A Level Agriculture

...Horticulture, Animal Care or Agriculture. The Houghall estate provides the ideal environment for you to gain practical skills and knowledge and also gives...

...take place on one day a week, this will either be Functional Skills and/or target based, dependent on prior achievement and student ability levels following initial assessments...

...1 day. This practical course training will give you the practical skills and knowledge to enable you to take an assessment. The assessment will be on...

...Understand the basic principles of Plant or Soil Science, Setting out from a plan, Undertake Work Related Experience in the Land-Based Industries sector...

...Topics: • Plant classification, structure, and function • Plant nutrition and the root environment • Maintaining plant health • Understanding plant propagation...

...business management, undertaking and reviewing work related experience, land based machinery operations, planting and care of trees and constructing...

...Overview of the course: Once completed you will have gained the practical skills and knowledge to enable you to take a practical assessment...

...other people or the environment, carrying out daily and routine maintenance on the machine, operating the machine safely and competently without risk to themselves...

...Overview of the course: You will cover a mixture of theory and practical topics and get hands-on experience working in the Houghall floristry department and plant centre...

...You will benefit from excellent facilities that are of industry standard so you'll be prepared for your future career.At Northumberland College you...

...Topics: Mandatory Units: Principles of Health and Safety Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries Identification...

...forestry, tree management or self-employment. What will I study on the course? You will study an exciting range of units including tree felling...

...and knowledge and gives you the opportunity to develop skills to progress in the Land Based environment. Topics: 1. Health & Safety in the use of hedgecutters...

...knowledge needed to do a job effectively, and shows that you are competent in the area of work the qualification represents.At level 3 we would expect...

...1 day. During the training you will gain the practical skills and knowledge to enable you to take a practical assessment. The assessment will be on...

...entrants need to be physically fit. You will benefit from excellent facilities that are of industry standard so you'll be prepared for your future career...

...to collect evidence throughout the year of the skills that you are gaining. This work will then be used to build a portfolio of evidence for the course...

...developing performance in land based industries, contributing to the propagation of plants, identifying plants, contributing to the establishment of plants...

...A practical course - 1 day. This practical course training will give you the practical skills and knowledge to enable you to take an assessment...

...The course runs for two days and the assessment takes place on a different day. You will need to have an interest in the course and some practical...