Qualification Description
This qualification provides a general vocational outcome in agriculture. The qualification enables individuals to select a livestock production, cropping or livestock context as a job focus or, in the case of mixed farming enterprises, both cropping and livestock.
Individuals with this qualification perform tasks in a variety of contexts, which involve some judgement in selecting equipment and services. Job roles vary across different industry sectors and may include:
Farm or station hand
Farm or station worker
Livestock transport driver.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Entry Requirements
There are no entry requirements for this qualification.
Packaging Rules
To achieve this qualification, competency must be demonstrated in:
16 units of competency:
2 core units plus
14 elective units.
Elective units must ensure the integrity of the qualification’s Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) alignment and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
To provide the Certificate III in Agriculture, the electives are to be chosen as follows:
5 must be selected from the electives listed in Group A
5 must be selected from remaining electives in Group A, or from electives listed in Group B, or from the Prerequisite Requirements list if a unit is a required for packaging the qualification
4 may be selected from the remaining electives listed in Groups A or B, or from the Prerequisite Requirements list if a unit is a required for packaging the qualification, or from any currently endorsed Training Package or Accredited Course packaged at Certificate II, III or IV levels.
Where appropriate, electives may be packaged to provide a qualification with a specialisation area as follows:
10 electives must be selected from Group A, including at least 5 units beginning with the code AHCLSK and at least 5 units beginning with the code TLI for the award of the Certificate III in Agriculture (Livestock Transport).
Core Units
AHCWHS301 - Contribute to work health and safety processes
AHCWRK309 - Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
Elective Units
An asterisk (*) next to the unit code indicates that there are prerequisite requirements which must be met when completing the qualification.
Group A
AHCAGB302 - Keep production records for a primary production business
AHCBAC309 - Undertake preparation of land for agricultural crop production
AHCBAC310 - Maintain pastures and crops for livestock production
AHCBAC311 - Conserve forage
AHCBAC312 - Test and grade grains and seeds on receival
AHCBAC313 - Establish pastures and crops for livestock production
AHCBAC314 - Prepare to receive grains and seeds
AHCBAC315 - Establish agricultural crops
AHCBAC316 - Maintain agricultural crops
AHCBAC317 - Undertake agricultural crop harvesting activities
AHCBER302 - Work effectively in a biosecurity emergency response
AHCBER305 - Carry out emergency disease or pest control procedures on infected premises
AHCBER306 - Carry out movement and security procedures
AHCBIO301 - Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
AHCBIO303 - Apply biosecurity measures
AHCBUS301 - Use hand held e-business tools
AHCCHM304 - Transport and store chemicals
AHCCHM307 - Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
AHCCHM308 - Use application equipment to apply fumigant in confined spaces
AHCCHM309 - Fumigate soil
AHCCHM310 - Conduct manual fumigation of vertebrate and invertebrate pests
AHCINF301 - Implement property improvement, construction and repair
AHCINF302 - Plan and construct an electric fence
AHCINF303 - Plan and construct conventional fencing
AHCIRG336 - Operate and maintain gravity fed irrigation systems
AHCIRG338 - Troubleshoot irrigation systems
AHCIRG346 - Operate pressurised irrigation systems
AHCLSK301 - Administer medication to livestock
AHCLSK305 - Maintain livestock water supplies
AHCLSK308 - Identify and draft livestock
AHCLSK309 - Implement animal health control programs
AHCLSK311 - Implement feeding plans for livestock
AHCLSK318 - Rear newborn and young livestock
AHCLSK320 - Coordinate and monitor livestock transport
AHCLSK323 - Maintain and monitor feed stocks
AHCLSK324 - Care for and train working dogs
AHCLSK325 - Castrate livestock
AHCLSK331 - Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
AHCLSK342 - Prepare animals for parturition
AHCMER301 - Process customer complaints
AHCMOM301 - Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair
AHCMOM302 - Perform machinery maintenance
AHCMOM304 - Operate machinery and equipment
AHCMOM305 - Operate specialised machinery and equipment
AHCMOM306 - Ground spread fertiliser and soil ameliorant
AHCMOM308 - Operate broadacre and row crop harvest machinery and equipment
AHCMOM309 - Operate broadacre sowing machinery and equipment
AHCMOM312 - Operate row crop planting and seeding machinery and equipment
AHCPMG301 - Control weeds
AHCPMG302 - Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
AHCWRK204 - Work effectively in the industry
AHCWRK301 - Collect samples for a rural production or horticulture monitoring program
AHCWRK302 - Monitor weather conditions
AHCWRK303 - Respond to emergencies
AHCWRK305 - Coordinate work site activities
AHCWRK306 - Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
AHCWRK308 - Handle bulk materials in storage area
AHCWRK311 - Conduct site inspections
BSBFIN302 - Maintain financial records
BSBINS201 - Process and maintain workplace information
