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Plant Production Qualification

NQF Level 2 | AgriSETA

Plant Production

Intermediate qualification for farm labourers progressing to operational roles in plant production. Develop advanced skills in crop management, agricultural technology, and business operations.

120

Credits

Months

NQF 2

Level

Qualification Overview

The purpose of this qualification is to allow junior personnel and elected candidates to progress towards a position of farm labourers (operators) with specific reference to plant production.

Students will develop comprehensive skills in crop production systems, agricultural business management, plant science, and sustainable farming practices.

Learning Modules

Module 1: Communication

• Access and use information from text
• Maintain and adapt oral communication
• Write for a defined text
• Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes

Module 2: Mathematical Literacy

• Apply basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate life-related problems
• Work with a range of patterns and functions and solve problems
• Demonstrate an understanding of rational and irrational numbers and the number systems
• Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and community life
• Measure, estimate and calculate physical quantities and explore, describe and represent geometrical relationships in two dimensions in different life or workplace contexts

Module 3: General Agricultural Practices

• Recognise and identify the basic functions of the ecological environment
• Monitor, collect and collate agricultural data
• Assess the influence of the environment on sustainable livestock production
• Utilise and perform minor repair and maintenance tasks on implements, equipment and infrastructure
• Store and control agrochemical products effectively and responsibly

Module 4: Agricultural Business

• Apply marketing principles in agriculture
• Apply layout principles for conservation and infrastructure
• Control inputs and stock in agribusiness
• Define and understand production systems and production management
• Explain principles of human resource management and practices in the agricultural environment
• Illustrate and understand the basic layout of financial statements
• Operate and support food safety and quality management systems in the agricultural supply chain

Module 5: Plant Production

• Apply crop protection and animal health products effectively and responsibly
• Apply plant manipulation methods
• Demonstrate an understanding of plant propagation
• Harvest crops
• Monitor the establishment of a crop
• Monitor water quality
• Operate and maintain specific irrigation systems
• Understand basic soil fertility and plant nutrition
• Understand the structure and functions of a plant
• Control pests, diseases and weeds on all crops effectively and responsibly

Module 6: Natural Resource Management

• Apply sustainable farming practices to conserve the ecological environment
• Identify and recognise factors influencing agricultural enterprise selection
• Participate in agri/ecotourism practices at both micro and meso levels for tourists