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Become qualified in an area of high demand. The Department of Employment has estimated that 50,000 job opportunities will open for landscape gardeners over the next five years. Secure your place in this creative and hands-on industry through our apprenticeship program, which will see you become a qualified and skilled landscape gardener. We'll guide you through the business and practical skills needed to succeed in your career. Perhaps you'll start your own company, work for another or join your local council. Either way, you'll finish this certificate with the confidence to work across private gardens, commercial landscapes, public recreational spaces and more.

You’ll learn a wide range of creative, hands-on skills like planning plant displays, operating machinery, pruning and propagating plants. You’ll choose from a range of electives to match your career dreams while you make the most of our unique location, surrounded by the Ballarat Botanical Gardens and backing onto a large wetland area.

Build your automotive technology skills and knowledge with this practical program. You'll become confident repairing and servicing vehicles by learning about tyres, transmissions, braking systems and more. Then, apply your skills in a hands-on career working with light vehicles, heavy vehicles and motorcycles in service or repair centres.

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.

Decadent, luxurious, opulent and enticing - properly prepared pastry goods are more than just food. They bring joy, excitement and romance to an occasion. Yet there is something secret about the craft of the patisserie chef. Working with precise detail and exceptional margins, an effective patisserie section can add immense value and attraction to a kitchen operation. The ingredients are challenging, the expectations of customers are high and the popularity of a good patisserie chef is based on an understanding of heat and ingredients that goes well beyond the knowledge of a normal cook.This program opens the door to the world of baked goods, pastries and desserts. During the program you will learn sophisticated international patisserie styles and techniques for the preparation and decoration of exotic cakes, comforting pastries and excitingly intuitive desserts.

Commercial cookery is a dynamic and critical part of any hospitality business, from 5-star hotel kitchens through to restaurant and café settings.The fast, challenging and dynamic hospitality industry spans the globe, and this course will give you a chance to be part of it. You'll learn how to prepare and present food, about dietary and cultural requirements, creating and costing menus, communicating well with your team and food safety. Most of our students who take this course are apprentices who have an employer in the industry and would like to open the doors towards becoming a chef.This course is offered as both an apprenticeship and non apprentice pathway.

Protect endangered species. Advise on bush fire prevention programs. Manage waterway redevelopment projects. Take your love for the environment and make it your career. With this diploma, you'll perfect your skills across science and management.Becoming an expert in conservation and land management means you can work in rural, suburban and metro settings with a large amount of time being spent outdoors. You may wish to work in a laboratory or you might prefer working outdoors. Whichever avenue you choose, you'll have a career with plenty of hands-on work.This program is a component of the Conservation and Land Management National Training Package and prepares graduates to work within environmental management with a broad range of skills. It provides the participants with the skills and knowledge to work in community co-ordination and facilitation, indigenous land management, lands parks and wildlife, natural area restoration, vertebrate pest management and weed management.You will learn to develop management plans for designated areas, including restoration projects. Students study the management of fauna populations, conduct biological surveys and collect and classify plants and will develop sound scientific and critical analysis skills. These will prepare you for your career in the field as well as laboratory and management positions.The Diploma is a very hands on program with a strong emphasis on practical learning. Upon completion, students have strong field experience with underpinning knowledge. Graduates who go on to study in the degree program are very well prepared and tend to excel.

Build on your existing experience to become a leader in Australia's agricultural industry. Our program will set you up to confidently manage or supervise agricultural enterprises. We'll provide you with a practical style of training, where you'll learn business skills like managing staff and monitoring financial reports. You'll also hone in on tools to meet future agricultural challenges, by developing climate risk management strategies and drawing up whole farm plans.Just a few years ago, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation estimated that by 2050, food production worldwide needs to increase by 70 percent. Become part of the solution by leveraging emerging technologies and approaches in the multi-billion dollar agricultural industry.

Whether you grew up on livestock farm or want to add to your skills in the agriculture industry, this program will train you to apply for registration as an Australian Professional Woolclasser with the Australian Wool Exchange. You'll learn about clip preparation, shed management and wool marketing.Plus, if you have a signed training agreement, you can take this certificate as a traineeship.

If you're keen to bring new skills to your family farm or enter one of the many areas in the multi-billion dollar agriculture industry, this certificate will teach you the skills and knowledge needed. The agriculture sector is innovating and shifting as different technologies and practices enter the market. It needs skilled professionals with new ideas, modern skills and fresh approaches.We'll provide you with a hands-on style of training, where you'll learn about stock management and husbandry, machinery operations and fencing through to pastures and chemicals. You'll also become familiar with safe work practices and environmentally sustainable work methods. You can then go on to specialise in livestock production, farm management, irrigation and more.Want to study in 2020?Come to one of the information sessions at Rural Sciences Skills Centre, Corner of Gregory and Gillies Streets, Wendouree: Tuesday 26 November 2019 at 6pm Tuesday 21 January 2020 at 6pm Tuesday 6 February 2020 at 6pm