Accredited course details

Current

Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) (external link)

16/Dec/2019 

15/Dec/2024 

 

National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 

Agritourism exists where the general public interacts with a place of primary production, typically a working farm. This interaction brings an important alternative or additional revenue stream to regional/rural and peri-urban farmers, but introduces significant biosecurity and business risks for these farmers, their farms and the wider community.
The Advanced Diploma of Agritourism Operations will:
• support farmers and growers to minimise biosecurity and business risks
• provide the specialised knowledge and skills required to establish the framework for, and safely manage, tourists who visit a working place of primary production
The Advanced Diploma of Agritourism Operations is aimed at:
• owners of an agritourism business
• owners of an agribusiness (such as a farm, orchard, vineyard, agroforestry business, aquaculture business) that is transitioning to an agritourism enterprise and plans to invite the general public or tourists into the place of primary production
• owners of an ecotourism business
• new entrants into the field of agritourism who aspire to own or establish an agritourism business
A new or changed business model will require specialised business skills, such as:
• evaluating the risks, and developing the planning and compliance required to enter the agritourism market
• developing a transition business plan for a primary-industry business transitioning into an agritourism business
The job outcomes for the qualification would relate to that of farm tourism owner.