Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Agriculture - (540) - (0171-31) - Distinction*
Issued by
City & Guilds
This qualification provides you with specialist technical practical skills and knowledge which will equip you to seek employment or further learning and training within the agricultural industry. This qualification gives you the opportunity to study a range of specialist technical practical skills and knowledge that build upon the core skills of safe working practices in farming, livestock husbandry, crop production and operating agricultural. Qualification Accreditation Number: 601/7452/3
Skills
Earning Criteria
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This individual has achieved unit 301 Principles of health and safety. They are able to: Understand health and safety legislation, understand the risk assessment process, understand first aid requirements, understand principles of safe manual handling, understand the use of fire extinguishers.
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This individual has achieved unit 302 Undertake and review work related experience in the Land-based. They are able to: Determine employment opportunities in the environmental and land based industries, prepare for a work-based experience in the environmental and land based industry, understand the importance of effective interpersonal skills in the workplace, review a work-based experience in the environmental and land based sector.
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This individual has achieved unit 303 Land-based industry machinery operations. They are able to: Understand the purpose and operation of land based industry machinery, prepare land based industry machinery for work, operate land based industry machinery.
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This individual has achieved unit 304 Agricultural crop production. They are able to: know how to establish crops for given markets, plan the nutrition of crops, understand control measures for weeds, pests and diseases, understand harvest and storage losses and production costs.
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This individual has achieved unit 305 Plant and soil science. They are able to: Understand the function of plant structures, understand the main processes of plant physiology, growth and development, understand how soils affect plant growth and development.
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This individual has achieved unit 306 Undertake estate skills. They are able to: Construct, repair or maintain boundaries, construct, repair or maintain structures, construct, repair or maintain surfaces, carry out practical habitat management work.
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This individual has achieved unit 307 Livestock husbandry. They are able to: carry out beef husbandry activities, carry out dairy husbandry activities, carry out pig husbandry activities, carry out sheep husbandry activities.
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This individual has achieved unit 308 Business management in the Land-based sector. They are able to: understand the breadth and importance of an industry in the land-based sector, understand business resources and structures, understand the business marketplace, understand how to use financial and physical record keeping systems.