Horticulture Courses leading to Australia Permanent Residency 2022
Hays Migration team with Farm Visit last June 2022
Occupation for Horticulture Courses:
First thing to be mentioned for any students who take a course in Australia and would like to aim for Permanent Residency in Australia with GSM (General Skilled Migration) is Occupation must be in SOL ( Skilled Occupation list)
According to Skilled Occupation List of Australia, Horticulture occupations are listed as belows:
Gardener
Horticulture Technician / Grower
Agriculture Technician
Nursery Person
There are some more occupations but those are the most populars Horticulture occupations which you will mostly become after completing a Horticulture Course in Australia.
employment opportunities
The Horticulture industry is Australia’s second largest rural production industry after wheat, fruit and nuts. The majority of products are grown for fresh or processing outlest within Australia although horticultural exports make up approximately 13% of total value production
So that there are a lot of job opportunities out in plains. Students with a certification in horticulture are able to enter a broad range of challening and rewarding professional jobs in horticulture incldung production, management and technician role.
Hays Migration team has a great opprtunity with Ironwood Institute to visit our Norther Adelaide Plains in Virginia South Australia. This visit is actually opening our eyes on agriculture business and workers environment. For some employer who have already used high technology applied on their business, workers no longer have to work under the heat of 40 Celsius Degree outdoors, now they can work indoors with all year round confortable temparature working atmosphere.
From Pick and Pack, Chemical Mixture … Automation has been involved with more Technician job needed.
Due to the big hit of the pandemic Covid-19, International backpackers are not allowed to travel in Australia that cause them a big loss in finding workers for their farms. Most of farms owners are actively looking for farm hands and Technicians role in horticulture, lots of farm lands, plains are left empty at the moment just because of no workers.
Hays Migration has a very good connection with Horticulture industry partners and Business owners, please contact us if you are interested in finding jobs in Horticulture, apply for Permanent Residency or choosing the best courses for you.
horticulture courses in australia
There are two common level for Horticulture courses as a tradie.
Certificate III Level (Nurseryperson, Gardener)
Diploma Level: Agricultural Technician / Horticulture Technical Officer
Those courses are usually taking 52 weeks to complete for a full time students of 40 weeks and a break period of 12 weeks between 4 terms.Classes are scheduled for 2 full days per week from 9-5pm giving students time to gain real-world experience in horticulture.
Entry Requirement:
Must have completed Australian year 12 or equivalent overseas qualification and be 18 years or older at the time of commencement.
English Language Proficiency of IELTS 5.5 equivalent
There are flexible intake dates for Horticulture courses, please contact us for more information !
Horticulture technician PR pathway
As we have mentioned in other pages regarding trade occupations, after considering whether your occupation is in the Skilled Occupation List or not, you have to check whether it is assessed by TRA or VETASSESS for your Skill Assessment.
For Horticulture Technician, VETASSESS is the skill assessing authority, so students of Horticulture course only needs 1 year work experience (minimum 20 hours a week), employment must be legally paid and post qualification.
You only have to take a 1 year diploma course in Horticulture and 1 more year of legal stay in Australia for completing the work experience requirement for Skill Assessment and other state nomination’s requirement.
How to Apply for Australia PR from Any Country
Consider some steps needed to avail PR visa from any country:
Step 1 - Choose your occupation from SOL
Step 2 - Meet points as per the country’s Points calculator
Step 3 - Lodge EOI with help of Skill Select
Step 4 - Receive ITA
Step 5 - Submit Australia Permanent Residency application
Step 6 - Get medical and police clearances
Step 7 - You receive PR grant to migrate
Speak to our Australia PR consultants today.
horticulture technician - who should study?
This is very important for skilled migrants who would like to study Diploma of horticulture and become a Horticulture Technician. Since VETASSESS Skill Assessment application process and requirement is different from TRA Skill Assessment for most of others trade occupations. Horticulture Technician only needs to work a minimum of 20 hours a week to satisfy the criteria of VETASSESS Skill Assessment.
So there are 2 types of international students who can go for diploma or horticulture course:
who are finishing their study in Australia with no visa options to extend or students who have not decided what courses to study for Australia PR.
International students with a fresh 2 years of 485 visa has no options for PR in Australia.
The reason those visa holders are good to study trade courses in general and specifically Horticulture Course is that they can work and study con-currently and seeking for full time or part time job after they complete the course with another student visa (20 hours per week work limit) or another year of visa 485 to complete skill assessment.
Horticulture PR Pathway for Student Visa holder (no visa 485 required)
Want to be a Horticulture Technician and Migrate to Australia ?
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Gardener or nurseryperson - who should study?
TRA is the skill assessing authority for those two occupations which requires 1 year full time paid employment after course completion for a positive skill assessment outcome.
Check out Job Ready Program (TRA Skill Assessment) - Step by Step here !
In order to have a full time work right, you have to hold a 485 visa or others working visa to fulfill the skill assessment requirement from TRA.
There are fewer options for those who wants to be a Gardener or Nurseryperson since those occupations are not listed in MLTSSL, meaning there is no option for Graduate work visa subclass 485 if you are going for Horticulture course, in return you have higher chance of being employed.
So the person who has fresh 2 years of 485 would be the most suitable one given that Covid-19 is over and work condition for student visa is back to limiting at 20 hours per week. For those people, having 1 year study horticulture course ( Certificate III Horticulture), working during your study to accumulate your work experience, and working full time as a Gardener or Nurseryperson for the rest of your 485 visa.
Horticulture courses and PR Pathway for 485 VIsa Holder - Nurseryperson and Gardener
There are also others ways regarding horticulture if you would like to study a master degree in agricultural business or science courses. if so, a graduate diploma course is suitable for someone who is looking for an affordable pathway to higher education of master in Agriculture Science.
the Best state for horticulture pr pathway
There are some states good for horticulture to study, work and migrate to Australia through General Skilled Migration stream such as South Australia, Victoria…
As in long term migration pathway, South Australia has an absolute friendly migration policy with horticulture and Agriculture students who have graduated and been working recently as a horticulture technician or a gardener and nurseryperson.
The normal requirement for SA visa 491 is only competent english with 1 year work experience in the last 12 months (This policy is based on migration policy of South Australia Occupation List as of FY 2020 -2021). Therefore, you are eligible after your skill assessment done and got a positive outcome.
The pathway will only take you just over 2 years to be eligible for General skilled migration stream Visa 491 (Skilled Regional).
Also, after having a half-day visit with employers and recruiters in horticulture industry, we have recognised that there are actually a big market and many positions are available for Horticulture students just because of the stop in international travel so many backpackers are stucked offshore, Farm owners are actively recruiting talents in Agriculture industry.