AHC30921 Certificate III in Landscape Construction
This course provides the skills and knowledge for work or further learning in the landscaping industry. This course provides a general vocational outcome in landscape construction.
Working in the landscape industry involves outdoor work that can be physically demanding undertaking the construction and maintenance of public and private garden spaces and features. There are landscaping businesses all over Australia. Many are small enterprises employing one to ten workers while others can be very large with forty or more workers.
Some landscapers specialise in domestic gardens, others in commercial and industrial landscapes. This course includes units in hardscaping (paving and landscape construction) while others focus on softscaping (plant establishment and maintenance).
- Plant ID and Coordinating Planting
- Setting Out Landscape Works
- Concrete Landscape Features
- Timber Landscape Features
- Brick and Stone Landscape Features
- Metal Landscape Features
Entry Requirements
While there are no formal entry requirements for this qualification, students undertaking this course will need to complete their training and assessment in a workplace environment or attend Landscape Skills yard for practical activities where applicable to fulfil the practical requirements of this course
units:
AHCWHS302 | Contribute to workplace health and safety processes |
RIISAM203E | Use hand and power tools |
AHCPCM204 | Recognise plants |
AHCDRG305 | Install drainage systems |
AHCSOL304 | Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas |
AHCPGD307 | Implement a plant establishment program |
AHCLSC311 | Set out site for construction works |
AHCLSC317 | Construct landscape features using concrete |
AHCLSC312 | Construct brick and block structures and features |
AHCLSC319 | Implement a retaining wall project |
AHCLSC313 | Construct stone structures and features, and install stone cladding |
AHCLSC316 | Implement a paving project |
AHCLSC318 | Erect timber structures and features |
AHCLSC321 | Install metal structures and features |
AHCLSC320 | Install water features |
AHCPCM306 | Provide information on plants and their culture |
AHCBUS407 | Cost a project |

$3,000 - RPL for full course
$3,000 RPL plus $400 per trained unit up to a maximum of $7,000
Apprenticeship - User Choice Certificate 3 Guarantee * all funding options are subject to eligibility
CSQ funded - maximum 12 months to be completed by end of program year Other: 1 month - 36 months subject to experience
RTO training yard at Strathpine or Logan Village