• Are you wanting to start your career in garden design and landscaping?
• Is the sunny outdoors your idea of a good time?
• Want to build your foundation skills in Landscaping?

If you’re passionate about horticulture, landscape gardening, conservation and land management and plants, then Foundation Training Australia’s AHC21616 Certificate II in Landscaping is what you’re looking for. It is one of our most popular landscaping courses Brisbane wide and is best known throughout Queensland for its no-nonsense, job-focused approach. 

This entry-level, nationally-recognised qualification will give you the practical skills and knowledge to help you take your place in the landscaping industry. You will:

• Learn to recognise and identify types of plants, treat weeds and invasive plant pests and how to propagate small trees and shrubs.
• Gain the knowledge required to assist with landscape construction works. 
• Walk away with practical skills that include the operation of basic machinery (including learning to maintain machinery), low-profile timber or modular retaining walls construction and the installation of aggregate paths and laying paving.  

Each of our landscape gardening courses contained within the Certificate II gives you a deeper understanding of environmentally sustainable work practices.  

A true catalyst for the career-driven, this course is designed to springboard you into an industry apprenticeship to become a landscape professional. Ask our team about the pathway options into the gardening and landscaping industry available to you!

This qualification supersedes RTF20403 Certificate II in Horticulture (Landscape).

Why Bother?

• Nationally Recognised Qualification
• Trade-qualified Trainers who know their stuff
• Hands-on experience in a practical environment
• Australia’s landscape industry generates more than $6 billion a year
• Pathway to AHC30916 Certificate III in Landscape Construction

Student Q&A: Jordan Farrar
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This landscaping gardening course is an entry-level trade qualification that gives you the skills, knowledge and experience to be competent and to feel confident onsite. It is aimed at anyone looking to start their career in landscaping or looking for improved job opportunities in the horticulture industry.

Ready to take the leap towards your nationally recognised qualification with our industry-respected gardening and landscape training courses? We have flexible solutions to make it possible to be part of our gardening and landscaping courses in Brisbane and throughout Queensland making entry affordable, no matter where you are located in the State.  View the range of funding options available to assist both students and employers in gaining valuable training.

With the help of our mentors, you can take your love of gardening and creative landscaping and turn it into a career even if you haven’t taken on this type of study before. 

How does it work? Once an eligible student is enrolled, the student will sign the training contract with FTA and be mentored from the beginning so they are comfortable with the course and what is expected. Our expert instructors will be there to support and build on existing landscaping skills and guide each participant through the learning process.

Our landscaping training courses will inspire you to:

• Cultivate your passion for landscaping and show your employers you’re serious about your career and improving your job titles in the years to come
• Achieve your goals with all the support and practical experience earned from real-world training on-site.
• Gain mentorship from highly qualified trainers who can pass on the skills and knowledge you need to fulfil your career dreams.

There are no formal entry requirements for this course. 

However, all eligible students must be over the age of 18 unless they have written permission from a parent or guardian who must co-sign the enrollment documentation.

Worried about facing theory or bookwork when you’re more a hands-on type of person? FTA understands this and will make sure you have the language, literacy and numeracy skills required before accepting you on the course so you are fully equipped for the challenge. This is especially helpful for international students from non-English speaking countries or those not as confident with paperwork as they are working on the tools.