AvoGreen training courses

AvoGreen training courses begins with an initial AvoGreen training course. Once you've have passed this course, you need to complete a refresher online assessment each subsequent year and a full competency verification theory and practical training course every five years.

The initial course consists of a theory section and a practical training section. You need to pass assessments in each section before the course is added to your record of learning.

The refresher course consists of an online refresher assessment only. You need to pass this assessment before the course is added to your record of learning.

The competency verification consists of an online competency verification assessment and a practical training section. You need to pass assessments in each section before the course is added to your record of learning.

A record of each of your passed assessments is stored and an 'AvoGreen learning record' file can be downloaded from your site profile page.

1. Initial training course

Theory session

The training material for this section appears in the AvoGreen manual and factsheet pages on this site.

You will attend a face-to-face presentation of the training material and then do the assessment component online in your own time.

Online assessment

There are ten assessments. For these, you:

  • need to correctly answer all the questions in each assessment to pass
  • can attempt the assessments in any order you wish
  • can complete the assessments over several sessions (you don't have to do them all at once)
  • have four attempts to pass an assessment, but you cannot re-attempt a failed assessment on the same day.

Practical section

The practical training section consists of on-orchard modules that assess pest identification, monitoring techniques and AvoGreen documentation.

To pass the practical section, you must correctly identify all the pests presented, and correctly assemble and complete all required AvoGreen documentation.

Your practical sessions will be scheduled by your trainer.

2. Annual refresher

Online assessment

The online theory assessment for the refresher course consists of one assessment.

There is no face-to-face option available for learning the content of this section - you must use the online study material provided.

For these, you:

  • need to correctly answer all the questions in each assessment to pass
  • have four attempts to pass the assessment (there is a stand down period between the second and third attmept). 

3. Five year competency verification

Online assessment

The online theory assessment for the five year competency verification consists of ten assessments.

There is no face-to-face option available for learning the content of this section - you must use the online study material provided.

For these, you:

  • need to correctly answer all the questions in each assessment to pass
  • can attempt the assessments in any order you wish
  • can complete the assessments over several sessions (you don't have to do them all at once)
  • have four attempts to pass an assessment, but you cannot re-attempt a failed assessment on the same day.

Practical section

The practical training section consists of on-orchard modules that assess pest identification, monitoring techniques and AvoGreen documentation.

To pass the practical section, you must correctly identify all the pests presented, and correctly assemble and complete all required AvoGreen documentation.

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