Agriculture Skills Camp

About the course

About the course

Introduction

The Agriculture Skills Camp is made up of a group of courses that cover key knowledge, skills and qualifications to allow access to the Agriculture and related land-based industries at entry level.

What are the entry requirements?

Applicants must be:

*19+ and a UK resident or have lived and worked in England for the past 3 years / have legal refugee status. .

* In receipt of specific benefits - ESA, JSA or Universal Credit

* Have functional english skills

* Keen to work in the Horticulture, Sports Turf or releated Greenspace Industries.

* Able to attend the College's Bilsborrow Campus

How long is the course?

Each individual course element has a specific time allocation.

How do I apply for the course

To express interest in the course and find out when the next Skills Camp runs please email projects@myerscough.ac.uk or ask at your local job centre (Lancashire and Cumbria)

What will the course involve

A core content of the skills camp is:

* City and Guilds Level One Award Land-based Studies- Agriculture

*City and Guilds Level One Certificate Employability Skills

On successful achievement of the core qualifications students can follow one or both pathways. Each qualification must be achieved before the student can move onto the next level.

Pathway One

* City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate of Competence in the Transport of Animals (Short Journeys)

* City & Guilds Level 2 Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides (PA1)

* City & Guilds Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides using Pedestrian Hand Held Equipment (Pa6a)

Pathway Two

* City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate of Competence in the Safe Use of All-terrain Vehicles (ATVs)

* City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate of Competence in Horticulture Tractor Driving and Related Operations

* City & Guilds Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Self Propelled, Mounted, Trailed Horizontal Boom Sprayers (PA2)

Possible Careers?

The course can lead to numerous employment opportunities including:

Assistant farm-workers

Agricultural supply business assistants

Assistant Stockperson

Assistant Tractor Driver

General Farm Worker

Estate Worker

What other courses can I move onto?

L2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Pedestrian Hand Held Equipment (QCF) - Near Water (PA6aw)

Level 2 CG Award in Land based Fork Lift Truck Operations - 3 Day

Level 2 General Farm Worker Apprenticeship Standard (Livestock)