NMIT conducts a 90 hour course covering all aspects of Commercial Hydroponic Crop Production.
The course is conducted by NMIT staff and industry experts. The aim of the course is to provide participants with the latest knowledge from overseas and Australia to enable them to set up and manage or improve existing commercial hydroponic operations.
Topics covered in the Commercial Hydroponic Crop Production course include:
* overview of the industry
* crop selection
* location and siting of facilities
* growing structures, associated equipment and facilities
* media types and characteristics
* systems
* pest, disease and weed control including IPM basics
* nutrition and crop requirements
* pH and salinity control
* crop production cycles and marketing
The program will include a one day visit to a series of commercial hydroponic operations.
Local Students
Part-time:
Please contact horticulture@nmit.vic.edu.au directly if you are interested in studying part time.
Set amidst picturesque parklands close to the Yarra River and only a few kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, the heritage listed Fairfield campus of NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE), facilitates hands on learning in the following areas:
* Performing Arts (Music and Drama)
* Visual Arts (Photography and Illustration)
* Jewellery
* Horticulture
* Animal studies
* Science
Don’t forget to say hello to the peacocks roaming the grounds!
Formerly, home to the Infectious Diseases Hospital (closed in 1996), NMIT took over the grounds in 2004 and moved its Horticulture program from Parkville across, making it NMIT’s second largest campus (over 2,000 students).
Yarra House, formerly the residential nurses' quarters for the hospital, has now been completely renovated and transformed to provide NMIT's first on-campus student accommodation. For more details visit www.yarrahouse.com.au or download a flyer.
There is plenty going on across campus with regular exhibitions at the Building B Gallery Space, concerts at Yarra Edge Music Centre, plant sales at the Nursery, food on offer at the cafeteria and great resources at the library.