Training
Becoming an accredited permaculture trainer
Accredited Permaculture Qualifications
Role of Registered Training Provider
Recognition of current competency
Robin Clayfield (left) who will be
presenting in the accredited
training course in 2007. On the right is
South Australian permaculturist
Jacqui Hunter of Hunter-Gatherer Designs
Traditionally permaculture has been taught outside the Australian Qualifications Framework and students have thus received no recognition by government or most TAFE institutes and universities. Some permaculture courses have been recognised by the Permaculture Institute, but this has not conferred general recognition as a tertiary student.
Whilst the tried and true Permaculture Design Certificate course remains available, things have changed with the recent accreditation of Permaculture Certificates I-IV and the Diploma of Permaculture. This means that people can now learn permaculture with full recognition as tertiary students for the purposes of Austudy, Youth Allowance etc.
TAFE students and others in the Vocational Education sector will be able to take permaculture units as electives in other Vocational Education and Training courses and they will be able to use units from other TAFE study as electives towards permaculture qualifications.
It will become easier for primary producers to
obtain
FARMBIZ funding for permaculture training and it will open the door
to schools wishing to teach permaculture as part of a range of accredited
curricula. Pathways to university will also open up.
Employment for permaculture teachers is
expected to include the training of international students.Training for
Government labour market programs will be a significant area of work.
The Accredited Training Reference Group of Permaculture
International has approved courses and processes for the training and registration
of Accredited Permaculture Trainers and the various units making up the
courses have been registered under the Australian Qualifications Framework.
If you have a Permaculture Design Certificate
you already have a valuable start towards the process. If you also have
accredited training qualifications you may be even closer to registration.
Short courses to train registered Accredited
Permaculture trainers are now being conducted around Australia to prepare
for the increased demand for permaculture training.
Details provided in these web pages about Accredited
Permaculture Training are provided in good faith however The Food Forest
takes no responsibility for their accuracy.
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