Certificate IV in Horticulture (Landscape) :

Course Code :RTF40403                                                  CRICOS  Course Code :066620D

Course Description :

This qualification is ideally suited for those seeking a career as supervisor landscape gardeners and provides students with a wide landscaping skills base. The graduate students from this qualification will be able to work in the landscape industry at supervision role assisting junior landscape gardeners. To complete this course a total of 12 units must be completed. This course is delivered in face-to-face classroom and practical application of competency in the nursery through practical observations and project work.

Job Prospects and Pathway Programs :

On successful completion of Diploma of Community Welfare Work you will be able to seek employment as:

• Landscape Gardner
• Services to Agriculture
• Horticulture and Viticulture n. e. c

Landscape gardeners serve clients by preparing plans/drawings for landscape site, set out and install brick/stone paths and timber structures, planting structures, prepare specifications and quotations and ordering landscape materials.

Graduates with the Certificate IV in Horticulture (Landscape) can apply for entry into Diploma of Horticulture (Landscape). Qualifications framework for the Amenity Horticulture Training Package is available as required.

Entry Requirements :

• Successful completion of Year 12 or equivalent, and
• IELTS 5.5 overall

Course duration :

Course Duration: 76 weeks

This course is conducted over a period of one and half academic year of full time study and consists of a minimum of 20 teacher contact hours per week.

Credit Transfer/ Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) :

You may be eligible for an exemption or credit transfer if you are able to demonstrate that you have achieved the level of skills and knowledge equivalent to the unit of competency in a course at another institute or through work experience. This is confirmed with the College at the time of enrolment. College graduating students from certificate III in Horticulture (Landscape) will gain an advance standing of one year into this qualification.

Course Fees :

Enrolment Fees (non refundable): AUD $200

Course Fee:                               AUD $18,000

How to Apply :

For further information on how to apply and download an application form please visit www.ciis.wa.edu.au. Also note that all relevant documents, such as your academic transcripts, IELTS result, and passport must be submitted with your application.

Access and Equity :

College of Innovation and Industry Skills is committed to access and equity. This in practice means that college staffs are required to provide equal opportunity in all courses and activities, precluding discrimination on the basis of race, religion, political affiliation, age, sex or physical/intellectual disability.