New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (General) (Level 3)

Summary

Love plants and science? Dig deep into your passion and cultivate a rewarding career with our Horticulture programme.

If you thrive outdoors, enjoy variety, and prefer not to work behind a desk, this programme is tailor-made for you. Gain practical skills and a sense of achievement as you nurture plants to flourish.

• Understand soils and how to optimise them for better growing outcomes.
• Identify pests and diseases, and master their management.
• Develop hands-on skills in pruning fruit trees, maintaining plant health, managing water and irrigation, and much more.

Our programme blends practical experience with real-world learning. You'll have access to our on-site gardens, propagation houses, and amenity plantings. Plus, enjoy field trips to local growers to apply your skills in dynamic, real-world environments.

Graduates are well-prepared to enter the horticulture industry, continue their studies at Level 4, or apply their skills to their own land or business.

Are you part of a business, iwi, or community group? Let’s work together to deliver this programme tailored to your needs.

➜ Email us at horticulture@nmit.ac.nz

Online study options

This programme consists of five modules, and all five modules are learnt online with practical components for you to do at home.

• Plant Health
• Plant Science
• Growing Environment (Soils)
• Propagation and Cultivation
• Growing Systems

Each of these modules is delivered online in 6-week blocks consecutively with weekly zoom tutorials and instructive and interactive online content.

To complete this qualification you will also be required to carry out 145 work-place hours at a horticultural workplace in your region.