Horticultural Qualifications

[Jester]

Hi there crazy kids!!!

I am about to finish my Certificate II in General Horticulture from TAFE and will enrol into Cert III asap to get my trade qualification. What I would like to ask is , (especially those who have worked in retail / wholesale nurseries), in order to be more marketable to the aforementioned area / industry, and short of going to uni for a degree (which I think would be overkill in my case), are there any other short / long courses / accreditations one can do? First Aid? Green Card for OH & S etc etc?? Any suggestions you may have no matter how insignificant you think they might be would be greatly appreciated. The course might go for 1 day, 1 month or 2 years!!! Joel, this sounds like your area mate.

John

[Greth]

First Aid is never useless, how about Small Business, or management if you have ambitions?

[Joel]

Definitely get your green card and consider getting an AQF3 license to spray pesticides. Alternatively, inquire at TAFE about their version. Some campus offer the exact same course but charge $10 instead of the $320 or so. Chemspray also offer a course. This allows you to use these chemicals on properties besides your own and supervise other sprayers.

When marketing yourself, it is also worth mentioning that you are a regularly contributing and respected member of Ausbonsai.

Joel

[Jester]

Hey thanks Greth and Joel, excellent advice.

Much appreciated

John

[Joel]

Cert 3 gets interesting. In winter, you have to i.d. several trees and vines that are deciduous!

Good luck with the job hunt.

Joel

[Jester]

Easy Peasy!!!!

[Bretts]

If only our TAFE did more courses than OHMS. You would think being a farming community we would have a hort course. Oh well guess I can always keep reading
I would love to do a course on Fertliser at the moment

[Jester]

Funny you should mention fertilisers Brett. I am told this is not even covered as a module in Cert III. Go figure that one out!!