AHC30716
Certificate III in Horticulture

Aventia Institute has the following entry requirements:

International students must:

• Be at least 18 years of age and have completed Year 12 or equivalent.
• Participate in a course entry interview to determine suitability for the course and student needs.
• Have an IELTS Overall score of 5.5 with no less than 5 sub score or equivalent English proficiency as determined by Aventia Institute (Test results must be no more than 2 years old). OR
• (IELTS) Overall band score 5 or equivalent, if packaged with at least 10 weeks’ ELICOS; OR
• (IELTS) Overall band score of 4.5 or equivalent, if packaged with at least 20 weeks’ ELICOS
• English language competence can also be demonstrated through documented evidence of any of the following:
  • • the student was educated for 5 years in an English-speaking country.
    • the student has successfully completed a foundation course in Australia
    • the student has successfully completed the College English Placement Test.
    • An applicant, who, in the 2 years before applying for the course as holder of a student visa, has successfully completed a substantial component (More than 50% of the course) of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV level or higher that was conducted in Australia and in English, while the applicant was holding a student visa OR
    • Where a student cannot provide evidence of English language proficiency as above, they will be required to complete the Versant Placement Test. The Versant Placement Test includes a score mapping to the CEFR which in turn maps back to IELTS. Therefore, the student’s results from this test will be mapped back to the IELTS entry requirements indicated above to check they have met requirements.

*Note that other English language tests such as PTE and TOEFL can be accepted.  Students are required to provide their results so that it can be confirmed they are equivalent to IELTS 5.5.