New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture with strands in Arable Farming, Dairy Farming, Breeding Livestock Farming, and Non-Breeding Livestock Farming

Outline

The purpose of this qualification is to provide the pastoral farming sector with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to take responsibility for the day to day operational management of a pastoral or arable farming production system.

Graduate Profile

Graduates of the qualification will be able to benchmark own farm physical performance against data from industry high performers, produce management reports on day to day activities for a farming production system, take responsibility for the day to day maintenance of vehicles, plant, machinery, and equipment, assist with the management of environmental impacts on farm.

Course Content

Farm reporting, soils and pasture production, livestock health, feeding and breeding, financial planning and machinery maintenance. This programme has strands in beef cattle, dairy and sheep with further relevant content for each strand.

To provide a pathway to knowledge and self-awareness that will lead to better employment opportunities through work based training

Our mission statement is as relevant today as it was when we first started in 1996. We are aiming to inspire our students with skills and knowledge through vocational education and training.

This will then lead to more informed and positive employment and / or opportunities for students to staircase into higher level programmes of learning.

Our objectives as a tertiary education organisation (TEO) is to offer our stakeholders the opportunity to have input into our courses ensuring their individual needs are being met and quality is being maintained.