Courses

A range of modules are available which introduce the key skills and knowledge in agriculture: livestock, agricultural use, identification, crops, materials and equipment.

• Grass and Fodder Crop Production: Agricultural use and identification of grass and fodder species. Yield, quality and persistence.
• Livestock Health & Welfare: Knowledge and understanding of drug and vaccine development and their use in livestock production.
• Livestock Breeding & Health: The physiological mechanisms and principles underlying the reproduction, genetic improvement and health status of farm livestock.
• Systems of Livestock Production: Factors affecting demand and consumption of livestock products, the different production systems found in the UK and their components.
• Livestock Husbandry & Recording: Developing key skills, competence and safe working practices in livestock husbandry, equipment use and record keeping.
• Arable Crop Production: Planning the production and management of arable crops.
• Mechanisation 1: Develop an understanding the use of materials, energy, vehicles and power in land based industries.
• Crop Establishment and Mechanisation: Describing and planning the use of all the equipment required for the establishment of specified crops.
• Plant Protection: An Introduction: Recognizing and identifying plant protection (pest, disease and weed) problems and selecting appropriate control measures.

Please note that not all course modules are available at all campuses. Please contact us for further information about any of these short courses.