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Environment and animal services
From caring for plants and animals to caring for the environment, our range of hands-on courses will help you grow your skills into a rewarding career.
Environment and animal services study areas
Animal studies
Turn your love for animals into a career. Develop the skills to care for a variety of animals, as well as an understanding of the administration and business side of the industry.
What will I be able to do?
- Pet groomer
- Pet shop attendant
- Wildlife animal carer
Veterinary nursing
Fulfill your passion to work with animals with our veterinary nursing courses. You’ll learn how to maintain and monitor the health and wellbeing of sick animals in our state-of-the-art veterinary clinic and graduate as a fully-qualified vet nurse.
What will I be able to do?
- Veterinary nurse
Agriculture
Learn while enjoying the outdoors and watch your work come to life. Enjoy the fresh air, get your hands dirty, and see the fruits of your labour with a rewarding career on the land.
What will I be able to do?
- Agronomist
- Farm hand
- Jackaroo / Jillaroo
- Station manager
Horticulture
Sow the seeds for a career in the horticulture industry. Develop your green thumb and the skills you need to become a greenskeeper, arborist, or landscaper, as well as opening up a range of generalist horticulture roles in nurseries, parks, and gardens.
What will I be able to do?
- Gardener
- Greenkeeper
- Horticulturalist
- Landscaper
- Nursery worker
- Park ranger
Floristry
Let your skills bloom and get qualified to work as a florist in a range of businesses including retail floristry shops, studios, and online floristry businesses.
What will I be able to do?
- Florist
- Florist designer
- Floristry assistant
- Online florist
- Retail shop assistant
- Senior florist
- Studio assistant
Animal studies
Turn your love for animals into a career. Develop the skills to care for a variety of animals, as well as an understanding of the administration and business side of the industry.
What will I be able to do?
- Pet groomer
- Pet shop attendant
- Wildlife animal carer
Veterinary nursing
Fulfill your passion to work with animals with our veterinary nursing courses. You’ll learn how to maintain and monitor the health and wellbeing of sick animals in our state-of-the-art veterinary clinic and graduate as a fully-qualified vet nurse.
What will I be able to do?
- Veterinary nurse
Horticulture
Sow the seeds for a career in the horticulture industry. Develop your green thumb and the skills you need to become a greenskeeper, arborist, or landscaper, as well as opening up a range of generalist horticulture roles in nurseries, parks, and gardens.
What will I be able to do?
- Gardener
- Greenkeeper
- Horticulturalist
- Landscaper
- Nursery worker
- Park ranger
Floristry
Let your skills bloom and get qualified to work as a florist in a range of businesses including retail floristry shops, studios, and online floristry businesses.
What will I be able to do?
- Florist
- Florist designer
- Floristry assistant
- Online florist
- Retail shop assistant
- Senior florist
- Studio assistant
About environment and animal services
Whether you’re looking for a career in the great outdoors, have a passion for conservation, or want to care for animals, we have a course for you.
Our practical courses will allow your skills to bloom and qualify you to work across a wide range of jobs in agriculture, horticulture and floristry. Or if working with creatures great and small is your goal, we’ll give you the skills you need to launch your career in animal or veterinary services.
From our Rural Centre of Excellence and horticulture precincts, to fully equipped pet grooming salon and veterinary clinic, you’ll graduate job ready with skills employers want.