Farmer
Farmer
3-year training course in agriculture and forestry, culminating in a vocational qualification.
Optional specialisations:
- Equestrian specialisation
- Livestock breeder
- Crop production
The farmer is an agricultural professional with general agricultural knowledge, the theoretical, physical and practical skills required to carry out agricultural work, and the basic knowledge required for entrepreneurial activity, who is able to carry out agricultural production work using economical and environmentally friendly technologies.
COMPETENCE PROFILE
An aptitude for general agricultural work, ability to work independently, love of nature and animals, good stamina and the ability to make quick decisions.
THE HOLDER OF THE QUALIFICATION
- preparing and sowing the soil;
- performs tasks related to maintaining soil fertility;
- caring for plants;
- harvesting and storing food crops;
- harvests, preserves and stores fodder crops;
- performs basic tasks in the production of fruit, grapes and vegetables;
- performs husbandry tasks;
- feeds and breeds animals;
- performs animal welfare and hygiene tasks;
- maintain and operate agricultural machinery and operate electronic equipment for precision farming;
- maintains buildings and structures and carries out simple repairs;
- observes and complies with environmental, fire and health and safety regulations;performs entrepreneurial, organisational and administrative activities;
- runs an independent agricultural holding.
We offer our vocational training to all young people who like working outdoors, animals and nature. The main workforce on modern family farms is the farmer, who uses his knowledge
Optional courses and specialisations in 3-year vocational education and training
- Agricultural mechanic
- Farmer
- Horseman
- Animal breeder
- Crop Grower
The advantages of choosing vocational education and training
- Vocational schools provide training for professionals..
- First you choose a sector, which you learn about for 1 year.
- You choose a profession after the first year of secondary school.
- For 2 years, you can learn a trade, mainly in a company environment, in a dual apprenticeship.
- In the case of dual training, the training will take place mainly in companies or entrepreneurs where the apprenticeship is learnt.
- After the end of the first year, the system is still transferable to the technical school.
- You will receive a general vocational training grant for 1 year.
- The scholarship is replaced by a vocational training work contract, which means that you will already have an income while you are learning.
Agriculture and forestry sector
Mechanisation and automation are playing an increasingly important role in agricultural professions as a result of technological progress.
The sector combines technical achievements with the beauty of manual work. It combines state-of-the-art mechanisation, digitalisation and traditional artisanal farming.
Agricultural production and services are a way of dealing with the living world, with living beings, which, because of their natural and biological characteristics, create specific conditions and are a major challenge for the practical dissemination and diffusion of innovations (i.e. new innovations and new processes).
The area includes crop production, livestock farming, horticulture, forestry, agricultural mechanisation, game management and fisheries, land surveying and geo-information, which offer a diversity of production/agriculture and services.
The professions covered by the sector are of the broadest interest.