Animal Production NQF Level 1 | AgriSETA

Qualification Overview

The National Certificate: Animal Production (NQF Level 1) provides foundational knowledge and skills in livestock management and animal care. This qualification is designed for individuals entering the agricultural sector with a focus on animal production.

Students will gain practical skills in animal husbandry, basic veterinary care, and sustainable farming practices while developing essential communication and mathematical literacy skills.

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

• Analyse cultural products and processes as representations of shape, space and time
• Describe and represent objects and the environment in terms of shape, space, time and motion
• Critically analyse how mathematics is used in social, political and economic relations
• Demonstrate an understanding of and use the numbering system
• Use maps to access and communicate information concerning routes, location and direction
• Working with numbers in various contexts

Module 2: Communication

• Engage with aesthetic, effective, cultural and social values in texts
• Explore and use a variety of strategies to learn (revised)
• Read and respond to a range of text types
• Show a critical awareness of language usage
• Use appropriate communication skills, conventions and structures for specific purposes and situations

Module 3: Farming Principles

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role and impact of technology in society
• Demonstrate an understanding of agricultural production management practices in relation to the socio-economic environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of the physical and biological environment and its relationship to sustainable crop production
• Show, explain, discuss and analyse the relationship between society and the natural environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of soil preparation
• Demonstrate an understanding of the cultivation of soil and the control of weeds

Module 4: Agricultural Business

• Demonstrate an understanding of contracts and their sources
• Demonstrate an understanding of how scientific skills and knowledge could contribute to the sustainable use of resources
• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of supply and demand, and the concept of production
• Discuss development, utilisation, and management of human and natural resources
• Operate in a team

Module 5: Health and Safety Principles

• Demonstrate skills that relate to a safe and secure environment
• Demonstrate an understanding of HIV/AIDS and its implications
• Maintain occupational health and safety
• Demonstrate an understanding of occupational health, safety and environmental legislation relevant to the food or beverage environment

Module 6: Farming Practices

• Erect and maintain wire fencing
• Harvest crops manually
• Irrigate crops to maintain a predetermined moisture content
• Control weeds, pests and plant diseases in an agricultural field using chemicals
• Apply fertiliser manually
• Control nematodes manually using chemicals
• Control weeds manually

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Animal Production

Qualification Overview

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

Module 2: Communication

Module 3: Farming Principles

Module 4: Agricultural Business

Module 5: Health and Safety Principles

Module 6: Farming Practices

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Animal Production

Qualification Overview

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

Module 2: Communication

Module 3: Farming Principles

Module 4: Agricultural Business

Module 5: Health and Safety Principles

Module 6: Farming Practices

Quick Facts

Career Opportunities

Related Qualifications

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