WHAT IS A WELL TRAINED HORTICULTURAL EMPLOYEE?
Some employers want all their staff to hold qualifications, and others tell me “qualified” employees are incompetent and lack the willingness to learn. Horticultural education in Australia has become a mess over recent decades; politicised, and driven by enterprises (public and private) who are more preoccupied with passing audits and making money than with providing effective learning. People who know little about the psychology of learning now make decisions, while teachers who have studied education for years are no longer given the power to practice what they studied.