AHC20716 Certificate II in Production Nursery

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC20716 ended on 22 December 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

Transition clockClosed to new enrolments

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The same date closes a second obligation: under s 7(2)(c) of the same instrument, advertising may refer to a superseded product only while it is on scope and new enrolments are permitted.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 1 · 27 June 2016
Supersedes
AHC20710
Superseded by
AHC20720 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. AHC20716Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Production Nursery
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC20720Superseded — not equivalentCertificate II in Nursery Operations
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC20724CurrentCertificate II in Nursery Operations

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.

  • AHC20710AHC20716equivalent26 June 2016

    The register records this supersession but attaches no note on what changed.

  • AHC20716AHC20720not equivalent23 December 2020

    Merged qualifications AHC20716 Certificate II in Production Nursery and AHC20816 Certificate II in Retail Nursery. Title changed. Revised packaging rules to better reflect outcomes. Updated to include revised units, new and revised imported units, and all prerequisites as electives

Is AHC20716 on your scope?

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What AHC20716 is made of

training.gov.au lists 22 units for AHC20716: 9 core and 13 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 9 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCCHM201Apply chemicals under supervisioncurrent
AHCIRG217Assist with pressurised irrigation operationsnot current
AHCNSY201Pot up plantsnot current
AHCNSY202Care for nursery plantsnot current
AHCNSY203Undertake propagation activitiesnot current
AHCPCM201Recognise plantsnot current
AHCPMG201Treat weedscurrent
AHCPMG202Treat plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCWHS201Participate in work health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 13 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO201Inspect and clean machinery for plant, animal and soil materialnot current
AHCBIO202Follow site quarantine proceduresnot current
AHCDRG201Maintain drainage systemsnot current
AHCINF203Maintain properties and structuresnot current
AHCMOM202Operate tractorscurrent
AHCMOM203Operate basic machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM211Operate side by side utility vehiclesnot current
AHCNSY204Maintain indoor plantsnot current
AHCPGD203Prune shrubs and small treesnot current
AHCSOL202Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testingnot current
AHCWRK204Work effectively in the industrynot current
AHCWRK209Participate in environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
HLTAID002Provide basic emergency life supportnot current

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.

Source: this product on training.gov.au, Australia's national training register — or go straight to the units it requires. The rule itself is item 14 of F2025L00355, and ASQA publishes the extensions it has granted. Read on 28 August 2026 UTC. Every code, title, date, status and equivalence flag on this page is the register's; nothing here is estimated or inferred, and where the register publishes nothing we say so.

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