Certificate in Horticulture Production - Nursery Production

This programme is for you if you are already working in the nursery industry, or you are looking to gain skills for employment in this field. A stepping stone into a career growing plants and trees, and a job that could range from fruit growing or vegetable production, landscaping for homes or parks, a plant nursery enterprise, to tree production and revegetation to enhance our environment in line with the one billion trees programme. Learn the skills needed to work in the Nursery Industry growing plants for food production and forestry, plants for our landscapes and for native revegetation, to enhance our natural environment.

You can also progress from the New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture level 3 (General) to this programme. You will gain your forklift licence and basic GROWSAFE certificate - both great additions for your CV to work in the horticultural industry. You will learn propagation and managing root stocks for grafting and budding, as well as understanding plant hormones and how to manage plant growth and health. You will gain a working knowledge of water, nutrient and climatic needs of your plants, operating irrigation systems, and developing a plant crop protection programme for your plants to manage any pest disease and weed issues. Part of the programme is the development of a planting plan, for a growing project of your choice. You will also set up your own soil less media experiment to trial soil mixes, learn to produce a scale drawing for a landscape, and plan, plant and monitor a revegetation project. You will also learn about the machinery and equipment of a nursery, and will look at the business side of running a nursery and supervising others.