AHC50316 Diploma of Production Horticulture

Supersededtraining.gov.au: supersededNonEquivalent

The currency period for AHC50316 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 2 · 21 October 2019 · 2 releases in all
Supersedes
AHC50310
Superseded by
AHC50320 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. AHC50316Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Production Horticulture
  2. not equivalent
  3. AHC50320Superseded — not equivalentDiploma of Production Horticulture
  4. not equivalent
  5. AHC50324CurrentDiploma of 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.

  • AHC50310AHC50316equivalent26 June 2016

    This qualification is equivalent to AHC50310 Diploma of Production Horticulture.

  • AHC50316AHC50320not equivalent23 December 2020

    Revised packaging rules to better reflect outcomes

Official documents on the register

What training.gov.au lists for AHC50316 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 AHC50316 is made of

training.gov.au lists 30 units for AHC50316: 0 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.

Elective units 30 listed

CodeUnitIn this product
AHCBER501Manage active operational emergency disease or plant pest sitesnot current
AHCBER502Manage the implementation of an emergency disease or plant pest control programnot current
AHCBUS511Manage enterprise staff requirementscurrent
AHCBUS513Market products and servicescurrent
AHCBUS514Negotiate and monitor contractscurrent
AHCBUS516Develop and review a business plancurrent
AHCBUS517Monitor and review business performancecurrent
AHCBUS518Prepare and monitor budgets and financial reportscurrent
AHCCHM501Develop and manage a chemical use strategycurrent
AHCDRG502Design drainage systemscurrent
AHCHYD501Develop a plan for a hydroponic systemnot current
AHCIRG506Design irrigation systemscurrent
AHCIRG508Design irrigation system maintenance and monitoring programscurrent
AHCIRG509Develop an irrigation and drainage management plancurrent
AHCMOM501Manage machinery and equipmentcurrent
AHCMOM502Implement a machinery management systemcurrent
AHCORG507Develop an organic or biodynamic management plannot current
AHCORG508Prepare the enterprise for organic or biodynamic certificationnot current
AHCPCM501Diagnose plant health problemsnot current
AHCPCM505Conduct environment and food safety risk assessment of plant nutrition and soil fertility programsnot current
AHCPHT502Develop a horticultural production plannot current
AHCPHT503Manage a controlled growing environmentnot current
AHCSOL505Monitor and manage soils for productioncurrent
AHCWAT501Design water treatment systemsnot current
AHCWAT503Manage water systemscurrent
AHCWHS502Manage work health and safety processesnot current
BSBRSK501Manage risknot current
TLIL5019Implement and monitor transport logisticscurrent
TLIR4002Source goods/services and evaluate contractorscurrent
TLIR4003Negotiate a contractnot current

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