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New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (General) (Level 3)
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Study for free
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Locations and dates
Marlborough:
21 February 2022Part-time option21 February 2022Full-time option28 March 2022Part-time option23 May 2022Part-time option18 July 2022Full-time option18 July 2022Part-time option22 August 2022Part-time option17 October 2022Part-time optionNelson:
21 February 2022Part-time option21 February 2022Full-time option18 July 2022Part-time option18 July 2022Full-time optionOnline:
23 August 202119 October 202121 February 202228 March 202223 May 202218 July 202222 August 202217 October 2022 -
Length
Flexible online intake dates every 8 weeks - please apply
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Total credits
60
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Fees
Zero Fees
A Compulsory Student Services Fee also applies ($240 for fulltime students).
Fees listed are for each year of the programme, indicative only and may vary with course selection. View course details for individual fees. -
National qualification code
NZ2677
See below for online study options.
| This programme is eligible for fees-free under the Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund (TTAF). Find full details about the fund here.(external link) |
If you like working outdoors, love variety and don't want to work in an office, this programme is for you, and offers skills to work outdoors while learning the feeling of accomplishment by growing things well.
You will learn about soils and how best to manage them to improve your growing, and how to identify and understand pests and diseases and their management.
You will:
- Propagate plants in the nursery
- Make compost
- Carry out pruning, training and grafting of plants
- Learn to monitor the weather
- Manage your water needs.
We also have regular field trips to local growers to apply practical skills. Full-time classes are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 9.15 am - 2.45 pm.
Both campus' have on-site gardens, propagation house and amenity plantings.
With the knowledge you learn on this programme, get work in the horticulture industry, go on to study at level 4 or you can put it into practice on your own land or business, if you are a small block owner.
If you belong to a business, iwi or community group and you need horticulture skills, talk to us about how we can work with you to deliver this programme to your group. Email: horticulture@nmit.ac.nz
Met Don, the Horticulture tutor at our Marlborough Campus
Grow plants from seed
Learn the best techniques to grow different types of plants from seed.
learn to grow plants from cuttings
You will also propagate different plants including herbs and native plants.
Hands on garden creation
Learn the different techniques to turn an area into a productive garden.
Enjoy success at growing plants
Take an area of ground through the course to a productive garden and learn how to care for the plants.
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