AHC20122 - Certificate II in Agriculture

Level: 2
Hours: 300
TCE Credit Points: 30+ pts
Recommended Prior Study: No entry requirements.
May Lead To: Further study or employment.
Campus: Yolla 
Delivered by: Department for Education, Children and Young People Registered Training Organisation 
RTO Code: 60100 

This will suit you, if:
You have an interest in farming and agriculture, you’re interested in further study, and you’d like to work outdoors.
Overview:
This qualification provides a general introduction to the agriculture industry. It outlines the skills and knowledge required for general jobs in rural and regional Australia. It could lead to further study or supporting job roles in agriculture including livestock production and cropping. With this qualification you may be able to carry out job roles such as:

  • Assistant animal attendant/stockperson
  • Assistant farm or station hand
  • Assistant farm or station worker
  • Assistant farm or station labourer
  • Farm machinery worker
  • Jillaroo/Jackaroo
  • Saleyard livestock worker.

You may learn:

  • basic skills in your interest area of farming. These might include dairy, beef, wool, sheep, cropping or mixed farming
  • how a farm operates
  • how to stay safe and healthy in the workplace
  • how to participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
  • the skills employers value in young workers.

In typical lessons you might:

  • learn how to use farming equipment
  • learn how to prepare and exhibit an animal for an agricultural show
  • visit a farm
  • take part in an agricultural show.

Contact Yolla District School for more information. 

SFI20119 - Certificate II in Aquaculture

Level: 2
Hours: 300
TCE Credit Points: 30+
Recommended Prior Study: No entry requirements
May Lead To: Further study and employment.
Campus: Yolla

This course is delivered by Seafood and Maritime Training Inc, a nationally Registered Training Organisation (RTO 7074)

In this VET course students will cover a range of skills and knowledge relevant to working in the aquaculture industry. Learning opportunities will include; farming, hatcheries and nurseries, live post-harvest holding and processing, maintaining structures and machinery and sustainability.

Students would benefit from having a desire to work in the industry or aquatic retail. Contact Yolla for more information.

AHC20422 - Certificate II in Horticulture

Level: 2
Hours: 300
TCE Credit Points: 30+ pts
Recommended Prior Study: No entry requirements
May Lead To: Further study or employment.
Campus: Wynyard 
Delivered by: Department for Education, Children and Young People Registered Training Organisation 
RTO Code: 60100 

This will suit you, if:
You have an interest working with plants and working outdoors.
Overview:
This qualification provides the skills and knowledge for a range of entry-level job roles in the horticultural industry. Job roles may include:

  • horticulture assistant
  • garden labourer
  • garden design

With this qualification, you will be able to carry out routine tasks under supervision.

You may learn:

  • skills and knowledge needed to work in horticulture; this might include a retail or wholesale nursery, landscaping, parks and gardens, arboriculture, or general horticulture
  • how to care for the environment and work sustainably
  • how to stay safe and healthy in the workplace
  • the skills employers value in young workers.

In typical lessons you might:

  • be shown how to recognise certain plants
  • design or create a garden
  • learn how to grow plants
  • assist with soil or growing media sampling and testing
  • learn about the nutritional and economic use of plants
  • find out how to treat plant pests and diseases.

Contact Wynyard High School for more information. 

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