Certificate II Agriculture RTE 20103

Overview - farm workers with limited supervision

  • share farmer
  • assistant farm manager

Trainees undertaking Certificate II in Agriculture will be involved in a wide range of tasks, and across a range of agricultural and rural production areas, working under limited supervision.

Tasks may include:
- operation of farming machinery and equipment (under supervision)
- performing routine maintenance including plant, machinery and/or fencing
- operating tractors and ride on farm and property vehicles
- applying chemicals and fertilizers
- feeding, mustering and moving livestock, and
- all routine day to day activities required to maintain farming productivity

 

Certificate II in Agriculture RTE 20103
Govt Funded** Federal
$2,000** SBT
$1,250 new entrant if eligible
 Course cost $TBA
Diploma Delivery Flexible distance,  and work place Course Support Expert teacher support
Pre-requisites None Preferred*
Enrolment Are you Eligible for funding  Resources Required Phone, internet, email
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 Tool Allowance $3800

 Unit Details Pdf

Details  for Rural Production qualifications and specialisations are presented below in the following order:

Agriculture  
alpaca
beef production
beekeeping
cotton production
dairy production
deer production
goat production
grain production
horse breeding
milk harvesting
organic production
pig production
poultry production
sheep and wool production
sugar production
commercial composting
irrigation
production horticulture
mushroom production
olive production
rural business
rural operations
fertiliser and soil ameliorant industry operations
shearing
crutching
wool handling and classing.

RTE20103 Certificate II in Agriculture

  • 4  mandatory units from Group A below
  • 10  additional units from Group B below
  • 3  additional units from Group B and/or C below

GROUP A       

RTC2701A     Follow OHS procedures            
RTC2702A     Observe environmental work practices              
RTC2705A     Work effectively in the industry            
RTC2801A     Participate in workplace communications          

