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ELTHAM College Diploma of Permaculture
The ELTHAM College Diploma of Permaculture
(30870QLD) course focuses on designing for the
challenges of peak oil, climate change and the
development of sustainable communities. Course
work combines design, a scientific approach and
practical application with ingenuity and imagination.
The course will include completion of the unit of study
known as a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) so
that students can benefit from opportunities for which
a PDC is required. It also covers a wide range of
activities, skills and topics and includes several field
excursions and site visits to permaculture properties
all over the state. Practical work will include real
projects and provide an opportunity to work with
clients as often as possible. This course has access to
some of the most well-known permaculture people
and properties and is proud to offer students a rich
and rewarding journey.
If you are seriously interested in designing a
sustainable future through research, detailed design
work, practical skill development and intelligent
enquiry, then this could be the special career you
have been looking for.
Career outcomes
The Diploma of Permaculture is designed to provide
skills in permaculture systems design and consulting;
project management for permaculture and
community development programs; and management
of permaculture enterprises. It is designed to provide
a broad knowledge of permaculture principles and
practices, and to permit students to apply this
knowledge to project supervision and
implementation.
Students may gain employment as a project manager
or consultant within permaculture, agriculture,
horticulture or land management industries.
Graduates of the Diploma of Permaculture have
successfully pursued careers in education, food
retailing and distribution, and permaculture design,
including establishment of their own business.
The student group
The Diploma of Permaculture is a high level
vocational education program for adult learners. The
group typically includes people from a wide range of
backgrounds and ages, with a variety of life
experiences and aims in undertaking the program.
The study group will comprise around 16 to 18 full
time students, who will progress through all three
semesters together. Small numbers of part time
students may also be involved.
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Diploma students form a close knit but diverse group,
and the course is designed to facilitate group learning
wherever possible. While assessment is necessarily
on an individual basis, many study tasks are
undertaken collaboratively, and may involve students
in other Diploma groups, or the Certificate III
secondary school program as well.
Course facilities
ELTHAM College is located on a 25 hectare site in the
rolling hills of Research in Melbourne’s northeast. The
site houses the secondary school and playing fields,
an extensive nature reserve and the Swiper’s Gully
site where most of the permaculture program
activities occur.
Swipers Gully Hospitality and Viticulture
Centre
The centre includes vineyards, a Hospitality Training
Centre, including a commercial kitchen and fully
equipped modern classroom, and the permaculture
workshop, hothouse and garden.
Art room
Drawing and design classes are held in a properly
equipped art room on the secondary school campus.
Library
Students can borrow books and other resources from
the college library, and computer facilities are
available for students’ use at the library also.
While on the school campus, including Swipers Gully,
students are requested to observe the rules and
protocols applicable to secondary school students,
and are required to wear student ID at all times.
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Program structure
Full time students attend classes on 3 days per week, and the course length is 3 semesters. Most classes
commence at 8:45 and conclude at 3:45. Punctuality is a requirement of the course, and please note that
assessment for all units is partly predicated on minimum attendance.
Part-time options are available, and students may apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
There are three tuition “streams”, each generally held on a specific day of the week in a specific classroom:
Stream Attendance day for 2013 intake Main location
Permaculture theory and
community development
Mondays Hospitality Centre Training room
Practical skills and project
implementation
Wednesdays Swipers Gully workshop and garden
Design and drawing Thursdays School art room
Units of Competency Covered (11 units to achieve the qualification)
QLD124PPP01B Provide advice on permaculture principles and practices (CORE) Semester 1
QLD124DES02B Design a rural permaculture system Semester 1
QLD124BIO06C Identify and analyse bioregional characteristics and resources Semester 1
QLD125PLA03B Develop a strategic plan for a permaculture project or enterprise Semester 2
QLD125BUI09B Design permaculture structures and features Semester 2
QLD125DES02C Design an integrated permaculture system (CORE) Semester 2
QLD125RCH01B Carry out permaculture field research Semester 2 - 3
QLD125PLA05B Plan and supervise the implementation of permaculture works Semester 2 - 3
QLD125COM10B Prepare a sustainable community and bioregional development strategy Semester 3
QLD125COM11B Facilitate participatory planning and learning activities Semester 3
QLD125COM12B Plan community governance and decision-making processes Semester 3
Assessment is via a combination of written assignments and practical work. Students are required to maintain a
journal of their study and research activities, and satisfactory completion of the course will require home based
study.
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The tuition streams follow a general theme for each semester of study:
Tuition stream Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3
Permaculture theory and
community development
Introduction to
Permaculture,
incorporating PDC
syllabus
Strategic planning
Scientific method
Botany and biology
Community
development
Governance and
decision making
Participatory planning
and learning Design and drawing Introduction to
architectural drawing
and surveying
Construction
drawings and
elevations
3D drawings
Practical skills and project
implementation
Land based
permaculture
Structures and
construction skills
Project implementation and
supervision
Field study trips
The course includes a number of study trips.
