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New Zealand Diploma in Horticulture Production (Winegrowing)
Build and acknowledge your skills as a winegrower with this programme designed to empower you as a leader with a keen eye for sustainable wine-growing operations.
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Study while you work anywhere nationwide. Connect with your fellow learners and integrate practical, work-based components into your day-to-day work with expert tutor support. You can also connect with industry partners on-campus during courses and throughout your studies.
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Our programme can take you to the next level as a winegrower, whether you have significant operational experience in the viticulture industry or transferrable skills in horticulture production operations.
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It is also ideal for:
- Lifestyle block owners with vineyards
- Independent vineyard owners
- Winery workers seeking to upskill their viticulture knowledge, for example, to better understand the close connection between winegrowing and winemaking
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Much of the programme (150 hours) will be delivered through your workplace with support from your tutor/Primary ITO, allowing you to integrate the practical and work-based components in your day-to-day work, combined with on-campus block courses.
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You will learn leadership and relationship management skills that you can apply to how you work with team members or manage a team.
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Upon graduating, you will also be able to contribute to your workplace with the following specialist skills and knowledge:
- Planning and managing efficient, effective, and sustainable wine-growing operations
- Planning and executing a sustainable wine grape protection programme to achieve grape quality specifications
- To achieve a desirable wine quality, you will also build sustainable wine-growing techniques


