Earning Criteria

• 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.
• This individual has achieved unit 302 Undertake and review work related experience in the land based industries. 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• This individual has achieved unit 309 Undertake a specialist project in the Land-Based sector. They are able to: Develop proposals for specialist projects, plan for specialist projects, carry out specialist projects, evaluate specialist projects.
• This individual has achieved unit 316 Pollution and waste control management. They are able to: Know the sources and attributes of organic and inorganic waste, know the scope of waste management legislation and regulation, plan for managing waste in a farm environment, dispose of waste in a farm environment.
• This individual has achieved unit 317 Farm habitat management. They are able to: Understand the development of the agricultural landscape, understand the ecology of farm habitats and wildlife species, carry out farm habitat and species surveys, carry out practical farm habitat management.
• This individual has achieved unit 318 Undertake land based workshop processes. They are able to: Understand the importance of health and safety and safe working practices within a workshop environment, use hand tools, joining and cutting equipment, use materials for given purposes, maintain, replace or repair worn or broken components on land-based equipment.
• This individual has achieved unit 325 Exploring improvements, opportunities for diversification and new business initiatives within the Land Based sector. They are able to: Understand business improvement in land-based industries, plan opportunities for practical business improvement, produce business plans.
• This individual has achieved unit 326 Spreaders and sprayers. They are able to: Know machinery used for the application of pesticides and fertilisers to agricultural crops, prepare, operate and maintain spraying and spreading machinery, know factors affecting efficiency and accuracy of pesticide and fertiliser placement, understand the impact of developments in application technology on operator safety and environmental protection standards.
• This individual has achieved unit 335 All-Terrain vehicles and rough terrain telescopic forklifts. They are able to: Know the function of key components found within All-Terrain Vehicles and Rough Terrain Telescopic Forklifts, understand the operating principles and applications of All-Terrain Vehicles and Rough Terrain Telescopic Forklifts, prepare and operate All-Terrain Vehicles and Rough Terrain Telescopic Forklifts with associated attachments,
• maintain and service All-Terrain Vehicles and Rough Terrain Telescopic Forklifts.
• Optional – Learners must be taught at least 240 GLH from units 310-312, 314-315, 324, 332, 336.