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Plant Production Qualification

NQF Level 3 | AgriSETA

Plant Production

Advanced qualification for supervisors progressing toward junior farm manager positions in plant production. Develop management skills and technical expertise in crop production systems.

120
Credits
12
Months
NQF 3
Level
Advanced Plant Production

Qualification Overview

This qualification is designed to allow supervisors to progress towards junior farm manager positions with specific reference to plant production. The qualification enables learners to supervise and lead working teams performing agricultural processes while making responsible decisions based on agri-business principles.

This qualification allows recognition of prior learning and is suitable for individuals with practical farming experience. It provides a pathway to higher NQF levels and prepares learners for management positions in various plant production sectors including agronomy and horticulture.

Key Objectives

  • Supervising and leading working teams in agricultural processes and plant production operations
  • Making responsible decisions based on agri-business principles and agricultural management practices
  • Implementing quality, safety, and hygiene standards in plant production environments
  • Developing advanced communication skills including oral communication, text interpretation, and writing for various contexts
  • Building mathematical literacy for statistics, probability, data collection, geometrical relationships, and financial monitoring
  • Learning general agricultural practices including environmental planning, integrated pest/disease/weed control, harvesting plans, and irrigation systems
  • Understanding agricultural business principles including human resource management, industry structure, food safety systems, whole farm budgeting, marketing plans, input procurement, and permaculture design
  • Acquiring advanced plant production skills including physiological processes, soil fertility, plant nutrition, manipulation methods, water quality management, plant propagation, and hydroponic systems
  • Preparing for advanced agricultural management roles and specialised plant production operations

Entry Level Requirements

  • •Numeracy, Literacy & Communication NQF 2
  • •Technical skills pertaining to agricultural activities NQF 2

Learning Modules

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: General Agricultural Practices

  • •Plan and maintain an 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 Agribusiness
  • •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

Qualification Details

SETA AgriSETA
NQF Level Level 3
Credits 120 Credits
Duration 12 Months
SAQA ID 49052

Career Opportunities

  • Farm Supervisor
  • Farm Operator
  • Agricultural Team Leader
  • Junior Farm Manager
  • Pest Controller
  • Irrigationist
  • Crop Production Supervisor
  • Horticulture Supervisor

Agricultural Management Sectors:

  • • Agronomy
  • • Horticulture
  • • Organic production
  • • Hydroponics

Career Progression:

  • •Progression to higher agricultural qualifications
  • •Senior farm management positions
  • •Specialized expertise in plant production
  • •Horizontal movement to other agricultural sectors
  • •Leadership positions in agricultural enterprises
  • •Participation in local, national, and international markets

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