AHC31120 Certificate III in Nursery Operations

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC31120 ended on 29 April 2024 — 2 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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For an ASQA-registered RTO that does not already hold it, adding AHC31124 to scope is a change-of-scope application to ASQA, with a fee set by law: A$200 application fee + A$1,100 assessment fee per application (up to 5 VET courses and 50 units of competency). RTOs registered by a state regulator, and ASQA delegates, sit under other arrangements. Source: NVR Fees Determination 2026, F2026L00814, from 1 July 2026 · read 5 September 2026.

Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
29 April 2024
Latest release
Release 3 · 15 February 2022 · 3 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC31116, AHC31216
Superseded by
AHC31124 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. AHC31120Superseded — not equivalentCertificate III in Nursery Operations
  2. not equivalent
  3. 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.

  • 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

  • AHC31216AHC31120not 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

  • AHC31120AHC31124not equivalent30 April 2024

    Updated 1 Core unit and 3 Elective units

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AHC31120 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 AHC31120 is made of

training.gov.au lists 54 units for AHC31120: 9 core and 45 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
AHCCHM304Transport and store chemicalscurrent
AHCCHM307Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseasescurrent
AHCIRG338Troubleshoot irrigation systemscurrent
AHCNSY308Maintain nursery plantscurrent
AHCPCM305Implement a plant nutrition programcurrent
AHCPCM306Provide information on plants and their culturecurrent
AHCPMG302Control plant pests, diseases and disorderscurrent
AHCSOL305Prepare growing mediacurrent
AHCWHS301Contribute to work health and safety processesnot current

Elective units 45 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBER302Work effectively in a biosecurity emergency responsecurrent
AHCBER305Carry out emergency disease or pest control procedures on infected premisescurrent
AHCBER306Carry out movement and security procedurescurrent
AHCBIO301Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pestcurrent
AHCBIO303Apply biosecurity measurescurrent
AHCBUS408Operate within a budget frameworkcurrent
AHCHYD301Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systemsnot current
AHCHYD302Install hydroponic systemsnot current
AHCIRG328Operate irrigation controller and sensor technologycurrent
AHCIRG337Measure irrigation delivery system performancecurrent
AHCIRG345Install pressurised irrigation systemscurrent
AHCIRG346Operate pressurised irrigation systemscurrent
AHCIRG347Maintain pressurised irrigation systemscurrent
AHCMER305Provide information on hardware productscurrent
AHCMER306Sell products and servicescurrent
AHCMOM202Operate tractorscurrent
AHCMOM217Operate quad bikescurrent
AHCMOM304Operate machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM305Operate specialised machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCNSY309Receive and dispatch nursery productscurrent
AHCNSY310Install and maintain plant displayscurrent
AHCNSY311Promote sales of plantscurrent
AHCNSY312Prepare specialised plantscurrent
AHCNSY313Implement a propagation plancurrent
AHCNSY314Operate fertigation equipmentcurrent
AHCNSY403Plan a growing-on programcurrent
AHCPCM204Recognise plantscurrent
AHCPCM303Identify plant specimenscurrent
AHCPCM405Implement an integrated pest management programcurrent
AHCPMG301Control weedscurrent
Show the remaining 15 elective units
CodeUnitIn this product
AHCSOL203Assist with soil or growing media sampling and testingcurrent
AHCWAT302Monitor and operate water treatment processescurrent
AHCWRK303Respond to emergenciesnot current
AHCWRK305Coordinate work site activitiesnot current
AHCWRK309Apply environmentally sustainable work practicesnot current
BSBMKG434Promote products and servicescurrent
BSBOPS304Deliver and monitor a service to customerscurrent
BSBOPS305Process customer complaintscurrent
SIRRINV002Control stockcurrent
SIRRMER001Produce visual merchandise displayscurrent
SIRRMER003Coordinate visual merchandising activitiescurrent
SIRXCEG001Engage the customercurrent
SIRXPDK001Advise on products and servicescurrent
SIRXRSK002Maintain store securitycurrent
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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