PURPOSE
The purpose of this qualification is to allow Supervisors to progress towards a Junior Farm
Manager position with specific reference to Plant Production
COURSE CONTENT
- Modules & Courses
Module 1: Communication
- Accommodate audience and contexts in oral communication
- Interpret a variety of literary texts
- Interpret and use information from texts
- Write texts for a range of communicative contexts
- Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts
- Read, analyse and respond to a variety of texts
- Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes
- Write for a wide range of contexts
Module 2: Mathematical Literacy
- Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life-related problems
- Implement a data collection plan
- Measure, estimate & calculate physical quantities & explore, critique & improve geometrical relationships in 2- and 3-dimensional space in the life and workplace of adults with increasing responsibilities
- Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national, and international issues
Module 3: Agricultural Practices
- Plan and maintain environmentally sound agricultural process
- Apply effective and responsible integrated pest, disease & weed control
- Develop a harvesting plan for a specific agricultural crop
- Schedule the operation and maintenance of irrigation systems
Module 4: Agricultural Business
- Assume co-responsibility & participation in human resource management
- Give an overview of the industry structure
- Implement a food safety and quality management system in the agricultural supply chain
- Prepare a whole farm budget and establish a properly integrated information system for an Agri-business
- Participate in the development and management of an agricultural marketing plan
- Procure and manage agricultural input
- Implement a permaculture site design
Module 5: Plant Production Principles
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the physiological processes in plant growth and development
- Implement soil fertility and plant nutrition practices
- Manage plant manipulation methods of an agricultural crop
- Manage water quality parameters
- Propagate plants in a variety of situations
- Produce crop in a hydroponic system
Module 6:
- Establish a plan for the monitoring, safe use, and maintenance of equipment implements, technology, and infrastructure
Module 7:
- Execute sustainable resource use and quality control
- Recognise Agri/ecotourism within the strategic environment
- Implement a natural resource management plan
- Implement an integrated farm layout and site selection
DELIVERY
Duration: 12 Months
Delivery: Classroom
ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
- Numeracy, Literacy & Communication equal to NQF 2
- Technical skills pertaining to agricultural activities equal to NQF 2
CAREER POSSIBILITIES
Qualifying learners could follow a career in:
- Farm Worker specialising in plant production (Pest Controller/Irrigationist)
- Farm Supervisor
- Farm Team Leader
- Farm Manage
ACCREDITATION
National Certificate: Plant Production
Accreditation: AGRI SETA
SAQA ID: 49009
NQF Level: 4
Credits: 142
Qualification |
Qualification ID (link to SAQA) |
NQF Level |
Entry Requirements |
---|---|---|---|
National Certificate: Plant Production |
LEVEL: 4 |
Numeracy, Literacy and Communication equivalent to NQF 2 and Technical skills pertaining to agricultural activities equivalent to NQF 3. |