GROUP B         

RTE2002A      Assist with prescribed burning             
RTE2006A      Carry out basic canopy maintenance    
RTE2010A      Establish horticultural crops      
RTE2011A      Assist agricultural crop establishment   
RTE2018A      Regulate crops              
RTE2021A      Support horticultural crop harvesting   
RTE2028A      Undertake field budding and grafting             
RTE2029A      Assist agricultural crop maintenance    
RTE2030A      Assist agricultural crop harvesting        
RTE2031A      Handle and move mushroom boxes      
RTE2032A      Water mushroom crops             
RTE2033A      Carry out post-harvest operations         
RTE2102A      Brood poultry   
RTE2103A      Carry out milking shed routines            
RTE2104A      Carry out regular horse observation      
RTE2105A      Collect, store and handle eggs from breeder flocks     
RTE2106A      Care for and train working dogs           
RTE2107A      Crutch sheep     
RTE2108A      Identify and sex birds   
RTE2109A      Incubate eggs    
RTE2110A      Maintain livestock water supplies         
RTE2111A      Identify and mark livestock      
RTE2112A      Milk livestock   
RTE2113B      Monitor livestock to parturition            
RTE2114A      Monitor water supplies             
RTE2115A      Muster and move livestock       
RTE2117A      Pen up sheep     
RTE2118A      Handle livestock using basic techniques           
RTE2119A      Perform board duties    
RTE2120A      Assist with pressing wool         
RTE2121A      Provide daily care for horses    
RTE2123A      Collect semen    
RTE2124B      Carry out birthing duties           
RTE2127A      Castrate livestock          
RTE2128B      Provide feed for livestock        
RTE2129A      Move and handle pigs   
RTE2130A      Ride horses and care for equipment     
RTE2131B      Care for health and welfare of livestock          
RTE2132A      Assist with artificial insemination procedures              
RTE2133A      Artificially inseminate pigs       
RTE2134A      Assist with feeding in an intensive production system            
RTE2136A      Load and unload livestock       
RTE2137A      Assist with natural mating procedures and parturition in horses          
RTE2138A      Shear goats        
RTE2140A      Maintain health and welfare of poultry            
RTE2141A      Set up shed for placement of day-old chickens            
RTE2142A      Collect and pack eggs for human consumption            
RTE2143A      Mate pigs and monitor dry sow performance   
RTE2144A      Carry out regular livestock observation            
RTE2145A      Care for weaner and grower pigs          
RTE2146A      Mix and mill standard stockfeed          
RTE2147A      Beak trim chickens        
RTE2148A      Handle young horses    
RTE2149A      Shear sheep to improver level   
RTE2150A      Maintain intensive production growing environments             
RTE2151A      Care for health and welfare of pigs      
RTE2152A      Shear alpacas     
RTE2153A      Carry out alpaca handling and husbandry operations   
RTE2154A      Support alpaca shearing operations       
RTE2155A      Undertake basic skirting of alpaca fleece         
RTE2156A      Support beekeeping work         
RTE2157A      Open and reassemble a beehive            
RTE2201A      Carry out basic electric fencing operations       
RTE2205A      Fabricate and repair metal or plastic structures             
RTE2212A      Prepare grain storages   
RTE2213A      Weld and fabricate stainless steel         
RTE2214A      Clean out intensive production sheds   
RTE2216A      Assist in preparing for shearing and crutching             
RTE2217A      Construct and repair beehives   
RTE2302A      Grind combs and cutters for machine shearing            
RTE2303A      Operate cane haulage vehicle    
RTE2305A      Use a bee smoker          
RTE2308A      Operate ride-on vehicles           
RTE2310A      Prepare handpiece and downtube for machine shearing          
RTE2314A      Mechanically test milking machines     
RTE2503B      Observe and report on weather             
RTE2505A      Perform mushroom substrate process tasks      
RTE2601A      Assist with the operation of gravity fed irrigation       
RTE2602A      Assist with the operation of pressurised irrigation systems      
RTE2603A      Lay irrigation and/or drainage pipes     
RTE2604A      Maintain drainage systems        
RTE2605A      Maintain gravity-fed irrigation systems            
RTE2606A      Maintain pressurised irrigation systems            
RTE2607A      Install micro-irrigation systems             
RTE2707B      Follow site quarantine procedures        
RTE2708A      Work effectively in the mushroom industry     
RTE2804A      Provide information on products and services             
RTE2901A      Observe enterprise quality assurance procedures          
RTE2902B      Collect and record production data      
RTC2016A     Recognise plants           
RTC2026A     Undertake propagation activities          
RTC2209A     Install, maintain and repair fencing      
RTC2210A     Maintain properties and structures        
RTC2301A     Undertake operational maintenance of machinery       
RTC2306A     Operate vehicles            
RTC2307A     Operate machinery and equipment       
RTC2309A     Operate tractors            
RTC2401A     Treat weeds       
RTC2404A     Treat plant pests, diseases and disorders          
RTC2704A     Provide basic first aid   
RTC2706A     Apply chemicals under supervision      
RTD2313A     Clean machinery of plant, animal and soil material      
RTD2703A     Operate in isolated and remote situations         
RTF2001A      Apply a range of treatments to trees     
RTF2017A      Prune shrubs and small trees     
RTF2504A      Determine basic properties of soils/growing media      
BCC2001A     Carry out basic site survey        
BCC2003A     Assist with excavation and support installation           
BCC2009A     Carry out concrete work           
BSBCMN107A          Operate a personal computer    
FDFCORFSY2A        Implement the food safety program and procedures    
FDFCORQAS2A       Implement quality systems and procedures      
FDFDCSCIP2A         Clean equipment in place          
FDFHYCH2A            Operate a creamed honey manufacture process           
FDFOPTISP2A          Implement sampling procedures           
FDFZCSCS2A           Clean and sanitize equipment   
FDFZPKPP2A           Operate a packaging process     
MEM2.1C12A            Apply quality systems   
MEM5.7AA    Manual heating, thermal cutting and gauging              
MEM9.1AA    Draw and interpret sketch        
MEM9.2AA    Interpret technical drawings     
MEM12.4AA  Precision electrical/electronic measurement      
MEM18.3AA  Use tools for precision work     
MNC.G25.A   Access, update and retrieve simple computerised information            
MNC.G26.A   Operate a computer to produce documents      
PUAFIR209A            Work safely around aircraft      
PUAWER001A          Identify, prevent and report potential workplace emergency situations          
RGR007A       Handle horses and greyhounds safely              
TDTD497B     Load and unload goods/cargo              
TDTD1497B   Load and unload vehicles carrying special loads          
UTPNEG090A           Weld using manual metal arc welding process             
UTPNEG091A           Weld using gas metal arc welding process       
UTPNEG092A           Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process              
WRRCA1B    Operate retail equipment           
WRRCA2B    Apply retail office procedures              
WRRCS2B     Apply point of sale handling procedures          
WRRS1B        Sell products and services      

GROUP C         

This group includes other units of competency from RTD02 Conservation and Land Management, RTE03 Rural Production, RTF03 Amenity Horticulture and/or other endorsed Training Packages. Units selected must be aligned to Certificate I, II or III outcomes. These units must be relevant to work undertaken in the rural sector.      

QUALIFICATION RULES    

For a Certificate II in Agriculture at least thirteen of the units of competency presented for this qualification must relate to agricultural procedures, activities or contexts. In addition, at least thirteen of the units selected to make up this qualification must be aligned clearly to Certificate II outcomes.           

Last Updated: May 23, 2011

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