This qualification describes the skills and knowledge for general job roles in agriculture including livestock production, cropping or in the case of mixed farming workplaces, both cropping and livestock. Job roles vary across different industry sectors and may include:
- Farm or station hand
- Farm or station worker
- Livestock transport driver.
Individuals with this qualification perform tasks under broad supervision involving a broad range of skills that are applied in a wide variety of contexts, which will involve discretion and judgement in selecting and operating equipment, coordinating resources and applying contingency measures during work.
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.
Core Units
AHCWHS302 - Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
AHCWRK320 - Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
Elective Units
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
AHCINF305 - Implement property improvement, construction and repair
AHCINF306 - Plan and construct an electric fence
AHCINF307 - 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
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
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
AHCSPO309 - Process planting seed
AHCSPO310 - Treat planting seed
AHCSPO311 - Handle, package and store commercial quantities of seed
AHCSPO312 - Sample seed before and after processing
AHCWAT303 - Access, extract and monitor water for irrigation
AHCWRK212 - Work effectively in industry
AHCWRK213 - Participate in workplace communications
AHCWRK313 - Collect samples for a rural production or horticulture monitoring program
AHCWRK314 - Monitor weather conditions
AHCWRK315 - Respond to emergencies
AHCWRK317 - Coordinate work site activities
AHCWRK318 - Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
AHCWRK319 - Handle bulk materials in a storage area
AHCWRK321 - Provide on-job training support
AHCWRK322 - Conduct site inspections
AHCWRK323 - Operate in isolated and remote situations
BSBXCM301 - Engage in workplace communication
FBPFSY3002 - Participate in a HACCP team
FBPFSY3003 - Monitor the implementation of food safety and quality programs
Group B
A hash (#) next to the unit code indicates mandatory workplace requirements which must be met when assessing this unit.
ACMEQU212 - Handle horses safely
ACMEQU214 - Prepare to work safely around horses
ACMEQU217* -Load and unload horses
ACMEQU218* - Perform horse riding skills at walk, trot and canter
ACMEQU305* - Implement a horse health program
ACMEQU306* - Provide routine care for horses
ACMEQU309* - Carry out basic hoof care procedures
ACMGEN311 - Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing
ACMGEN312 - Provide nutritional requirements for animals
AHCAIS304 - Artificially inseminate livestock
AHCCOM304 - Operate compost processing plant, machinery and equipment
AHCDRG305 - Install drainage systems
AHCHYD301 - Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systems
AHCHYD302 - Install hydroponic systems
AHCINF308 - Install and terminate extra low voltage wiring systems
AHCLSK218* - Ride educated horses to carry out basic stock work
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
AHCMOM201 - Operate two wheel motorbikes
AHCMOM202 - Operate tractors
AHCMOM206 - Conduct grader operations
AHCMOM207 - Conduct front-end loader operations
AHCMOM213 - Operate and maintain chainsaws
AHCMOM216 - Operate side by side utility vehicles
AHCMOM217 - Operate quad bikes
AHCMOM303 - Operate a telehandler
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
AHCMOM316 - Refuel machinery or vehicle
AHCMOM317 - Operate tractors with attachments
AHCPCM303 - Identify plant specimens
AHCPCM305 - Implement a plant nutrition program
AHCPCM306 - Provide information on plants and their culture
AHCPER330 - Coordinate community projects
AHCPER334 - Read and interpret property maps and plans
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
AHCPMG312 - Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapes
AHCPRK311# - Care for health and welfare of pigs
AHCPRK312# - Care for weaner pigs
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
AHCWOL304 - Prepare fleece wool for classing
AHCWOL308 - Prepare facilities for shearing and crutching
AHCWOL310 - Press wool for a clip
AHCWOL311 - Perform shed duties
PUATEA001 - Work in a team
Group C
AUMGTW003 - Perform manual metal arc welding
AUMGTW005 - Perform gas metal arc welding
AVIY0026 - Conduct aerial application operations using remote pilot aircraft systems
AVIY0027 - Operate multi-rotor remote pilot aircraft systems
AVIY0052 - Control remote pilot aircraft systems on the ground
AVIZ0005 - Apply situational awareness in remote pilot aircraft systems operations
BSBFIN302 - Maintain financial records
BSBINS201 - Process and maintain workplace information
BSBOPS305 - Process customer complaints
BSBTEC201 - Use business software applications
BSBTEC202 - Use digital technologies to communicate in a work environment
BSBTEC301 - Design and produce business documents
CPPFES2005 - Demonstrate first attack firefighting equipment
FWPCOT3325 - Operate four wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads
FWPCOT3329 - Perform complex four wheel drive operations
HLTAID011 - Provide First Aid
HLTAID013 - Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
PUAFIR204* - Respond to wildfire
PUAFIR210 - Prevent injury
RIIHAN309F - Conduct telescopic materials handler operations
RIIMPO318F - Conduct civil construction skid steer loader operations
RIIMPO319E - Conduct backhoe/loader operations
RIISAM203E - Use hand and power tools
RIISAM205E - Cut, weld and bend materials
RIIWHS202E - Enter and work in confined spaces
RIIWHS204E - Work safely at heights
TLIB0012 - Maintain and use hand tools
TLID0001 - Load and unload vehicles carrying special loads
TLID0002 - Care for livestock in transit
TLID3035 - Operate a boom type elevating work platform
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
TLILIC0003 - Licence to operate a forklift truck
TLILIC2014 - Licence to drive a light rigid vehicle
TLILIC2015 - Licence to drive a medium rigid vehicle
TLILIC2016 - Licence to drive a heavy rigid vehicle
Group D Prerequisite units
ACMEQU202* - Handle horses safely
ACMEQU205 - Apply knowledge of horse behaviour
ACMEQU206* - Perform horse riding skills at walk, trot and canter
An asterisk (*) next to the unit code indicates that there are prerequisite requirements which must be met.
