There is still time to use for 2020 Masterclass in Horticultural Business , with applications shut at midnight on Friday , 17 January . This year there will be five places for the glasshouse industriousness .
Delivered by the University of Tasmania ( UTAS ) , the Hort Masterclass is a ten - month course undertaken predominantly online , offer a comprehensive and approachable program to those looking to speed up their career in the horticultural sector .
With financial support from Hort Innovation ’s Hort Frontiers fund and extra donation from the Australian Government , this initiative is the first of its kind in Australia , working to equip those in the glasshouse industry with leaders and business management skills specific to the horticultural sphere .
The Masterclass is based around the development of each student ’s personal business sector plan . Upon pass completion of the programme , students present their commercial enterprise plan to a jury of experts from both the education and professional sector . The course of action is designed to be tailored directly to bookman ’ single need and ambitiousness . preceding students ’ plans have ranged from alteration management programme , specific commercial innovation , roadmaps to better develop an existing business concern ’ potential drop , or even fresh business kickoff - ups .
As students develop this program , they explore a range of line of work - oriented issue via a flexible online structure , incubate several key faculty such as people and cultivation , initiation and entrepreneurship , and supply chain management and logistics . There are also several fount - to - human face weekend workshops and on - farm experiences where you may take from some of the very best in the business , with many of Australia ’s current industry leader involved in the programme .
The Hort Masterclass brings together students within the nursery industry and across the broader horticultural sphere , working to encounter solutions to shared challenges .
terminus 1 of the 2020 line will commence on Monday , 10 February , with the first face - to - face befall from 14 – 15 February in the Mornington Peninsula .
Upon completion of the course , students will receive a Diploma in Horticultural Business from the University of Tasmania . scholarly person are not postulate to have premature pedantic or education qualifications and are accept free-base only on their professional aptitude .
you could hear Dr David Monckton from the University of Tasmania talking about the opportunities of the Hort Masterclass in this episode of The Plant Pod.https://soundcloud.com/theplantpod/episode-4-hort-masterclass-nursery-siap-assessing-extreme-weather-events(Starts 1.24 )
To teach more about the Hort Masterclass , channelize to : http://www.utas.edu.au / tia / study / masterclass - in - horticultural - business
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