AHC31824 Certificate III in Beekeeping
Beekeeping Course Brisbane & QLD
Bee part of a new earth
- Want to make a contribution with far reaching impact?
- Love looking after the planet and all its powerful creatures?
- Like the outdoors as much as we do?
It’s a well-known fact that Bees are the key to life on earth. This nationally recognised beekeeping certification gives you the skills and knowledge to play a part in sustaining healthy bee colonies.
Throughout the course you’ll learn the fundamentals of Beekeeping: from extracting honey to using a smoker and managing pests and disease within the colony. This without a doubt, will be the best course you’ll ever take…we’re not biased at all!
Turn Learning into Career Success
- Our Bee populations are in dire need of qualified Beekeepers that know how to maintain healthy colonies
- Highly qualified and specialised Trainers
- Nationally Recognised Qualification
AHC31824 Certificate III in Beekeeping
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Course Structure What this course offers
This bee keeping course gives you the skills, knowledge and experience to be competent and feel confident working with live Bees. It is aimed at anyone looking to work with Bees as a hobby or career.
Ways to Study
To achieve this beekeeping qualification, you must demonstrate competency in 13 core units and 5 elective units from the options below.
Core Units (13)
- AHCBEK203 – Open and reassemble a beehive
- AHCBEK205 – Prepare and use a bee smoker
- AHCBEK206 – Assemble and maintain beekeeping components
- AHCBEK301 – Manage honey bee swarms
- AHCBEK302 – Manipulate honey bee brood
- AHCBEK303 – Re-queen a honey bee colony
- AHCBEK304 – Remove a honey crop from a hive
- AHCBEK311 – Transport bee hives by road to new apiary site
- AHCBEK312 – Extract honey
- AHCBEK313 – Manage pests and disease within a honey bee colony
- AHCBEK405 – Select and establish an apiary site
- AHCWHS302 – Contribute to work health and safety processes
- AHCWRK318 – Comply with industry quality assurance requirements
Elective Units (5)
- AHCBEK408 – Provide bee pollination services
- AHCBEK409 – Rear queen bees
- AHCBIO303 – Apply biosecurity measures
- AHCNRM301 – Establish an Australian native stingless bee colony (import)
- AHCPCM204 – Recognise plants
Career opportunities after studying this commercial beekeeping course include:
- Beekeeping
- Honey Processing
- Wax processing
- Hive building
- Queen bee breeding
- Bee sales
- Pollination services
The course duration will vary depending on your experience, skills and chosen study mode. As a guide:
- Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): 4-24 months – this term may be extended by Funding Criteria, amount of RPL awarded and subsequent Gap Training required – eligibility criteria apply.
- Fee for service: 6 – 18 months subject to the amount of RPL awarded and subsequent Gap Training required
Your skills will be assessed through a mix of practical and theory tasks. Which is essentially showing us what you’ve learnt and how you do it.
Theory may be assessed Online or via Workbook. Practical Assessment will be conducted at your place of work or work site with fit for purpose facilities and equipment which are to be made available to your FTA trainer & Assessor for training and assessment purposes.
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