New Zealand Apprenticeship in Fruit Production
Includes: New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (Level 3) - Fruit Production, New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture Production (Level 4) - Fruit Production
Overview
Level of study
Level 3 and Level 4
Cost (incl GST)
From $2,580.60*
Length
28 months
Prerequisites
Learners must be employed in the sector.
Summary
The apprenticeship programme starts at Level 3 which sets learners up with the essentials they need to be successful in their role. Once completed, the Level 4 part of the apprenticeship is suitable for those who want to gain the skills to step up into supervising day-to-day operations, take on more responsibility and have the potential to move into a role supervising staff.
Learning outcomes
Level 3 graduates will be able to:
- Work as an effective team member using a range of effective communication and interpersonal skills and apply safe work practices.
- Carry out routine seasonal plant production tasks.
- Carry out routine crop harvesting.
- Demonstrate an understanding of factors influencing plant growing cycles and basic soil science.
- Carry out routine maintenance tasks.
- Identify and report signs of weeds, plant pests, diseases, and disorders.
- Control weeds, plant pests and diseases.
New topics for level 3 graduates include:
- Describe compost making and make compost in organic horticulture.
- Prune mature fruit trees.
- Train and prune young fruit trees.
- Describe weather, climate and micro-climate characteristics, and interpret weather maps.
Level 4 graduates will be able to:
- Supervise and provide instruction to team members using a range of effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Implement and monitor fruit production operations to achieve production goals and standards.
- Implement and monitor a horticulture crop protection plan to meet production goals and standards.
- Implement and monitor fruit crop management techniques to optimise fruit production.
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