FIELD                        AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

 

Revision of Horticulture qualifications

 

National Certificate in Horticulture (Level 4) with optional strands in Amenity Horticulture, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, Organic Horticulture, and Viticulture [Ref: 1014]

National Certificate in Horticulture (Advanced) (Level 4) with strands in Amenity Horticulture, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, Organic Horticulture, Production Horticulture and Viticulture [Ref: 1015]

 

The New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation (NZHITO) has revised the qualifications listed above.

 

Date new versions published                        January 2007

 

The next qualification review is due to take place during 2010.

 

Reason for the revision

 

The qualifications were revised following a review of the unit standards in the Organic Horticulture domain, the subsequent expiry of this domain, and the reclassification of the unit standards into the Production Horticulture domain.  This has resulted in the Organic Horticulture strands being removed from the qualifications.  The review of unit standards in the Plant and Garden Retail domain resulted in the renaming of the domain to Garden Retail and the qualifications have been amended accordingly.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

National Certificate in Horticulture (Level 4) with optional strands in Amenity Horticulture, Floristry, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, Organic Horticulture, and Viticulture [Ref: 1014]

National Certificate in Horticulture (Level 4) with optional strands in Amenity Horticulture, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, and Viticulture [Ref: 1014]

 

Changes to structure and content

·      Removal of the Organic Horticulture strand

·      Removal of the expiring Plant and Garden Retail domain, and replacement with the new Garden Retail domain

 

Transition

 

Candidates currently enrolled in the Organic Horticulture strand of version 4 of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that version or transfer their results to this version of the qualification without a strand.  The last date for award of version 4 is 31 December 2009.

 

For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for standards in the expiring classifications may continue to use those credits to meet the qualification requirements.

 

Credits for standards in	Count towards qualification requirements where the following is specified
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Organic Horticulture	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Production Horticulture
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Plant and Garden Retail	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Garden Retail

 

National Certificate in Horticulture (Advanced) (Level 4) with strands in Amenity Horticulture, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, Organic Horticulture, Production Horticulture and Viticulture [Ref: 1015]

National Certificate in Horticulture (Advanced) (Level 4) with strands in Amenity Horticulture, Fruit Production, Landscape, Nursery Production, Production Horticulture and Viticulture [Ref: 1015]

 

Changes to structure and content

·      Removal of the Organic Horticulture strand

·      Removal of the expiring Plant and Garden Retail domain, and replacement with the new Garden Retail domain

 

Transition

 

Candidates currently enrolled in the Organic Horticulture strand of version 4 of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that version or transfer their results to the Production Horticulture strand of this version of the qualification.  The last date for award of version 4 is 31 December 2009.

 

For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for standards in the expiring classifications may continue to use those credits to meet the qualification requirements.

 

Credits for standards in	Count towards qualification requirements where the following is specified
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Organic Horticulture	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Production Horticulture
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Plant and Garden Retail	Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries> Horticulture> Garden Retail

 

Appeals

 

NZHITO intends that no existing candidate is disadvantaged by changes to these qualifications.  Any person who feels that they have been disadvantaged by these transition arrangements should contact:

 

New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 8638

RICCARTON

Christchurch

 

Telephone            03 964 4735

Facsimile            03 964 4737