RPL for Diploma of Horticulture Management

Diploma of Horticulture Management takes 10 units. Through Recognition of Prior Learning, each unit is assessed on evidence of work you have already done rather than on training you sit through.

What the assessment looks at

Every unit sets out what you must be able to do and what you must know. An assessor works through them one at a time, asking the same question each time: does this person's evidence show they can do this reliably, in a real workplace, recently enough to count?

You can read the full requirements for AHC50422 on the national training register. They are public, and worth a look before you spend anything — if the units describe work you have never done, RPL is not your route.

Evidence worth gathering before you start

• Photos of completed jobs, ideally showing a few stages of the same job, with their original dates intact.
• Job sheets, dockets, work orders or site diaries covering a spread of jobs.
• Supervisors, employers or clients who will confirm specifically what you did.
• Any licences or tickets you already hold.

How the guided process works

You work through the 10 units one at a time, talking about jobs you have actually done. You can speak rather than type. Add photos as you find them, and stop whenever you like — progress saves itself, and most people spread this over weeks while they dig out records. At the end you have an evidence portfolio your RTO's assessor can work through.

What this does not do

It does not assess you, and it cannot promise you AHC50422. An assessor at a registered training organisation makes that decision and may require further evidence or training. What a complete portfolio buys you is a fair assessment rather than a rejection over paperwork.

See what AHC50422 involves →

The 10 units you complete, chosen from these 56

You do not do all 56. Diploma of Horticulture Management is 3 core units, which everyone does, plus 7 chosen from the 53 electives below. Read both lists before you spend anything — it is the fastest way to tell whether RPL is your route. If most of this describes work you have done, you have a case to make. If whole sections describe work you have never touched, an assessor will say so, and doing the course is the honest answer.

Core units — everyone does these

• AHCWHS503 — Manage workplace health and safety processes
• AHCWRK513 — Write and present reports
• AHCWRK520 — Develop workplace policy and procedures for environment and sustainability

Electives — you choose from these

• AHCAGB611 — Analyse business performance
• AHCARB508 — Identify, select and specify trees
• AHCARB509 — Develop an arboricultural impact assessment report
• AHCARB510 — Specify and audit tree work
• AHCARB513 — Examine and assess trees
• AHCBUS410 — Report on a project
• AHCBUS511 — Manage enterprise staff requirements
• AHCBUS514 — Negotiate and monitor contracts
• AHCBUS515 — Prepare estimates, quotes and tenders
• AHCBUS518 — Prepare and monitor budgets and financial reports
• AHCCHM501 — Develop and manage a chemical use strategy
• AHCDES505 — Prepare a landscape design
• AHCDES508 — Design sustainable landscapes
• AHCDES509 — Assess landscape sites
• AHCIRG507 — Audit irrigation systems
• AHCIRG508 — Design irrigation system maintenance and monitoring programs
• AHCIRG509 — Develop an irrigation and drainage management plan
• AHCLPW506 — Develop a management plan for a designated area
• AHCLSC504 — Survey and establish site levels
• AHCLSC505 — Manage landscape projects
• AHCMOM501 — Manage machinery and equipment
• AHCMOM502 — Implement a machinery management system
• AHCPCM507 — Diagnose plant health problems
• AHCPCM510 — Collect and classify plants
• AHCPCM511 — Specify plants for landscapes
• AHCPCM602 — Develop and implement a plant health management strategy
• AHCPGD506 — Manage parks and reserves
• AHCPGD507 — Manage plant cultural practices
• AHCPGD508 — Plan the restoration of parks and gardens
• AHCPGD509 — Develop and implement a streetscape management plan
• AHCPGD510 — Conduct comprehensive inspection of park facilities
• AHCPHT511 — Develop a horticultural production plan
• AHCPHT512 — Manage a controlled growing environment
• AHCPMG508 — Develop a system to monitor and evaluate the pest management plan
• AHCSOL406 — Sample soils and interpret results
• AHCSOL505 — Monitor and manage soils for production
• AHCTRF505 — Plan the establishment of sports turf playing surfaces
• AHCWAT503 — Manage water systems
• AHCWAT505 — Purchase and sell temporary water for irrigated agriculture and horticulture
• AHCWAT506 — Identify carryover water or continuous accounting
• AHCWRK506 — Collect and manage data
• AHCWRK514 — Manage trial and research material
• AHCWRK515 — Assess new industry developments
• AHCWRK516 — Implement professional practice
• AHCWRK517 — Interpret legislation
• AHCWRK518 — Provide specialist advice to clients
• AHCWRK519 — Audit site operations
• AHCWRK521 — Plan, implement and review a quality assurance program
• BSBHRM525 — Manage recruitment and onboarding
• BSBINS401 — Analyse and present research information
• BSBPMG430 — Undertake project work
• TLIL5019 — Implement and monitor transport logistics
• TLIR4002 — Source goods/services and evaluate contractors

Each unit breaks down further into elements and performance criteria — the specific things you have to be able to show. The guide works through them one unit at a time and asks about jobs you have actually done, rather than making you read the register yourself.

Related qualifications

Same training package, and a common second choice for people who find this one is not quite their trade:

• Certificate III in Agriculture (AHC30122, 16 units)
• Certificate III in Dairy Production (AHC30224, 17 units)
• Certificate III in Pork Production (AHC30422, 16 units)
• Certificate III in Poultry Production (AHC30522, 16 units)
• Certificate III in Production Horticulture (AHC30624, 15 units)
• Certificate III in Rural and Environmental Pest Management (AHC30324, 14 units)

More RPL in agriculture, horticulture and conservation

Every qualification in this industry, which of them have a guide ready, and what assessors here accept as evidence: RPL in agriculture, horticulture and conservation.

When you are ready, see what AHC50422 costs and what the guide asks you for, or read what counts as evidence and how RPL compares with doing the course.