Plant Production NQF Level 1 | AgriSETA

Qualification Overview

The National Certificate: Plant Production (NQF Level 1) provides foundational knowledge and skills in crop production and plant agriculture. This qualification is designed for individuals entering the agricultural sector with a focus on sustainable plant production.

Students will gain practical skills in crop cultivation, plant nutrition, pest management, and sustainable farming practices while developing essential communication and mathematical literacy skills.

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

• Working with numbers in various contexts
• Officially analyse how mathematics is used in social, political, and economic relations
• Collect, analyse, use and communicate numerical data
• Demonstrate an understanding and use of the numbering system
• Describe and represent objects and the environment in terms of shape, space, and time
• Analyse cultural products as representations of shape, space, and time

Module 2: Communication

• Use maps to access and communicate information concerning routes, locations and directions
• Engage in a range of speaking and listening interactions for a variety of purposes
• Read and respond to a range of text types
• Write for a variety of different purposes
• Explore and use a variety of strategies to learn (revised)

Module 3: Agricultural Business

• Apply basic agricultural enterprise selection principles
• Identify the need for capital and understand the need for the recording of income and different costs in an agri-business
• Apply basic human resource management principles and practices applicable in an agricultural environment
• Handle inputs and stock in agri-business
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of marketing
• Define production and understand the basic activities of production and conversion in the agri-business environment

Module 4: General Agricultural Practices

• Collect agricultural data
• Apply basic food safety practices
• Maintain basic water quality
• Select, use and care for hand tools, basic equipment and infrastructure
• Operate and maintain irrigation systems

Module 5: Plant Production

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of the structure and function of a plant in relation to its environment
• Plant the crop under supervision
• Harvest crops
• Recognise pests, diseases, and weeds on crops
• Propagate plants
• Fertilise the soil and attend to basic plant nutrition

Module 6: Animal Production

• Natural Resource Management

Module 7: Agricultural Business

• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of sustainable farming systems
• Understand how sustainable farming systems conserve natural resources
• Apply elementary farm layout and infrastructure
• Demonstrate an understanding of agricultural / ecotourism as a system at the micro-level
• Identify and explain permaculture principles

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Plant Production

Qualification Overview

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

Module 2: Communication

Module 3: Agricultural Business

Module 4: General Agricultural Practices

Module 5: Plant Production

Module 6: Animal Production

Module 7: Agricultural Business

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Plant Production

Qualification Overview

Learning Modules

Module 1: Mathematical Literacy

Module 2: Communication

Module 3: Agricultural Business

Module 4: General Agricultural Practices

Module 5: Plant Production

Module 6: Animal Production

Module 7: Agricultural Business

Quick Facts

Career Opportunities

Related Qualifications

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