AHC20316 Certificate II in Production Horticulture

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC20316 ended on 22 December 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 24 December 2021 — one year from the date the replacement was included on the National Register (s 14(1)(a)(i) of the National VET Regulator (Compliance Standards for NVR RTOs and Fit and Proper Person Requirements) Instrument 2025 (F2025L00355, in force 1 July 2025)), or from a later date if ASQA has approved otherwise for your organisation.

Learners already enrolled have no fixed deadline: they complete the product and are issued their AQF certification, or transfer to the replacement, in a timely manner (ASQA guidance, read live 25 August 2026).

The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted. When enrolments stop, the course page advertising it stops being permitted too — and if ASQA approves a later enrolment date, that moves with it.

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
22 December 2020
Latest release
Release 2 · 21 October 2019 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC20310
Superseded by
AHC20320 not equivalent

Where the register points next

Each step below is one supersession training.gov.au publishes between two products. The label on the rail is the equivalence the register declares for that step — not our reading of it.

  1. AHC20316Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Production Horticulture
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC20320Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Production Horticulture
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC20324CurrentCertificate II in Production Horticulture

What the register says changed

These are the mapping notes training.gov.au attaches to each supersession, quoted as the register writes them. They are the only public record of what actually changed between two versions.

  • AHC20310AHC20316equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC20310 Certificate II in Production Horticulture.

  • AHC20316AHC20320not equivalent23 December 2020

    Merged Qualifications AHC20316 Certificate II in Production Horticulture and AHC21516 Certificate II in Floriculture. Title changed. Revised packaging rules to better reflect outcomes. Updated to include revised units, new and revised imported units, and all prerequisites as electives

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What AHC20316 is made of

training.gov.au lists 57 units for AHC20316: 1 core and 56 elective. The register does not publish a completion rule in units for this product, so we do not state one. How many of the electives are required is in the packaging rules on training.gov.au.

Core units 1 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCWHS201Participate in work health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 56 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO202Follow site quarantine proceduresnot current
AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervisioncurrent
AHCINF203Maintain properties and structuresnot current
AHCIRG219Assist with low volume irrigation operationscurrent
AHCIRG220Assist with surface irrigation operationscurrent
AHCIRG221Assist with pressurised irrigation operationscurrent
AHCIRG222Assist with pump and flow control device operationscurrent
AHCIRG343Operate irrigation injection equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM201Operate two wheel motorbikescurrent
AHCMOM202Operate tractorscurrent
AHCMOM203Operate basic machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM204Undertake operational maintenance of machinerycurrent
AHCMOM205Operate vehiclescurrent
AHCMOM217Operate quad bikescurrent
AHCNSY202Care for nursery plantsnot current
AHCNSY203Undertake propagation activitiesnot current
AHCPHT201Plant horticultural cropsnot current
AHCPHT202Carry out canopy maintenancenot current
AHCPHT204Undertake field budding and graftingnot current
AHCPHT205Carry out post-harvest operationsnot current
AHCPHT206Handle and move mushroom boxesnot current
AHCPHT207Perform mushroom substrate process tasksnot current
AHCPHT208Water mushroom cropsnot current
AHCPHT209Produce trellis dried grapesnot current
AHCPHT214Support horticultural crop harvestingcurrent
AHCPMG201Treat weedscurrent
AHCPMG202Treat plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCSOL202Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testingnot current
AHCWRK201Observe and report on weathernot current
AHCWRK206Observe enterprise quality assurance proceduresnot current
Show the remaining 26 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
AHCWRK207Collect and record production datanot current
AHCWRK208Provide information on products and servicesnot current
AHCWRK209Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
AHCWRK312Operate in isolated and remote situationsnot current
FBPOPR2012Maintain food safety when loading, unloading and transporting foodnot current
FBPOPR2067Work in a food handling area for non-food handlerscurrent
FBPVIT2001Bench graft vinescurrent
FBPVIT2002Carry out potting operationscurrent
FBPVIT2003Hand prune vinescurrent
FBPVIT2005Maintain callusing environmentcurrent
FBPVIT2006Obtain and process rootlingscurrent
FBPVIT2008Train vinescurrent
FBPVIT2010Take and process vine cuttingscurrent
FBPVIT2011Operate vineyard equipmentcurrent
FBPVIT2016Carry out hot water treatmentcurrent
FBPVIT2017Operate nursery cold storage facilitiesnot current
FBPVIT2018Support mechanical harvesting operationscurrent
FBPVIT3005Install and maintain vine trelliscurrent
FBPVIT3006Field graft vinescurrent
FBPVIT3007Operate specialised canopy management equipmentcurrent
FWPCOT3259Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roadsnot current
MEM18001Use hand toolscurrent
MEM18002Use power tools/hand held operationscurrent
TLID1001Shift materials safely using manual handling methodsnot current
TLID2022Conduct weighbridge operationscurrent
TLILIC0003Licence to operate a forklift truckcurrent

Core and elective are the register's own flags on the unit grid of the release read here. "Not current" means training.gov.au no longer recommends that unit for use inside this product — it does not say anything about the product itself.

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