BSBTEC201 - Use business software applications
BSBTEC202 - Use digital technologies to communicate in a work environment
BSBTEC301 - Design and produce business documents
HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid
HLTAID013 - Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
TLID0001 - Load and unload vehicles carrying special loads
TLID0002 - Care for livestock in transit
TLIE0002 - Process workplace documentation
TLIE0008 - Calculate mass, area and quantify dimensions
TLIE3004 - Prepare workplace documents
TLIF2010 - Apply fatigue management strategies
TLIH0005 - Interpret road maps and navigate pre-determined routes
TLIH0006 - Plan and navigate routes
Group B
ACMGEN311 - Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing
ACMGEN312 - Provide nutritional requirements for animals
ACMHBR302* - Carry out basic hoof care procedures
ACMHBR310 - Prevent and treat equine injury and disease
AHCAIS304 - Artificially inseminate livestock
AHCDRG305 - Install drainage systems
AHCHYD301 - Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systems
AHCHYD302 - Install hydroponic systems
AHCINF304 - Install and terminate extra low voltage wiring systems
AHCLSK303 - Carry out feedlot operations
AHCLSK304 - Carry out post-mortem examination of livestock
AHCLSK306 - Coordinate and monitor production performance
AHCLSK307 - Euthanase livestock
AHCLSK310 - Implement feeding plans for intensive production
AHCLSK313 - Monitor livestock production growing environments
AHCLSK316 - Prepare livestock for competition
AHCLSK317 - Plan to exhibit livestock
AHCLSK319 - Slaughter livestock
AHCLSK321 - Service and repair bores and windmills
AHCLSK322 - Transport farm produce or bulk materials
AHCLSK326 - Mix and mill standard stockfeed
AHCLSK327 - Collect, store and administer colostrum
AHCLSK328 - Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system
AHCLSK330 - Implement procedures for calving
AHCLSK332 - Monitor animals in intensive production systems
AHCLSK333 - Monitor pen condition and ration suitability
AHCLSK334 - Plan, prepare and conduct mulesing procedures
AHCLSK337* - Train, care for and ride horses for stock work
AHCLSK338 - Conduct dropped ovary technique procedures for spaying cattle
AHCLSK340 - Mate and monitor reproduction of alpacas
AHCLSK341 - Coordinate artificial insemination and fertility management of livestock
AHCLSK343 - Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock
AHCMOM202 - Operate tractors
AHCMOM206 - Conduct grader operations
AHCMOM207 - Conduct front-end loader operations
AHCMOM216 - Operate side by side utility vehicles
AHCMOM217 - Operate quad bikes
AHCMOM307 - Operate a cane harvester
AHCMOM310 - Operate land-forming machinery and equipment
AHCMOM311 - Operate precision control technology
AHCMOM313 - Operate mobile irrigation machinery and equipment
AHCMOM314 - Transport machinery
AHCMOM315 - Operate chemical application machinery and equipment
AHCPCM303 - Identify plant specimens
AHCPCM305 - Implement a plant nutrition program
AHCPCM306 - Provide information on plants and their culture
AHCPGD404 - Plan a plant establishment program
AHCPHT312 - Implement a crop regulation program
AHCPHT313 - Implement a post-harvest program
AHCPHT314 - Harvest horticultural crops mechanically
AHCPHT315 - Establish horticultural crops
AHCPHT317 - Coordinate horticultural crop harvesting
AHCPMG308 - Implement pest management strategies
AHCSDT308 - Perform tests for quality on seeds
AHCSDT309 - Prepare a working sample
AHCSDT310 - Identify seeds
AHCSDT412 - Perform advanced tests on seeds
AHCSDT413 - Handle and store seed subject to quarantine regulations
AHCSDT414 - Maintain a quarantine approved laboratory
AHCSHG301 - Prepare livestock for shearing
AHCSHG302 - Prepare combs and cutters for machine shearing
AHCSHG306 - Carry out post-shearing procedures
AHCSOL406 - Sample soils and interpret results
AHCSPO309 - Process planting seed
AHCSPO310 - Treat planting seed
AHCSPO311 - Handle, package and store commercial quantities of seed
AHCSPO312 - Sample seed before and after processing
AHCWOL304 - Prepare fleece wool for classing
AHCWOL308 - Prepare facilities for shearing and crutching
AHCWOL310 - Press wool for a clip
AHCWOL311 - Perform shed duties
CPPFES2005 - Demonstrate first attack firefighting equipment
MEM05004 - Perform routine oxy fuel gas welding
MEM05007 - Perform manual heating and thermal cutting
MEM05012 - Perform routine manual metal arc welding
MEM05015* - Weld using manual metal arc welding process
MEM05017* - Weld using gas metal arc welding process
MEM05019* - Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process
MEM05049 - Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding
MEM05050 - Perform routine gas metal arc welding
PUAFIR204* - Respond to wildfire
PUAFIR210 - Prevent injury
PUATEA001 - Work in a team
RGRHBR302* - Carry out natural mare mating procedures
RGRHBR303* - Assist with artificial insemination of mares
RGRHBR304* - Assess suitability of horses for specific uses
RGRHBR307 - Carry out procedures for foaling down mares
RGRHBR403* - Handle and care for breeding stallions
RIIMPO318F - Conduct civil construction skid steer loader operations
RIIMPO319E - Conduct backhoe/loader operations
RIIMPO324F - Conduct civil construction grader operations
RIIWHS202E - Enter and work in confined spaces
RIIWHS204E - Work safely at heights
TLILIC0003 - Licence to operate a forklift truck