DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE

Develop your career and business potential studying agricultural science, management and practice

A broader foundation study program to suit students less certain about the farm sector they aim to work in. 

Learn to be an Agriculture Professional

  • Farm Management
  • Farm Contracting
  • Services to Farmers
  • Agricultural equipment and supplies
  • Education, media, research

 

This professional level program is designed for students who wish to extend their existing studies or knowledge of agriculture. Students are required to complete 21 units or modules of study.

The Research Projects allow students to focus their studies on a particular area of interest that is relevant to their particular situation. Projects provide an way for students to practice applied skills and show-case their knowledge through a completed presentation.

Core units concentrate on the fundamentals of soil and pasture management, water conservation and management, OHS, budgeting and marketing. Students can further focus their studies to suit their individual needs through the selection of elective modules.

 

COURSE STRUCTURE/MODULES

Core Modules

These modules provide foundation knowledge for the Learning Bundle - 2,100 hours in Agriculture. Please follow the links in the module titles to access further information on each of these.

 
Elective Modules

In addition to the core modules, students study any 11 of the following modules.

Note that each module in the Learning Bundle - 2,100 hours in Agriculture is a short course in its own right, and may be studied separately.

 

Duration: 2,100 hours

PRACTICAL WORK

There are practical and research tasks interwoven throughout many of the modules, but the following in particular will ensure your studies have a very practical relevance to the agriculture industry today, and in your country.

Research Projects I and II: Two projects (2 x 100 hours). These projects are designed to help students to develop the skills and knowledge required to plan, conduct and report on research topics relevant to the study of Agriculture. Students are guided through the process of determining research needs, searching for information, learning about research methodology, using statistics, conducting statistical research, preparing research reports and presenting the project.

Industry Project: This project is based on applications in the work place. It aims to provide the student with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge they have developed through their studies to a workplace situation.

 

Learn To Apply Today's Science, Management and Economics to Agriculture

Agriculture today is more sophisticated than ever before. Farming has moved beyond what it once was; and to work in this industry successfully (as a farmer or servicing farmers); you need to understand the application of modern technology and management practices in a world that operates according to universal economic laws.

A basic understanding of economics should be applied to farm planning in order to ensure financial viability is sustained.

 
Law of Demand

A fall in price usually causes an increase in demand, while a rise in price usually causes a decrease in demand. If a greater quantity of a good is put on the market  then other things being equal  it will be sold at a lower price.
Example: When there are more beef cattle available, competition reduces and prices drop. When beef cattle are scarce though; competition increases, and prices increase.

 
Law of Substitution

Expenditure on different commodities is so distributed that the utilities obtained from the last unit of money spent in each form of consumption are equal.

The demand for luxuries is elastic and the demand for necessities is inelastic.

Example: If lamb becomes a lot cheaper than beef, people start buying and eating lamb more than beef; but when beef prices drop, they return to buying beef.

 
Law of Diminishing Returns

As extra resources are put into production the successive extra units produced decrease.
Example: Farmers can invest more time and money and see a bigger return from their property; but only up to a certain point. Eventually the cost of extra investment begins to become greater than the potential extra return. At that point, it is unprofitable to keep improving the farm.
 
Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
The more of anything you consume, the less satisfaction is obtained and in some cases  the less of it you want.

WHY STUDY THIS PROGRAM

Agriculture may be an industry that has it's highs and lows, but it never disappears. So long as we need food and raw products to manufacture everything from clothing to pharmaceuticals; agriculture will remain an essential part of the global economy. This is an industry that will always offer opportunities to people who understand it.

This bundle offers you a uniquely different opportunity to other professional courses in agriculture. This is among other things, because you are able to select around 50% of the modules you study. This unique program structure enables every student to create a unique focus. You can learn a different combination of things to most others who take this program; and that means as a graduate, your knowledge mix will be unique, hence your understanding, awareness and perception of agriculture will be unique.

 

BEING DIFFERENT ENABLES YOU TO SEE OPPORTUNITIES OTHERS MAY MISS

Agriculture today is driven by knowledge, technology and being globally aware and connected.
 
This bundle is longer and more involved than some study programs; but you only learn more by studying more.
 
Success in agriculture today is very much dependent upon being able to do the job. Businesses succeed because a farm or other agricultural business knows what to do and does it well.

 

 

The Diploma In Agriculture can be started at any time 

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