Certificate IV in Agriculture

Maintain workplace health and safety processes

Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Apply knowledge of horse behaviour

Handle horses safely

Provide routine care for horses

Manage selection of horse for new or inexperienced handler, rider or driver

Manage selection of horse for handler, rider or driver

Plan and implement infrastructure improvements

Analyse and interpret production data

Keep financial records for primary production business

Supervise artificial breeding and embryo transfer programs

Provide advice on agronomic products

Plan and implement a pasture establishment program

Manage pastures for livestock production

Supervise agricultural crop establishment

Plan and implement agricultural crop maintenance

Supervise agricultural crop harvesting

Maintain grain quality in storage

Save, prepare and store agricultural seed

Plan and implement a biosecurity program

Administer finance, insurance and legal requirements

Cost a project

Operate within a budget framework

Participate in an e-business supply chain

Report on a project

Develop and implement family business structures and relationships

Develop procedures to minimise risks in the use of chemicals

Plan and implement a chemical use program

Provide advice and sell farm chemicals

Develop a composting recipe

Manage milking shed operations

Determine hydraulic parameters for an irrigation system

Implement an irrigation-related environmental protection program

Schedule irrigations

Interpret and apply irrigation designs

Supervise irrigation system installation

Euthanase livestock

Plan to exhibit livestock

Comply with industry animal welfare requirements

Pregnancy test livestock

Coordinate artificial insemination and fertility management of livestock

Euthanase livestock

Exhibit livestock

Comply with industry animal welfare requirements

Develop feeding plans for a production system

Develop livestock feeding plans

Develop feeding plans for an intensive livestock production system

Implement and monitor animal welfare programs

Implement intensive production systems

Oversee animal marking operations

Plan and monitor intensive production systems

Supervise animal health programs

Supervise feedlot operations

Arrange livestock purchases

Design livestock handling facilities

Arrange transport for farm produce or livestock

Escort livestock during export

Manage horses for stock work

Provide advice on livestock products

Supervise natural mating of livestock

Identify and select animals for breeding

Develop feeding plans for livestock

Implement and monitor animal welfare programs

Implement intensive production systems

Oversee animal marking operations

Plan and monitor intensive production systems

Supervise animal health programs

Supervise feedlot operations

Arrange livestock purchases

Design livestock handling facilities

Arrange transport for farm produce or livestock

Escort livestock during export

Manage horses for stock work

Coordinate customer service and networking activities

Conduct major repair and overhaul of machinery and equipment

Supervise maintenance of property, machinery and equipment

Provide advice and sell machinery

Manage biodynamic production

Manage organic livestock production

Manage organic soil improvement

Arrange selling through community based marketing

Implement sustainable practices in the organic farm based business

Oversee compliance with an organic certification scheme

Manage on farm composting

Develop a soil health and plant nutrition program

Manage a seed bank

Provide advice on permaculture principles and practices

Identify and analyse bioregional characteristics and resources

Design harvesting and storage systems for permaculture products

Operate within a sustainable community and bioregional development program

Develop a pest management plan

Implement a feeding plan for pig production

Perform tests for quality on seeds

Perform advanced tests on seeds

Handle and store seed subject to quarantine regulations

Maintain a quarantine approved laboratory

Conduct equipment experting for machine shearing

Coordinate shearing and wool harvesting teams

Arrange employment for shearing operations

Prepare shearing team wages

Provide information on fertilisers and soil ameliorants

Sample soils and interpret results

Develop a soil use map for a property

Supervise acid sulphate soil remediation and management projects

Access, extract and monitor water for irrigation

Purchase and sell temporary water for irrigated agriculture and horticulture

Identify carryover water or continuous accounting

Determine wool classing strategies

Use individual fleece measurements to prepare wool for sale

Plan, implement and review wool harvesting and clip preparation

Establish work routines and manage wool harvesting and preparation staff

Determine wool classing strategies

Use individual fleece measurements to prepare wool for sale

Plan, implement and review wool harvesting and clip preparation

Manage wool harvesting staff

Implement quality assurance procedures

Develop community networks

Promote community programs

Provide information on issues and policies

Supervise work routines and staff performance

Make presentations

Establish operational strategies and procedures for new business ventures

Manage finances for new business ventures

Report on financial activity

Support employee and industrial relations

Coordinate recruitment and onboarding

Coordinate workplace information systems

Lead team effectiveness

Apply business risk management processes

Apply project life cycle management processes

Negotiate contracts

Design and produce complex text documents

Confirm and market livestock for sale

Prepare livestock for sale

Supervise and maintain a food safety plan

Manage conflict at work

Provide work skill instruction

Facilitate workplace-based learning