Trade Based Apprenticeships

Landscape construction

AHC30921 Certificate III in Landscape Construction

Where can an apprenticeship in Landscape Construction take me?

Landscape construction apprentices can work in outdoor environments creating and maintaining functional and aesthetic spaces. This trade has strong self-employment potential and demand from councils, developers, and private clients.

Career outcomes include:

  • Landscape construction worker or contractor
  • Paving and retaining wall specialist
  • Garden structures installer (pergolas, decks, water features)
  • Council or parks construction worker
  • Self-employed landscaping business owner

Essential Information

  • Best of both worlds training delivery:
    • On-site training and assessment
    • Fully equipped campus workshops
  • Wet Weather Days and apprentice walk-ins welcome
  • Mobile phone friendly theory modules

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Course Overview

The AHC30921 Certificate III in Landscape Construction develops skills to construct outdoor spaces including gardens, paved areas, and structural features. Apprentices learn to combine technical skills with creative design applications.

Key skills include:

  • Building retaining walls, paving, and garden structures
  • Installing drainage and irrigation systems
  • Constructing garden features such as pergolas and decks
  • Operating machinery and hand tools safely
  • Reading plans and applying landscape design concepts

Duration: 3 years as an apprenticeship
Delivery: On-the-job training and structured learning
Entry Requirements: Must be employed as a landscape construction apprentice with a signed training contract

Pathways

Technical Pathway

  • Continue your technical qualifications by going on to complete CPC40120 Certificate IV in Building and Construction with Gold Coast Trades!

Career and Employment Pathways

  • Trade Contractor
  • Subcontractor
  • Small Business Owner

Must be employed as a landscape construction apprentice and have a signed training contract.

What do I need

  1. Laptop
  2. Device for photographs

Structure

10 core units
6 elective units

Core Units

AHCDRG305 Install drainage systems
AHCLSC311 Set out site for construction works
AHCLSC312 Construct brick and block structures and features
AHCLSC313 Construct stone structures and features, and install stone cladding
AHCLSC316 Implement a paving project
AHCLSC317 Construct landscape features using concrete
AHCLSC319 Implement a retaining wall project
AHCPCM306 Provide information on plants and their culture
AHCPGD307 Implement a plant establishment program
AHCSOL304 Implement soil improvements for garden and turf areas

Elective Units

AHCBUS407 Cost a project
AHCLSC318 Erect timber structures and features
AHCLSC320 Install water features
AHCLSC321 Install metal structures and features
AHCWHS302 Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
CPCCWHS2001 Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
CPCCCA3027 Set up, operate and maintain indirect action powder-actuated power tools

Once we have all your enrolment documents you can start right away!  It is a rolling intake – year round.

 Start anytime!  Rolling intakes – year round.

Your training co-ordinator will organise workshops when it suits you and your employer.  Remember to take photos and videos of your work on site!

Please phone our apprenticeship co-ordinators on 07 5669 9000 (Option 1) to find out more about incentives and fees

Essential Information

  • Best of both worlds training delivery:
    • On-site training and assessment
    • Fully equipped campus workshops
  • Wet Weather Days and apprentice walk-ins welcome
  • Mobile phone friendly theory modules

Get Started

Take the next step now.