Advance Your Career

Are you already qualified in the landscape area, be it landscape construction, parks and gardens or landscape design, and looking to increase your skills and knowledge? Do you have staff who have great potential but could use some more training? There are many options available to anyone (employers and employees) who wish to continue their education in landscaping and to become specialists in particular fields of the industry.

What courses are available in landscaping?

There are many options depending on where you want to go in terms of your career path.

Landscape Construction Careers Development

Let’s look at a few options for the landscape contractor. There are many more options available to you but these are few of the more common career development paths. You have completed CIII in Landscape Construction:

You want to stay in this area and complete further qualification such as CIV in Landscape then a Diploma of Landscape Project Management or a Diploma of Landscape Design.

OR

You need to be a licensed irrigator so you complete the CIII in Irrigation

OR

You need to know more about Natural Area Restoration so you do a CIII in Land Management.

Landscape Maintenance Careers Development

Let’s consider some of the career advancement options available to Landscape Maintenance Professionals. These are only a few of the options available., there are many more options that may appeal to you.

You want to stay in this area and complete further qualification such as CIV in Parks and Gardens then a Diploma of Parks and Gardens

OR

You need to be a licensed irrigator so you complete the CIII in Irrigation

OR

You need to know more about Trees so you do a CIII in Arboriculture.

Landscape Design Careers Development

Let’s look at options for someone in the landscape design area. Again, there are more options you may wish to consider, but here are a couple of paths more commonly considered. You have completed a Diploma in Landscape Design:

You want to stay in this area and complete further qualification such as a Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture

OR

You want to know how to construct the designs so you can do CIII in Landscape Construction.

Are there other courses that could help me in my business?

Are you dreaming of starting your own business but don’t know where to begin? Do you already have your own business but find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of paperwork? Perhaps you just want to take your business to the next level. Running a small business can be hard, especially if your background is landscaping rather than office management. If you would like to learn some skills in business management to make your business more profitable, to make paperwork and compliance less time consuming, and to make staff management simpler, perhaps you could consider undertaking a business qualification.

There are any number of courses that you can consider. Some deal with most aspects of running a business, some deal with specific areas that could be useful. For example:

• Certificate IV in New Small Business
• Statement of Attainment in eMarketing for Small Business
• Statement of Attainment in Digital Business Skill – Web, Social Media and eBusiness, and
• Bachelor, Advanced Diploma, Diploma, Certificate I, II, III or IV in Business.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Have you been working in the industry for many years without having any formal qualifications? Do you have other related qualifications to the one you want? You may be able to have these qualifications, skills and experience recognised through a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process. Contact your local TAFE to discuss what you need to do.

Further Information

To find out more information about any of these courses, where they are run, how they are delivered or any prerequisites, visit the NSW TAFE website or the Canberra Institute of Technology.