Agriculture Level 5 - 5M20454
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This course consists of a combination of theoretical course work and practical learning. The course work is split fairly equally between practical skills training and classroom sessions. The course contains both mandatory and elective modules. Students choose elective modules in one of the following specialisms: dairy production, dry-stock production, machinery and crop production.
The Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture is the Teagasc recommended education pathway for a farm operative. Students who have completed this Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture are eligible to apply for Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Agriculture courses.
Qualification Requirements
The total credit value required for this certificate is 120. This will be achieved by completing from the following modules:
Code |
Title |
NFQ Level |
Credit Value |
| All of the following component(s) | |||
| 5N1433 | Work Practice | 5 | 15 |
| 5N20368 | Principles of Agriculture | 5 | 15 |
| 5N20371 | Farm Safety and Farm Assurance | 5 | 15 |
| 5N20374 | Soils and the Environment | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20377 | Farm Business and Technology | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20380 | Safe Use of Pesticide Products | 5 | 5 |
| A minimum credit value of 15 from the following component(s) | |||
| 5N0690 | Communications | 5 | 15 |
| 5N1367 | Teamworking | 5 | 15 |
| 5N1390 | Personal Effectiveness | 5 | 15 |
| 5N1418 | Start your Own Business | 5 | 15 |
| 5N1833 | Mathematics | 5 | 15 |
| 5N2985 | Personal and Professional Development | 5 | 15 |
| 5N0556 | Maths for STEM | 5 | 30 |
| A minimum credit value of 20 from the following component(s) | |||
| 5N20385 | Sheep Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20388 | Beef Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20393 | Pig Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20396 | Dairy Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20399 | Grass Production | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20402 | Tillage Crop Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20405 | Potato Production | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20408 | Equipment for Crop Establishment | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20411 | Nutrition Housing and Welfare of Pigs | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20414 | Poultry Husbandry | 5 | 10 |
| 5N20417 | Poultry Nutrition Housing and Welfare | 5 | 10 |
| A minimum credit value of 5 from the following component(s) | |||
| 5N1750 | Chemical Fertiliser Application | 5 | 5 |
| 5N1752 | All Terrain Vehicle Operations | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20420 | Farm Structures | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20423 | Organic Farming Principles | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20426 | Tractor Maintenance | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20429 | Workshop Skills | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20432 | Grassland Machinery | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20435 | Mechanical Pesticide Application | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20438 | Manual Pesticide Application | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20441 | Organic Manure Handling | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20444 | Pig Manure Handling | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20447 | Poultry Manure Handling | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20450 | Flock Recording in Poultry Production | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20453 | Farm Forestry | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20457 | Structure of the Pig Industry | 5 | 5 |
| 5N20460 | Herd Recording of Pig Production | 5 | 5 |
| The remaining credit value of 10 can be obtained by using vocationally relevant component(s) from level 5. A maximum of 15 credits may be used from either level 4 or level 6. |
Providers offering Agriculture Level 5 – 5M20454
- Ballyhaise Agricultural College, Cavan
- Clonakilty Agricultural College, Cork
- Gurteen Agricultural College, Tipperary
- Kildalton Agricultural & Horticultural College, Kilkenny
- Mountbellew Agricultural College, Galway
- Salesian Agricultural College Pallaskenry, Limerick
- Westport College of Further Education, Mayo
- Teagasc
- Course Type : QQI Level 5