Each semester students make an extended trip of 2-3 days to
country Victoria, which may include students in the previous
or following Diploma group, or the Certificate III students.
There are also a number of day trips to permaculture sites in
and around Melbourne.
Accommodation for overnight trips is usually camping, and
transport for all excursions is by public transport or student
car pooling.
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Trainers
The Diploma program has a core team of qualified trainers.
Our trainers are passionate about permaculture and sustainability, and share a belief that sustainability education
is at the core of creating resilient communities and food sovereignty.
The core training team also undertake all student assessment for the Diploma program.
Drew Barr
Drew came to permaculture when his wife did a PDC and he decided on a mid-life career
change. He left his job in the finance industry and enrolled in the Diploma of Permaculture.
Drew is the trainer for our structures and construction skills sessions, as well as some
strategic planning, scientific method, and project implementation and supervision sessions.
Drew has a Masters Degree in History and Philosophy of Science, a Certificate IV in Training
and Assessment, and a Diploma of Permaculture. He lives in Wattle Glen with his family, their
permaculture garden, and a number of chooks, ducks and old tools.
Travis Heenan
Trav fell in love with permaculture about 5 years ago. Since then he has been setting up
orchards and vegetable gardens in Melbourne, as well as teaching permaculture at ELTHAM
and other training organisations.
Trav is the lead trainer for our practical skills sessions, and our introduction to permaculture
sessions. Trav has a Degree in Psychology, a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, and
will soon complete his Diploma in Permaculture. He lives in Healesville on a rambling
permaculture farm with his partner and young son.
Kat Lavers
Kat is a permaculture designer, trainer and facilitator, who teaches sustainability related
courses across Australia for Monash University, and facilitates our sessions on community
development, transition towns, governance, and participatory planning and learning. Kat was
an initiator of Transition Darebin and is a volunteer coordinator with Melbourne's Permablitz
network.
Kat lives in Northcote in 'The Plummery', a bountiful small-scale urban permaculture site of
just 1/14th of an acre.
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Virginia Solomon
Virginia has been teaching permaculture for the past 10 years, and has been instrumental in
the development of the Diploma program at ELTHAM. She has a background in landscape
design, conference management and training and was one of the key drivers in the
development of Accredited Permaculture Training. She teaches the Design and Drawing
component of the course and mentors the other core trainers.
Virginia lives in Melbourne in a sprawling extended family home with her husband, three adult
children, her parents and an assortment of pets and livestock. Her passions include cheese-
making, preserving, patchwork, felting, basket-making, and of course, gardening.
The core team is complemented by visiting teachers who include well-known permaculture trainers such as:
Peter Allen
Rick Coleman
Graeme George
Adam Grubb
Joel Meadows
Caroline Smith
Course requirements
Students will provide for all their standard stationary
needs, and should ensure they have a USB thumb
drive. As part of the course tuition, students are
required to maintain a written journal, and students
should obtain a suitable sturdy writing book for this
purpose.
Course materials are provided through a secure
eLearning system, hosted by the College. Students
will be provided with a student logon to the College
server, and will be able to access the eLearning
system as well as their network drive remotely.
For the design and drawing stream, students will be
required to provide their own drawing equipment. A
list will be provided when enrolment is accepted.
For the practical skills and project implementation
stream, students will need the following equipment
and safety items:
Boots with a steel toe cap
Good quality gardening gloves
Secateurs
Hat with a broad brim and chin-strap
Waterproof clothing for wet weather
For practical skills days, students are required to
dress for safety, including keeping long hair tied up,
and avoiding loose clothing.
Applying for a place
Intake is limited, so please notify your interest by
completing the application form and returning it with
the Application Fee of $100. Application fees will be
deducted from Semester 1 fees if a place is accepted,
and refunded if a place is not offered. You will be
contacted to arrange an interview and places will be
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offered from November 2012, subject to the
interview process.
Enrolment
Once you have been offered a place (see
Application), you will be given an enrolment form and
an invoice according to your funding status. To take
up your place, the enrolment form must be lodged
and the first semester’s fees must be paid IN FULL
prior to commencing the course.
Fees & Charges
Course fees are as follows:
Course fees
Semester 1 $3,000
Semester 2 $3,000
Semester 3 $3,000
Government funded places are available to eligible
students. Please contact
[email protected] to discuss
options.
Further Information
For further information please contact the Course Co-
ordinator via email at
[email protected]. Current
students in the course have also established a blog at
www.beginningpermaculture.blogspot.com.