Certificate III in Conservation and Land Management

Gain the skills to create a career protecting our environment.

This is the perfect way to learn about all areas of conservation and land management.

You'll choose from electives like recognising fauna, surveying pests and operating chainsaws while also learning the important core skills like workplace safety and environmentally sustainable work practices.

Then, you can take the next step in your career in roles like community field officer, wildlife officer, weeds operator and more.This skills based certificate can be taken as part of a traineeship agreement or as an on-campus student if you’re not a trainee.

The course content below provides all possible units related to the course. If the course has various streams, the units you are required to study will depend on your chosen stream.

CONTRIBUTE TO WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY PROCESSES AHCWHS301

APPLY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES AHCWRK309

PREPARE AND APPLY CHEMICALS AHCCHM303

TRANSPORT AND STORE CHEMICALS AHCCHM304

PREPARE AND APPLY CHEMICALS TO CONTROL PEST, WEEDS AND DISEASES AHCCHM307

RECOGNISE FAUNA AHCFAU201

PLAN AND CONSTRUCT CONVENTIONAL FENCING AHCINF303

OPERATE QUAD BIKES AHCMOM212

OPERATE AND MAINTAIN CHAINSAWS AHCMOM213

OPERATE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AHCMOM304

MAINTAIN NATURAL AREAS AHCNAR301

IMPLEMENT REVEGETATION WORKS AHCNAR303

COLLECT NATIVE SEED AHCNAR305

IDENTIFY PLANT SPECIMENS AHCPCM303

CONTROL WEEDS AHCPMG301

SURVEY PESTS AHCPMG305

CONDUCT SITE INSPECTIONS AHCWRK311

DESIGN AND PRODUCE BUSINESS DOCUMENTS BSBITU306

NAVIGATE IN REMOTE OR TRACKLESS AREAS FWPCOT3202

Entry requirements (year 12)

Trainees will need to be employed with a signed agreement.

There are no formal entry requirements for non-traineeship students.

Entry requirements (non year 12)

This program may be undertaken as a traineeship by people employed within the industry who have a signed training agreement.