Proficiency Award 3 in Horticulture | Learning Cloud Australia

Learning Cloud Australia provides students with a range of Horticultural Course majors.

Our world would be nothing without plants. They feed us, keep us warm and dry, clean our air and provide us with a beautiful, green environment to live in. Working with plants, from designing and building a new city park to developing new food crops can be incredibly rewarding and there is a wealth of career options to choose from.

Learning Cloud Australia provides our students with a range of Horticultural Majors so that you can specalise and target the Career you want. Below is a list of just some of the Horticultural Course Majors available. Remember to request your free information pack to find out more

This is a fully professional course with a very broad focus. Unlike some other horticulture courses, it provides an opportunity to study across a wide variety of sub disciplines within horticulture; and in doing so, that allows you to move from one industry sector to another throughout your career.

If you love horticulture and don't want to lock yourself into a career in just crops, landscaping, parks, turf or nursery .... take this course and set yourself apart from most other horticulture graduates by having a broader base of knowledge

Study this Proficiency Award 3 for a full and rewarding, lifelong career in the "green industries".

Choose a a more diverse selection of subjects and prepare to be able to move from one industry sector to another as trends and opportunities change throughout your career.

Core Modules

These modules provide foundation knowledge for the Proficiency Award 3 in Horticulture.

Biochemistry I (Plants) BSC102
Botany I (Plant Physiology And Taxonomy) BSC104
Horticultural Research I BHT118
Horticulture I BHT101
Horticulture II (Plant Knowledge) BHT102
Horticulture III (Plant Health) BHT116
Nature Park Management I BEN120
Plant Selection And Establishment BHT107
Biochemistry II (Plant & Animal) BSC203
Horticultural Research II BHT241

Elective Modules

In addition to the core modules, students study any 10 of the following 27 modules.

Cell Biology BSC110
Garden Maintenance VHT100
Herb Culture BHT114
Landscaping I BHT109
Outdoor Plant Production (Crops I) BHT112
Turf Care BHT104
Commercial Organic Vegetable Growing VHT241
Cut Flower Production BHT221
Cutting Propagation BHT211
Engineering II - Engineering Applications BSC205
Fruit Production - Temperate Climate BHT218
Garden Centre Management BHT255
Nature Park Management II BEN207
Orchid Culture BHT232
Permaculture Systems BHT201
Plant Breeding BHT236
Plant Pathology BHT206
Practical Horticulture 1 BHT238
Roses BHT231
Workshop II BGN203
Biochemistry III (Plant Processes) BSC302
Horticultural Therapy BHT341
Mushroom Production BHT310
Organic Plant Culture BHT302
Plant Ecology BSC305
Practical Horticulture 2 BHT323
Water Gardening BHT307

Note that each module in the Proficiency Award 3 in Horticulture is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

For more information on this course, please request your free course information pack.