You’ll acquire the knowledge and skills to plant, grow and prune a range of fruit crops right through to hand harvesting. You’ll learn how to do all of this safely, identifying hazards and understanding safe food practices.

You’ll explore more of the detail and science around steering a crop through to a healthy harvest. You’ll be hands on, learning how to safely use production machinery, spot diseases and pests and learn how to give and get the best through great teamwork.

You can complete this course as the first year of a NZ Apprenticeship. 

This is where you gain the skills and understanding to step up into supervising. You’ll be able to lead and manage a team, ensuring quality and productivity at every step.  You’ll learn how to manage, inspire and guide those around you, ensuring the highest standards are achieved along the entire fruit production process to achieve crop production targets.

You can complete this course as the second and third year of a NZ Apprenticeship.

This one-day interactive workshop will give you the skills needed to grow an effective, safe team that you can rely on. You’ll learn how to motivate, train and assess employees to ensure they perform to a consistently high standard.

This one-day workshop is a critical step in the safe and effective use of agrichemicals. You'll learn to manage risks at all levels, understanding legal requirements and responsibilities. You'll also learn about all aspects of handling agrichemicals and emergency management.

Effective businesses are built on strong teams. With this course you'll learn the essential fundamentals of team leadership, from inspiring team performance to understanding leadership styles.

This course covers all of the essentials and more. It is the minimum requirement for high risk workplaces, and it meets the Department of Labour First Aid for Workplaces standard.

This 1-day course is a revalidation of your first aid skills, keeping your knowledge up to date and relevant.

With this programme you'll acquire all the skills you'll need to run a successful agribusiness. You'll learn to develop a complete financial plan for a specific agribusiness or section of it. You'll learn to manage tax, employment and capital requirements and understand effective ways to hire and manage staff. You'll be able to develop plans for health and safety, environmental management as well as a full business plan and agribusiness report.

Visit www.primaryitodiploma.co.nz for more information.

Ideal if you are currently working in the industry with some general work experience and have a desire to develop a career in Fruit Production.   You will learn skills to allow you to work in a self-managed capacity with some responsibility for other staff and have an overview of key aspects of fruit production operations.

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