Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Agriculture

Program Overview

This Level 3 Advanced Technical Extended Diploma in Land-based Industries provides a comprehensive education in agriculture and related fields. Students gain practical skills through a 300-hour work placement and learn about various aspects of land-based industries, including crop production, livestock husbandry, and machinery operations. Assessment methods include practical observation, written assessments, and exams. The program prepares graduates for careers as assistant farm managers, agricultural technicians, and other roles in the land-based sector, or for further education in agriculture-related degrees.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Level: 3
• Qualification Type: Advanced Technical Extended Diploma
• Duration: 2 years full-time
• Course Content
• Principles of Health and Safety
• Undertake and Review Work-related Experience in the Land-based Industries
• Land-based Industry Machinery Operations
• Agricultural Crop Production
• Plant and Soil Science
• Undertake Estate Skills
• Livestock Husbandry
• Business Management in the Land-based Sector
• Undertake a Specialist Project in the Land-based Sector
• Land-based Power Units
• Forage Crop Production
• The Principles of Grassland Management
• Farm Animal Health and Nutrition
• Root Crop Production
• Field Vegetable Production
• Pollution and Waste Control Management
• Farm Habitat Management
• Undertake Land-based Workshop Processes
• Dairy Production
• Beef Production
• Poultry Production
• Sheep Production
• Mechanised Agricultural Crop Handling and Storage
• Combinable Crop Production
• Course Structure:
• The course includes a work placement in the agricultural industry.
• The work placement is an opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained in college to a real working environment.
• Overall, students spend 300 hours on placement.
• Whole-course assessment methods:
• practical observation
• oral questioning
• multiple-choice questions
• written assessments
• exam,
• open-book exams
• formal written assessments.

Assessment:

• Assessment methods:
• practical observation
• oral questioning
• multiple-choice questions
• written assessments
• exam,
• open-book exams

Careers:

• Career paths:
• Trainee assistant farm manager
• Assistant herdsperson/stockperson
• Agricultural technician
• Assistant machinery operator
• Educational Progression:
• Undergraduate degree, such as BSc (Hons) Agriculture