Full Time BTEC First Diploma in Countryside and Environment

BTEC First Diploma in Countryside and Environment
Level Two | The Centre for Rural and Equine Studies | Full-Time

Course Description
This one year course covers a wide range of countryside activities from land use to practical countryside skills. The course provides a basic introduction for those hoping to embark on an outdoor career in the countryside. Some of the units are taught in conjunction with agriculture and horticulture including work experience on a farm or estate with a gamekeeper, walling or fencing contractor or landscape gardener. This largely practical course is complemented by Key Skills and in addition you may study a range of practical quali�cations including chainsaw work and pesticide spraying (subject to age and aptitude). You will need outdoor clothing and may be asked to contribute to trips.

Course Content
Subjects include:

• Animal Husbandry
• Estate Skills
• Countryside Habitats
• Industry Experience
• Countryside Industries and Organisations
• Machinery and Workshop Skills
• Basic Surveying

Career Progression
Progression onto BTEC National Diploma in Countryside Management
Employment in woodland management, gamekeeping, landscape contracting or with one of the countryside agencies

Is this course available as evening study? No