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Scenario · Horticulture and Nursery

Sow propagation trays and dispatch a tubestock order

You are a Nursery Hand in the Horticulture and Nursery team.

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The situation

What has happened

Spring is the busiest time in the nursery. Propagation house 2 has 180 trays of eucalyptus and acacia seed to finish sowing for autumn revegetation orders, each batch needing a label so the plants can be traced to the seed lot. At the same time a cooperative order of 2,400 native tubestock must be picked, graded, labelled and loaded on Friday. Anything root-bound, diseased or under size must be graded out. A recent chemical spill in the store means the trolley rule is being enforced, and the quarantine bay has new stock that must not be mixed with the order.

Your brief. Complete the propagation sowing with correct batch records, then pick, grade, label and prepare the tubestock order for dispatch, working safely and following nursery hygiene and biosecurity rules, and report any shortfall.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Sown trays with batch labels and Field Activity Log entry
  • Graded order with reject notes
  • Dispatch docket and updated work order
  • Shortfall and plant health report

Documents to use

Systems to use

Field Activity Log

The record of every paddock, orchard, nursery and conservation site activity, from sowing and harvest to planting, monitoring and weed control.

Work Orders

Scheduled maintenance, inspection, construction and conservation jobs for council, landscape and program clients, with crew allocation and completion tracking.

WHS Incident and Hazard Register

The register of injuries, near misses, hazards, chemical exposures, machinery and livestock incidents across all sites, with investigation and corrective action tracking.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Agriculture, Horticulture and Conservation and Land Management Training Package as at 10 September 2026.

AHCNSY207Undertake propagation activities
AHCNSY205Pot up plants
AHCNSY206Care for nursery plants
AHCNSY309Receive and dispatch nursery products
AHCWHS102Work safely

Qualifications

AHC20724Certificate II in Nursery Operations
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Check that sowing depth, density and batch labelling are correct and traceable, that grading criteria are applied consistently with reasons recorded, that the quarantine bay and dedicated tool rules are observed, that the trolley is used for every crate and that the shortfall is reported accurately and promptly.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.