Animal production
Animal production portable skills training teaches basic skills in cattle, sheep and poultry production.
One of the biggest challenges facing small-scale farmers is access to quality education and training. Train the Nation’s animal production portable skills training is a sound starting point for individuals who want to farm.
Moreover, this certificate denotes competency to potential employers. The South African agricultural sector is grappling with a shortage of skilled employees. Skills gaps are widening as the industry continues to harness sophisticated technologies to improve productivity, efficiency and safety. Individuals who have completed this course have been primed for further learning in agriculture so that they can add even more value.
Animal production portable skills
Individuals who have completed this course possess the following competencies:
- Perform agricultural processes as applicable to animal production. This includes taking responsibility for the output quality and quantity under supervision.
- Take responsibility for their own actions at lower levels within an animal production context while under guidance and evaluation
- Implement procedures and ensure compliance with the relevant safety, quality, hygiene and technical standards while under guidance and evaluation
- Evaluate and manage animals according to specific criteria related to anatomical and physiological systems
- Describe the principles of animal nutrition, feed, technology and feeding management
- Apply basic genetic principles in the planning and maintenance of animal breeding systems
- Describe potential damage and harmful effects to animal products and suggest alternatives
- Apply repetitive and basic clinical procedures
- Describe the historic and geographic origin and distribution of animal species.
| Duration: | 3 months |
| Course Location: | Nationwide |
| Fees: | Enquire |
