National Certificate:
COURSE DURATION
1 Year (4 months theory and 6 months practical)
NQF
Level 3
PRICE
R26 250.00
LANGUAGE
English
VENUE
Lemang Training Farm: Vastfontein
Pretoria North, Plot 130 Alpha Road, Vastfontein
PURPOSE OF QUALIFICATION
The qualification provides learners with the opportunity to gain competence in poultry production, assisting them in running a successful poultry business and facilitating their ability to secure employment in the industry. For those who are already employed in a poultry production farm, the multi-skilling that the qualification offers will open a career path in the industry.
The qualification will allow learners to:
- Monitor and manage the poultry house environment
- Allocate and manage poultry feeding programmes
- Manage the bio-security programmes on the poultry farm
- Monitor the health of poultry
- Inspect, weigh and ensure that the poultry are within the required performance standards
- Compile records and construct basic graphs of growth, consumption and other statistics
- Perform farm management functions
The qualification will equip the learner with the necessary skills to manage a poultry production unit on a farm.
Sound like the right course for you?
If you think this is the right course for you, you can easily enrol by filling in your details at the form at the link below.
*Please note that each course is dependant on a minimum of 15 students before commencement date.
MODULE 1: HEALTH AND SAFETY
- Demonstrate an understanding of basic health management practices on poultry holdings
- Maintain health and safety in poultry production
- Monitor and manage the poultry production environment
- Understand vaccine handling and vaccination practices for poultry
- Maintain bio-security in poultry production
MODULE 2: POULTRY HOUSEKEEPING
- Clean and prepare the poultry house for a new flock
- Maintain water for poultry production
- Perform and administer record-keeping functions in poultry production
- Manage a poultry production facility
- Lead a team, plan, allocate and assess their work
- Apply self-management through the concepts of Positive Self-esteem and Resiliency
MODULE 3: POULTRY PRODUCTION
- Demonstrate basic understanding of the poultry production industry
- Show an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of poultry
- Demonstrate an understanding of poultry nutrition
- Manage the care of commercial layers
- Manage the production of table eggs
MODULE 4: COMMUNICATION
- Access and use information from written texts
- Maintain and adapt oral communication
- Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes
- Write for a defined context
MODULE 5: MATHEMATICS
- Apply basic knowledge of statistics and probability to influence the use of data and procedures in order to investigate “real life” related problems
- Demonstrate understanding of rational and irrational numbers and number systems
- Measure, estimate and calculate physical quantities and explore, describe and represent geometrical relationships in two dimensions in different life or workplace contexts
- Monitor, collect and collate agricultural data
- Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal and community life
- Work with a range of patterns and functions and solve problems
