INDEX - NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: Plant Production (NQF 4)
TYPE ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
CORE 116301 Apply effective and responsible integrated pest, disease and weed control
116302 Assume co-responsibility and participation in human resource management
116295 Demonstrate a basic understanding of the physiological processes in plant growth and development
116297 Develop a harvesting plan for the specific agricultural crop
116290 Establish a plan for the monitoring, safe use and maintenance of equipment implements, technology and infrastructure
116293 Evaluate, adjust and implement factors influencing agricultural enterprises
116288 Execute sustainable resource use and quality control
116286 Give an overview of the industry structure
116278 Implement a food safety and quality management system in the agricultural supply chain
116303 Implement a natural resource management plan
116309 Implement integrated farm layout and site selection
116311 Implement soil fertility and plant nutrition practices
116305 Manage plant manipulation methods of an agricultural crop
116322 Manage water quality parameters
116291 Participate in the development and management of an agri-business plan
116684 Participate in the development and management of an agricultural marketing plan
116319 Prepare a whole farm budget and establish a proper integrated information system for an agri-business
116321 Procure and manage agricultural input
116316 Propagate plants in a variety of situations
116317 Schedule the operation and maintenance of irrigation systems
FUNDAMENTAL 8968 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication
8972 Interpret a variety of literary texts
8969 Interpret and use information from texts
8970 Write texts for a range of communicative contexts
9015 Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems
8974 Engage in sustained oral communication and evaluate spoken texts
116312 Implement a data collection plan
12417 Measure, estimate and calculate physical quantities and explore, critique and prove geometrical relationships in 2- and 3-dimensional space in the life and workplace of adult with increasing responsibilities
116320 Plan and maintain environmentally sound agricultural processes
8975 Read, analyse and respond to a variety of texts
8979 Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes
7468 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues
8976 Write for a wide range of contexts
ELECTIVE 116289 Ensure sustainable wild flower harvesting operations
116279 Implement a permaculture site design
116304 Manage agricultural export logistics
TOTAL CREDITS: 142