New Zealand Certificate in Horticulture (Nursery Production) (Level 3) - on campus

Develop your green thumb by propagating, transplanting, and caring for plants in our Central Otago nursery. You will build your experience and knowledge of the techniques needed to grow commercial nursery crops, as well as identifying, naming, and selecting plants for a range of sites.

About the programme

Develop your green thumb skills in propagating, transplanting, and caring for plants. You will build your experience and knowledge of the techniques needed to propagate and grow commercial nursery crops, as well as identifying, naming, and selecting plants for a range of sites.

The best part about studying nursery at Otago Polytechnic is our hands-on approach to learning. You will gain practical growing experience in our Cromwell nursery.

This qualification is a mix of theoretical and practical studies, and your learning will be based in the campus plant nursery and modern glasshouses.

It is delivered part-time (20 weeks) over two to three years.

Courses

You will build your experience and knowledge of the techniques required to propagate and grow commercial nursery crops, as well as identifying, naming and selecting plants for a range of sites. The courses in this programme include:

  • Communication (10 credits)
  • Nursery Plant Care (15 credits)
  • Plant Identification and Selection (15 credits)
  • Propagation (20 credits)
  • Plant Science (15 credits)

Cancellation of a programme

Any programme of study, course or course occurrence may be cancelled or postponed where there are insufficient numbers. As far as is practically possible, we avoid cancelling or making other significant changes less than two weeks before the programme starts (or five working days for short courses). If this happens, we will do our best to suggest alternative study options for you. If you don’t want to do the alternative programme, we will give you a full refund. For international students, if a programme change affects your visa status, we will let you know and support you to find an alternative option. We also advise Immigration New Zealand of any programme change that will affect international students.