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AHC31818 – Certificate III in Beekeeping

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Beekeeping Course Brisbane & QLD

Bee part of a new earth

  • Want to make a contribution with far reaching impact?
  • Love looking after the planet and all its powerful creatures?
  • Like the outdoors as much as we do?

It’s a well-known fact that Bees are the key to life on earth. This nationally recognised beekeeping certification gives you the skills and knowledge to play a part in sustaining healthy bee colonies.

Throughout the course you’ll learn the fundamentals of Beekeeping: from extracting honey to using a smoker and managing pests and disease within the colony. This without a doubt, will be the best course you’ll ever take…we’re not biased at all!

Why Bother?

  • Our Bee populations are in dire need of qualified Beekeepers that know how to maintain healthy colonies
  • Highly qualified and specialised Trainers
  • Nationally Recognised Qualification

Job Prospects

Commercial Beekeeper
Beekeeper

Study Mode

Workshop and Flexible Delivery With Workbook

Next Intake

Course commencement from 16th of July

  • Option to enrol for a beginning of each week start

Subjects

18

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Course Structure

What you’ll learn

This bee keeping course gives you the skills, knowledge and experience to be competent and feel confident working with live Bees. It is aimed at anyone looking to work with Bees as a hobby or career.

Ways to Study

Ways to study

Workbook

Sometimes we like to do it old-school! If you’re better on the tools than on a computer – we’ve got your back! At FTA, we’re determined to ensure you learn how you learn best.

Workshop

Learn alongside industry experts, on campus. With a mix of practical tasks and theory you’ll gain the skills, experience and knowledge for a competitive edge in the industry.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Your experience adds up and you can use this to fast-track your qualification.  If you’ve got a tonne of industry experience this can be used to gain part or all of your qual.

Subjects

To achieve this beekeeping qualification, you must demonstrate competency in 13 core units and 5 elective units from the options below.

Core Units (13)

  • AHCBEK203        Open and reassemble a beehive
  • AHCBEK205        Prepare and use a bee smoker
  • AHCBEK206        Assemble and maintain beekeeping components
  • AHCBEK301        Manage honey bee swarms
  • AHCBEK302        Manipulate honey bee brood
  • AHCBEK303        Re-queen a honey bee colony
  • AHCBEK304        Remove a honey crop from a hive
  • AHCBEK311        Transport bee hives by road to new apiary site
  • AHCBEK312        Extract honey
  • AHCBEK313        Manage pests and disease within a honey bee colony
  • AHCBEK405        Select and establish an apiary site
  • AHCWHS301       Contribute to work health and safety processes
  • AHCWRK306       Comply with industry quality assurance requirements

Suggested Elective Units (5)

  • AHCBEK408        Provide bee pollination services
  • AHCBEK409        Rear queen bees
  • AHCBIO303          Apply biosecurity measures
  • AHCNRM301        Establish an Australian native stingless bee colony (import)
  • AHCPCM204         Recognise Plants

Career Opportunities

Career opportunities after studying this commercial beekeeping course include:

  • Beekeeping
  • Honey Processing
  • Wax processing
  • Hive building
  • Queen bee breeding
  • Bee sales
  • Pollination services

Course Duration

The course duration will vary depending on your experience, skills and chosen study mode. As a guide:

  • Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): 4-24 months – this term may be extended by Funding Criteria, amount of RPL awarded and subsequent Gap Training required – eligibility criteria apply.
  • Fee for service: 6 – 18 months subject to the amount of RPL awarded and subsequent Gap Training required

Assessment

Your skills will be assessed through a mix of practical and theory tasks. Which is essentially showing us what you’ve learnt and how you do it.

Theory may be assessed Online or via Workbook. Practical Assessment will be conducted at your place of work or work site with fit for purpose facilities and equipment which are to be made available to your FTA trainer & Assessor for training and assessment purposes.

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Ready to take the leap towards your nationally recognised qualification? View the range of funding options available to assist both students and employers in gaining valuable training.

Fee For Service

Fee For Service

Our flexible Fee For Service model accommodates individuals ready to start their qualification today while making ongoing, manageable payments.

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User Choice

User Choice aims to provide funding for apprentices, trainees and their employers aligned to the skill needs of industry and changing government priorities.

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Learner Support

Our trainers have years of hands on experience in Beekeeping, providing you with unparalleled access to first-hand industry knowledge throughout your course.

Unlimited Learning

We believe that everyone should be able to learn in inspiring ways. That’s why we deliver training how you learn best plus, you get your own Learning Engagement Officer to support your progress through the course.

Recognised Qualifications

This Bee keeping course is nationally recognised, so you can work anywhere in Australia with confidence.

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