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Agriculture Apprenticeships Level 2 and Level 3

Apprenticeships can help you to progress your career in a newor existing role. Our livestock and arable apprenticeships provide an ideal opportunity to learn and applyyour skills in theworkplace, ready to take your first step into an agricultural career. You’ll spend one day per week studying at Hartpury College during term time. We’ll tailor the skills you learn to your job role and pathway. You’ll also complete qualifications in Maths and English, first aid, and safe use of pesticides as part of your course, and develop a practical evidence portfolio. Develop your skills over two years on this A-level-equivalent qualification. You’ll get hands-on preparing and cultivating sites for planting crops, harvesting and storing crops, and maintaining equipment and machines. You’ll develop your understanding of sustainable crop production, as well as important transferable skills including communication and management skills. independently and as part of a team in this GCSE-equivalent qualification. Choose to specialise in crop or livestock production and support daily operations within the farm enterprise, maintaining and identifying issues relating to animal and plant health. You'll also assist in key operational tasks including record keeping. General Farmworker Apprenticeship Level 2 You’ll gain practical skills in areas such as technology and learn to operate Crop Technician Apprenticeship Level 3