Wine Growing Training with Primary ITO
Wherever you are in your wine growing career, we have a training solution for you.
Wine Production Training
Duration: 7 months
Level: 2
This programme sets learners up with the foundational knowledge and skills required to be safe and confidently undertake their role.
This is an ideal qualification for new team members with a natural alignment to induction programmes.
For learners, this is a great first step before entering into an apprenticeship.
You’ll learn to:
- Carry out practical tasks associated with an entry level role in wine growing/viticulture.
- Use safe work practices in a wine growing role.
Cost: Zero Fees*
*Addtional fees may apply for non-domestic/non-funded learners. Additional chainsaw unit available for a cost of: $767.50.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
- Duration: 5 months
- Level: 3
- Cost: $345
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $2,629.19.
This programme is designed for those new to the wine production industry. This programme is ideal for those in vineyard operations and vineyard machinery operator roles, and is a perfect first step for those considering an apprenticeship and has many elective units, meaning you and your employer can choose the topics most relevant to your role.
You’ll learn to:
Compulsory topics include:
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safe work practices
Elective topics include:
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seasonal tasks including:
- pruning
- hand picking
- young vine training
- canopy maintenance
- thinning
- infrastructure including:
- grapevine trellis
- irrigation
- agrichemicals
- sprayer calibration
- operating spray equipment
- knowledge of, and safe use of agri-chemicals
- machinery including:
- vine trimmer operation
- servicing and maintaining machinery
- vineyard machinery
- fertiliser application
- mechanical harvest support.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
- Duration: 13 months
- Level: 3
- Cost: $1,173.00
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $7,264.17.
Designed for learners who may have some general experience in the wine growing industry, including seasonal workers, who want to develop their skills and knowledge in viticulture.
You’ll learn to:
- work and communicate with a team and apply safe work practices
- describe the NZ wine industry and common wines
- assist with technical viticultural activities
- carry out seasonal growing activities, such as:
- pruning
- canopy maintenance
- harvest operations
- planting
- maintain infrastructure and trellis systems
- operate and maintain vineyard equipment
- understand agrichemical requirements.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
- Duration: 15 months
- Level: 4
- Cost: $1,407.60
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $8,260.16.
Learners will gain the skills and understanding to step up into supervising, be able to lead and manage a team ensuring quality and productivity at every step. Learners will learn how to manage, inspire and guide those around them, ensuring the highest standards along the entire fruit production process to achieve crop production targets.
You’ll learn to:
- supervise and provide instruction to team members using a range of effective communication and interpersonal skills relevant to a horticulture sector
- implement and monitor sustainable wine growing operations to achieve grape quality specifications
- implement and monitor a sustainable wine grape protection programme to achieve grape quality specifications
- monitor and assess sustainable wine growing techniques to achieve desirable wine quality.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
- Duration: 28 months
- Level: 3 and 4
- Cost: $2,580.60
Ideal for learners who are currently working in the industry with some general work experience and have a desire to develop a career in Viticulture. Skills will allow learners to work in a self-managed capacity with some responsibility for other staff and have an overview of key aspects of viticulture operations.
You’ll learn to:
Level 3
- work and communicate with a team and apply safe work practices
- describe the NZ wine industry and common wines
- assist with technical viticultural activities
- carry out seasonal growing activities, such as:
- pruning
- canopy maintenance
- harvest operations
- planting
- maintain infrastructure and trellis systems
- operate and maintain vineyard equipment
- understand agrichemical requirements.
Level 4
- supervise and provide instruction to team members using a range of effective communication and interpersonal skills relevant to the wine industry
- implement and monitor sustainable wine growing operations to achieve targeted grape quality specifications
- implement and monitor a sustainable wine grape protection programme to achieve targeted grape quality specifications
- monitor and assess sustainable wine growing techniques to achieve desirable wine quality.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
Additional Training
Looking to get yourself or your team trained to safely operate vehicles or a chainsaw?
We offer practical, bite-sized courses which are perfect for onboarding new staff, upskilling seasonal workers, and maintaining safe, best-practice operations.
Operations training is available in:
- Tractor
- 4WD
- Light utility vehicle (LUV)
- Motorcycle
- Quad bike
- Chainsaw
Duration: 6 months
Level: 3
This Limited Credit Programme (LCP), is the perfect introduction to training in Horticulture Production, including viticulture, giving learners and workplaces a choice of units tailored to provide the necessary skills and knowledge for their particular operation.
Learning outcomes
Depending on which units you select, graduates will be able to:
- identify and describe plant pests, diseases and disorders, and methods of prevention and control
- demonstrate knowledge of plant structure, functions and processes
describe key features, principles and benefits of integrated pest management in the primary sector - maintain infrastructure in a primary industry workplace.
Total fees and duration will be dependant on the units selected. Contact your Training Adviser to discuss options.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates will be able to:
Assess the potential risks from horticultural production activities on freshwater values and users, and the impact on ecosystem health.
Assess on-farm biophysical and management risk factors from horticultural production systems that contribute to freshwater risks.
Recommend practices to manage biophysical and management risks factors to freshwater from horticultural production systems.
- Duration: 3 months
- Cost: $402.50
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $1,163.89.
Learning Outcomes:
Learners will develop skills to help them contribute to effective team performance, set achievable team objectives and understand which team leadership styles work within different team contexts.
The following topics will be covered:
- Leadership styles and application to the team and business context.
- Accommodating social and cultural diversity.
- Effective team performance.
- Contributing to team to achieve team objectives.
- Valuing diversity to positive performance.
- Professional and ethical behaviours.
- Effective team and stakeholder communications.
- Self-management practices that contribute to the team and business
context. - Duration: 9 months
- Cost: $690
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $2,902.75.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
Health and Safety Training
Learning Outcomes:
Apply safe work practices in own work area in a primary industry operation, describe duties, rights, representation and the regulator in terms of New Zealand health and safety legislation, apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role, demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety culture and practices.
- Duration: 4 months
- Cost: Zero fees
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $1,183.44.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
Learning Outcomes:
Apply knowledge of legislative requirements, duties and obligations of health and safety to a job role in the workplace, apply workplace health and safety practices to contribute to health and safety in the workplace, communicate workplace health and safety practices and their wider benefits to the New Zealand workplace, apply the principles of health and safety risk assessment, including hazard identification and mitigation measures, to a job role.
- Duration: 7 months
- Cost: Zero fees
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $2,166.88.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates will be able to: Implement, supervise, monitor, and communicate organisational and job specific health and safety requirements and practices, for a team in the workplace, utilise leadership skills to promote the benefits of good workplace health and safety practices and a proactive health and safety culture within a team, apply knowledge of health and safety risk analyses and mitigation strategies for a team in the workplace, recognise the impact of work-related ill health and injuries on a specific business operation and the wider industry.
- Duration: 7 months
- Cost: Zero fees
- Non-domestic/non-funded learner fee: $2,166.88.
For an in-depth look at the units in this programme, including credit information, click here.
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