Horticulture & Agriculture

If you have a love of plants and growing fruit or vegetables, a career in horticulture could be the perfect path for you. As a horticulturist, you can combine practical skills with meaningful impact, spending your days outdoors and seeing the tangible results of your efforts. It brings together science, sustainability and hands-on expertise. In Sunraysia alone, Horticulture is forecast to double over the next 10 plus years.

Horticulture is about much more than just picking and packing. This dynamic and innovative industry requires a diverse range of skills and offers a wide variety of career pathways. You could work as a gardener, horticulture technician, or landscape assistant, to name just a few. Become a horticulturist and build a career making a positive impact on our planet.

Be a part of growing and sustaining Australia’s population with a qualification in agriculture. You study the land, how to produce food and tackle some of the most important challenges of our time.

The agricultural sector offers exciting career opportunities, and with production projected to reach record highs of over $100 billion, it’s never been in more demand. You can also put yourself at the centre of innovation, working in an industry that’s constantly adopting new technologies to keep farming practices as efficient and sustainable as possible.

At SuniTAFE, we teach you the practical, job-ready skills you need for a career in horticulture and agriculture at our SMART Farm campus. The SuniTAFE Smart Farm is preparing the next generation of farm workers with cutting-edge technology, driven by automation, technology and data.

Our courses are hands-on, enabling students to develop and practise skills in plant care, practical farming and land management. Many of our courses are also subsidised under the Free TAFE initiative, making it easier than ever to kickstart your dream career.