Katherine Rural Campus 

Course Information

• Courses offered via Workplace Traineeships or Workplace Assessment

  AHC20116 Certificate II in Agriculture (6-18 months)

  AHC30116 Certificate III in Agriculture (1-2 years)

  AHC40116 Certificate IV in Agriculture (1-2 years)

  AHC21216 Certificate II in Rural Operations (6-18 months)

  AHC32816 Certificate III in Rural Operations (1-2 years)

  Course duration depends on competency/experience level and application/motivation of trainee. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is available for all courses.

  Workplace traineeships need to be signed up with Australian Apprenticeships for the trainee, by the employer, within 28 days after the trainee commences employment and Charles Darwin University needs to be nominated as the RTO (Registered Training Organisation) to deliver the training. For Workplace assessment/remote delivery students should enrol directly with Charles Darwin University. 

• Residential programs: Pre-employment Program

  This 10 week training course has been designed to prepare potential employees for living and working on remote cattle stations. Training is based around day-to-day activities carried out on working cattle stations. Students will be involved in fencing, cattle husbandry, horsemanship, mechanical maintenance and vehicle operation.

  Students will be enrolled in 9 units from the Nationally Accredited AHC20116 Certificate II in Agriculture qualification. Students will undertake these 9 units at the Katherine Rural Campus and through a 4 week work placement. This is a physically demanding course and students must be fit, active and able to function effectively in a tropical environment.

  The industry is seeking people with a strong work ethic, an optimistic approach to life, a desire to continually improve, and who possess integrity and strong moral character. Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills to read, write and record basic measurements.

  Click to view the Pre-employment station program 2019

• Residential programs: AHC20116 Certificate II in Agriculture

  The full time, residential Agriculture courses available at the Katherine Rural Campus focus on the basic skills and knowledge needed in a beef cattle production workplace and include work experience placements on working Northern Territory cattle stations. While out on these practical placements students experience living and working on an NT cattle property, gain real skills and a greater understanding of the North Australian pastoral industry.

  Full accommodation is available on the Campus including meals and laundry. Accommodation is air-conditioned single rooms with shared facilities. Unaccompanied students living on Campus must be a minimum of 16 years of age. Each building has its own Fridge, Microwave, Living Room and Communal Spaces, providing students with a community atmosphere. A Dining Room provides all meals including morning and afternoon tea for any residents who request meals as well as tea, coffee and cold drink stations.

  All residents have their laundry and linen washed and dried for them weekly. Recreation The Recreation Room has a flat screen television with DVD facilities. It also features a Pool Table, Table Tennis Table and Dart Board. A computer Lab is available to students, including afterhours access. In addition there is wireless Internet access available in the Library and Computer Room. There is a swimming pool that is available for all residents on site, as well as 2 Multi-Purpose Courts. Full-Time Students living on campus can access a weekly mini-bus trip to Katherine for personal shopping.

• Residential programs: Show cattle preparation and exhibition program

  Katherine Rural Campus will be running a 6 week residential/internal program to allow students to participate in preparing and showing their stud cattle. It will run from 18/06/2018 to 30/07/2018 and include Katherine and Darwin Shows.

  Training is based around day-to-day activities involved in working with stud cattle at the Katherine Rural Campus. Students will be involved in providing livestock feed and water requirements; preparing livestock to competition standards; training livestock for showing, parading and presenting livestock for the Katherine and Darwin shows.

• Short course programs

  We continue to offer both on-campus and at remote locations our short course, face-to-face training programs for:

  • 4WD Vehicle Operations (and Recovery)
  • Operate ride-on vehicle (quads)
  • Operate side-by-side utility vehicles
  • Welding (Manual metal arc)
  • Basic Maintenance
  • SMARTtrain chemicals training
  • 1080 Pest control
  • Chainsaw operation and maintenance
  • Operate and maintain outboard motors
  • Other units of competency as requested

  Other short courses periodically delivered at the Katherine Rural Campus by CDU Trades include Forklift, Working at Heights, Elevated Work Platforms, Confined Space Training, Heavy Vehicle Licensing and Automotive Trade Certifications.