Agriculture Courses

The core activity of any farm is producing animals or crops, but if the produce is not marketed at the right time for the right price, the whole financial viability of the farm is at best unstable. This course develops your ability to analyse and manage marketing problems in an agricultural enterprise.

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[More info & enrolment: Agricultural Marketing]

Designed for the new farmer or those aiming towards employment in this field. This course will give you the knowledge and skills required to run or work confidently on a specialised or mixed farm. Core units equip you with all the basics needed for general animal health, farm management and all important marketing skills. Choose three elective units from a list that includes soil and pasture management and also gives you the opportunity to specialise in specific farm animals i.e. calf rearing, poultry, beef or dairy cattle etc.  An excellent starting point to learn the fundamentals of farming.

Accredited by International Accreditation and Recognition Council

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[More info & enrolment: Agricultural Skills]

Develop a sound foundation knowledge of animal anatomy and physiology, as a basis to understanding care and/or management of animals in domesticated or wild situations.

This is the starting point for working with animals in any situation (farms, pets, zoos, wildlife, animal protection, etc)

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[More info & enrolment: Animal Anatomy And Physiology (Animal Husbandry I )]

Learn the psychology behind animal behaviour. This provides an excellent foundation for working with animals in any situation: farms, zoos, veterinary practices, pet shops or even in the wild.
This  is a course developed and tutored by academics and practitioners from a background in agriculture, veterinary science and wildlife management.

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[More info & enrolment: Animal Behaviour]

Learn to care for the health of any type of animal (focus is on mammals and birds) and understand the scope of services offered by animal care services, including in veterinary practices. This course is appropriate for anyone interested in working with animals including on a farm, a wildlife park or a veterinary practice. It is a sound foundation course and designed to cover most of what is found in a typical veterinary assistants course in many countries around the world.

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[More info & enrolment: Animal Health Care]

Learn to describe common diseases in animals, how to recognise and treat these diseases and wounds. It is advisable to complete Animal Husbandry I before attempting this course.

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[More info & enrolment: Animal Husbandry II (Animal Health)]

Learn how to understand the composition of a range of feeds, including pasture, fodder crops, grasses, cereals, seed, and other edible plants. This course also explains the role of proteins, vitamins and minerals in animal diets. It equips you with the skills required to evaluate feeding and select appropriate feeds - for digestibility and nutritional content - applicable to real life farming situations.

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[More info & enrolment: Animal Husbandry III (Animal Feed & Nutrition)]

Farming often succeeds or fails according to the way water is managed.
Through this course:

• Learn how to design and manage basic irrigation systems;
• Heighten your understanding of water and how it behaves in the environment;
• Understand ways to make the most of limited water supplies.

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[More info & enrolment: Irrigation]

Thiis course builds on Irrigation BAG210. It teaches you to manage the design and operation of large scale irrigation systems.

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[More info & enrolment: Irrigation Management]

Organic farming has been adopted by some farmers for economic reasons, others for ethical or sustainability concerns. Whatever the reason though for going organic, there is no doubt this method of farming is here to stay.
Learn to manage both plant and animal production in a more natural and envioronmentally sensitive way.
Develop a sound foundation for understanding how to set up an organic farm, or convert an existing farm to organic practices.

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[More info & enrolment: Organic Farming]

• A sound introduction to caring for a wide variety of different pets.
• Covers dogs, cats, fish, birds, rabbits, rodents, reptiles and amphibians.

This course was developed and tutored by highly qualified and experienced professionals (Veterinary Surgeon, former wildlife park manager, university lecturers etc).  This course provides an outstanding opportunity to extend your knowledge, perspective and capacity to care for all types of pets. 

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[More info & enrolment: Pet Care]

Soil is the foundation for profitable farming. There are many things that can be wrong with soil (eg. poor nutrition, chemical imbalance, structural problems such as drainage, lack of microbial life etc). Often minor and releatively inexpensive treatments can make a huge difference to productivity, but the problems need to be identified first, and that requires a solid understanding of soil theory and management practice. Learn about soil properties and requirements in agriculture, and how to apply that knowledge at a management level.

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[More info & enrolment: Soil Management]

This course presents many different techniques and general measures which may be adopted in part or full, in order to move a farm toward greater sustainability, whether the concerns are commercial, environmental or something else. Improving sustainability is sometimes as simple as changing what is being farmed or how it is being marketed; but it may also be a multi facet problem that requires changes in a whole range of farm management practices.

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[More info & enrolment: Sustainable Agriculture]

Learn to identify and effectively control weeds. You learn about both chemical and non-chemical control methods (e.g. mulching, burning, slashing), the use of spray equipment, and safety procedures which should be followed.

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[More info & enrolment: Weed Control]