AHC40320 Certificate IV in Production Horticulture

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC40320 ended on 29 April 2024 — 2 years ago. It names one replacement below, with the equivalence it declares for each.

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New enrolments are not permitted from 1 May 2025 — 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).

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Product type
Qualification
Training package
AHC — Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package
Currency period ends
29 April 2024
Latest release
Release 2 · 30 March 2021 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC40316
Superseded by
AHC40324 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. AHC40320Superseded — not equivalentCertificate IV in Production Horticulture
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC40324CurrentCertificate IV 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.

  • AHC40316AHC40320not equivalent23 December 2020

    Amended packaging rules, new core and elective units.

  • AHC40320AHC40324not equivalent30 April 2024

    Updated 2 Core units and 4 Elective units. Added 2 Elective units

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What AHC40320 is made of

training.gov.au lists 33 units for AHC40320: 5 core and 28 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 5 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBIO401Plan and implement a biosecurity programcurrent
AHCBUS408Operate within a budget frameworkcurrent
AHCWHS401Maintain work health and safety processesnot current
AHCWRK401Implement and monitor quality assurance proceduresnot current
BSBLDR412Communicate effectively as a workplace leadercurrent

Elective units 28 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBUS409Participate in an e-business supply chaincurrent
AHCCHM404Develop procedures to minimise risks in the use of chemicalscurrent
AHCCHM405Plan and implement a chemical use programcurrent
AHCIRG435Determine hydraulic parameters for an irrigation systemcurrent
AHCIRG436Implement an irrigation-related environmental protection programcurrent
AHCIRG437Schedule irrigationscurrent
AHCIRG445Manage surface irrigation systemscurrent
AHCNSY403Plan a growing-on programcurrent
AHCNSY404Plan a propagation programcurrent
AHCORG401Manage biodynamic productionnot current
AHCORG403Manage organic soil improvementnot current
AHCPCM404Recommend plants and cultural practicescurrent
AHCPCM406Develop a soil health and plant nutrition programcurrent
AHCPCM509Apply knowledge of plant physiology to horticultural practicescurrent
AHCPHT409Develop a crop regulation programcurrent
AHCPHT410Develop harvesting and processing specifications to produce an olive oilcurrent
AHCPHT411Implement and monitor a horticultural crop harvesting programcurrent
AHCPHT412Manage mushroom substrate preparationcurrent
AHCPHT413Oversee vineyard practicescurrent
AHCPHT414Assess olive oil for style and qualitycurrent
AHCPHT415Control Phase II mushroom substrate processcurrent
AHCPHT416Manage mushroom crop developmentcurrent
AHCSOL406Sample soils and interpret resultscurrent
AHCSOL407Develop a soil use map for a propertycurrent
AHCWRK402Provide information on issues and policiesnot current
AHCWRK403Supervise work routines and staff performancenot current
BSBLDR413Lead effective workplace relationshipscurrent
BSBMKG431Assess marketing opportunitiescurrent

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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