant shrubs and small trees AHC31024
AHCPGD311 Conduct operational inspection of park facilities AHC31024
AHCWRK320 Apply environmentally sustainable work practices AHC31024

Any prospective apprentice who is eligible to enrol in RPL assessment will be notified prior to enrolment that the following units of competency ARE NOT OFFERED as RPL:

  • AHCCHM307 Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
  • AHCCHM304 Transport and store chemicals
  • AHCMOM213 Operate and maintain chainsaws
  • RIIWHS204E Work safely at heights

Credit Transfer:

Credit transfers for participants who have completed relevant units in the past credit transfer of the units will be considered if they meet the training package requirements for this qualification. Participants may apply to have their previously completed units assessed.

We also offer a similar qualification, ‘AHC30722 Certificate III in Horticulture’ which many units can be credit transferred between.

Payment Option:

Under RTO Standards 2015, the maximum fee to be collected in advance is $1500 on initial enrolment.  If your employer or another organisation is paying for your fees they may be paid in full at the time of enrolment.

  • The remaining $2,690 fees are to be paid over two (2) payments
    • Payment 1 = $1500
    • Payment 2 – $1190

LT Training would not hold fees of $1500 or more in advance for students.  However, all fees must be paid as agreed upon and must be paid before a qualification can be issued.

RPL – Fee for Service

$2,950, which includes payment requirements:

  • $1500 upon enrolment
  • $1450 upon RPL completion

Further Information:

You will need a computer device that meets the minimum requirements of LT Training’s soft copy link system (we support and recommend a modern desktop or laptop computer running the Google Chrome web browser and the original Adobe program).

You must ensure a good stable internet connection and the ability of your device to play sound.

After enrolment and initial interview, you will be given your link details to start.

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with our  Student Handbook which contains loads of information for our students including our policies and terms and conditions. The handbook will be shared electronically or in hard copy. If you have any questions at all, we are happy to help.

Venue:  

Address:
Queensland, Australia

Description:

Brisbane, Brendale

Arundel, Gold Coast

Sunshine Coast PCYC

Gold Coast, Woongoolba

Redland Bay

Ipswich

LT Training primarily uses non-for-profit and gives back to the local community. We run ‘Working at heights‘, ‘Confined space training‘, ‘Operate and maintain chainsaws‘, ‘AHCBIO203 Inspect and clean machinery, tools and equipment to preserve biosecurity‘, ‘Wood Chipper course‘ and ‘ACDC chemical licensing‘ at these locations.

Our certificates are run anywhere in Queensland by doing online and face to face training. These courses include CERT II IN HORTICULTURE AHC20422, CERTIFICATE III IN PARKS AND GARDENS AHC31024, CERTIFICATE III IN BUSINESS BSB30120, CERTIFICATE III IN HORTICULTURE AHC30722.