Career Guidance Workshop
Our Career Guidance Workshop can help you plan your current or future career journey. At this whānau-friendly event, our team will guide you to discover potential career options for your future.
Horticulture
Amenity horticulture
Do you like working outdoors, love variety and do not see yourself in an office? Grow your green thumb and develop the hands-on skills, as well as specific technical knowledge to thrive in the horticulture industry.
Our General Horticulture (Level 3) course will see you gain fundamental skills in plant growing systems and environments. Progressing onto our amenity horticulture programmes further explores the care and maintenance of parks, gardens and open spaces. You will build the knowledge, training and skills to care for public and private gardens, parks and open spaces while also experiencing the benefit of learning at the beautiful Hamilton Gardens Campus.
Amenity horticulture graduates contribute to the community and society through:
- The supervision of street planting and maintenance programmes,
- assisting and leading the care of residential and commercial gardens and lawns,
- planning community revegetation and regeneration projects,
- managing contracted green spaces.
Progression
Typically you will study our horticulture programmes over two years. This structure develops the skills and knowledge to become assistant or lead amenity horticulturalists, plant collection assistants, turf apprentices, amenity team leaders or contractors.
Studying the Applied Horticulture Services (Level 3) Amenity strand, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of the industry over one semester. Following on, the 12-month Advanced Horticulture Services (Level 4) Amenity course will allow you to be qualified to be a team leader in an amenity garden situation.
Our programmes
Professional programmes / short courses
Facilities
Students will learn at the beautiful Hamilton Gardens Campus: a 58-hectare award-winning public garden and one of Waikato’s most popular visitor attractions with an incredible variety of trees, plants and grasses.Events
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Pathways
To check what you need to gain entry to a course, review the entry criteria available on each programme page. These assist you in understanding what qualifications or experience are typically required to gain entry. You can contact our team at info@wintec.ac.nz or 0800 2 Wintec at any time for further guidance.
About the faculty
Welcome to the Centre for Applied Science and Primary Industries!
Creating the next generation of science talent in New Zealand has never been more important and if you're thinking about a career in Science or Primary Industries, we can help you to build your skills and employability.
We offer a diverse and exciting range of programmes that produce graduates who move on to stimulating and challenging careers within industry. We are proud of who we are and the achievements of our staff, students and alumni.
Creating the next generation of science talent in New Zealand has never been more important and if you're thinking about a career in Science or Primary Industries, we can help you to build your skills and employability.
We offer a diverse and exciting range of programmes that produce graduates who move on to stimulating and challenging careers within industry. We are proud of who we are and the achievements of our staff, students and alumni.
Prospectus (course guide)
The Wintec Prospectus (otherwise known as a course guide) outlines everything you need to know about Wintec. It contains information about the Wintec campuses, student life, and the programmes that are on offer.
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