HORTICULTURE is proving to be in demand skill in the region.
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A Tamworth training provider just saw one of its biggest cohorts of horticulture students graduate in recent weeks.
Altitude Training Solutions assessor Belinda Milgate said the cohort had some "great employment outcomes" already to boot.
So having those additional qualifications give them a higher chance of employment than the other 600 or so applicants.
- Trainer Belinda Milgate
While horticulture could be seen as an industry under some strain in the current climatic conditions, Ms Milgate said the course was setting up the students with transferable skills.
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"They get a qualification, that's the main goal," she said.
"But they also get additional qualifications like their white card and first aid.
"So having those additional qualifications give them a higher chance of employment than the other 600 or so applicants."
Ms Milgate said the course also set the students up for work with local businesses and the council.
"They prefer people in cert II course with the practical skills," she said.
While water scarcity is an obvious issue facing many industries, Ms Milgate said there was an opportunity for skilled trainees to help prepare.
"We need to be looking at priorities," she said. "Let's get some erosion control on the Peel River, let's establish some koala corridors and promote it into the schools."