Correspondence Courses
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Agronomy and Plant Nutrition
This course on Agronomy and Plant Nutrition focuses on the importance of climate, land preparation and tillage systems, crop and pest management, the importance of elements in soil, and organic manures and compound fertilisers.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116301 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Animal Breeding
This course includes topics such as Selection, Heritability, Breeding Systems, Livestock Improvement, Artificial Insemination, Recording and Testing Schemes.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116318 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Animal Health
This course explains diseases which affect cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry as well as the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and control.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116308 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Animal Structure and Function
This course focuses on Animal Structure and Functions which include topics such as Cells and Tissues, Digestive Systems of Ruminant and Non–Ruminant Animals, Circulatory system, Respiration, Urinary system, Nervous system, Reproductive system, Bones, Muscles and Meat, Growth and Ill health.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116285 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Beef Production
This course contains all the necessary information on how to successfully breed cattle, such as the different Breeds, Production Systems, Digestion, Fertility, Veld and Pen Fattening, Diseases, General Management and Marketing.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116649 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Botany and Zoology
This course covers all aspects of Botany and Zoology, including topics such as the structure of animals and plants, cytology, the structure and assessment of seeds, plant structure, plant reproduction, physiology, microflora, genetics, classification of the animal kingdom and animal health.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116295 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Calf Rearing
This course covers all of the aspects of Calf Rearing, including the importance thereof, nutritional intake, the importance of suckling, milk substitute feeding programs and post-weaning management.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116318 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Dairy Cattle
This course includes topics such as Breeds, Composition of Milk, Management of Dairy Cows and the Farm, Milking Machines and Record Keeping.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116310 NQF Level 4 Credits 6
Farm Accounts
This course focuses on financial records of a farm, the profit and loss account, balance sheet, the livestock trading account, depreciation and the calculation thereof, interest on and redemption of loans and the types and sources of capital.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116319 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Farm Budgets
This course explains how the management of the farm business works, explaining topics such as the gross margin budgeting system, the calculation of forage hectares, cash flow budgets, farm budgets and how to plan end allocate resources and record keeping. The factors affecting the profitability of the cattle, dairy, sheep, pigs and poultry enterprises are also discussed, along with factors needed to successfully manage a farm, such as management, planning, organising, motivation and control.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116319 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Farm Machinery
This course explains the different types of tractors and trailers, types of ploughs, cultivating machinery, seed drills and planters. The management of fertiliser distributors, crop sprayers and silage machinery is also explained, along with hay making machinery, harvesting machinery, barn machinery and milking machines.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116290 NQF Level 4 Credits 3
Farm Marketing
This course explains in depth the supply and demand, elasticity, world marketing, functions of the middleman, price cycles in agricultural produce and agricultural marketing.
Aligned to Unit Standard 116684 NQF Level 4 Credits 3