AHC31116 Certificate III in Production Nursery

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC31116 ended on 22 December 2020 — 5 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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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 4 · 19 December 2018 · 4 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC31110
Superseded by
AHC31120 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. AHC31116Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Production Nursery
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC31120Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Nursery Operations
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC31124CurrentCertificate III 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.

  • AHC31110AHC31116equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC31110 Certificate III in Production Nursery.

  • AHC31116AHC31120not equivalent23 December 2020

    Merged qualifications AHC31116 Certificate III in Production Nursery and AHC31216 Certificate III in Retail Nursery. Title changed. Revised packaging rules to better reflect outcomes. Updated to include revised units, new and revised imported units

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AHC31116 and for its training package AHC (release 11.0), with the name and date the register publishes for each file. We link them; we have not read them, and nothing on this page is taken from their contents.

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What AHC31116 is made of

training.gov.au lists 41 units for AHC31116: 11 core and 30 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 11 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO305Apply biosecurity measuresnot current
AHCCHM303Prepare and apply chemicalsnot current
AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicalscurrent
AHCIRG306Troubleshoot irrigation systemsnot current
AHCNSY301Maintain nursery plantsnot current
AHCNSY306Implement a propagation plannot current
AHCPCM301Implement a plant nutrition programnot current
AHCPCM302Provide information on plants and their culturenot current
AHCPMG301Control weedscurrent
AHCPMG302Control plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCWHS301Contribute to work health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBER301Work effectively in an emergency disease or plant pest responsenot current
AHCBER303Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premisesnot current
AHCBER304Carry out movement and security proceduresnot current
AHCBIO302Identify and report unusual disease or plant pest signsnot current
AHCBUS404Operate within a budget frameworknot current
AHCCHM309Fumigate soilcurrent
AHCHYD301Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systemsnot current
AHCHYD302Install hydroponic systemsnot current
AHCIRG303Measure irrigation delivery system performancenot current
AHCIRG331Install pressurised irrigation systemsnot current
AHCIRG332Operate pressurised irrigation systemsnot current
AHCIRG333Maintain pressurised irrigation systemsnot current
AHCMER301Process customer complaintsnot current
AHCMER303Sell products and servicesnot current
AHCMOM304Operate machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCNSY302Receive and dispatch nursery productsnot current
AHCNSY303Install and maintain plant displaysnot current
AHCNSY304Deliver and promote sales of plantsnot current
AHCNSY305Prepare specialised plantsnot current
AHCNSY307Operate fertigation equipmentnot current
AHCSOL202Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testingnot current
AHCSOL301Prepare growing medianot current
AHCSOL401Sample soils and interpret resultsnot current
AHCWAT301Monitor and operate water treatment processesnot current
AHCWRK303Respond to emergenciesnot current
AHCWRK305Coordinate work site activitiesnot current
AHCWRK309Apply environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
SIRRINV002Control stockcurrent
SIRRMER001Produce visual merchandise displayscurrent
SIRXPDK001Advise on products and servicescurrent

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