This module describes the skills, knowledge and attitude required to produce seed.
At the end of this module, learners will be able:
- To Prepare for seed production operations;
- Carry out planting operations for seed production;
- Monitor seed production field;
- Perform seed harvesting and post-harvesting operations
Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to the use and management of soils.
This module describes the skills, knowledge and attitude required to study soil science. At the end of this module, trainees will be able to determine soil characteristics; describe soil fertility and fertilizers; describe soil water plant relationship; perform soil conservation and perform laboratory analysis of soil. Qualified trainees deemed competent to this competency may work alone or with others on routine tasks in various places such as horticulture farm, crop production farm, agriculture research center, greenhouse under minimum supervision.
This module describes the skills, knowledge and attitudes to be acquired for the trainee of the Agricultural Engineering department to effectively communicate in the career.The trainee will be able to present complex topics before familiar and non-familiar audiences,identify and use language registers according to the audience,involve an audience into the presentation through specific strategies, debate complex topics with dexterity, apply tips and tricks for winning a debate, writing relatively large-scale professional documents, use of specific professional language to describe trade-related activities, identification and application of different writing styles, writing a technical summary, reading and responding to complex and trade-specific texts, application of renown reading strategies, considering factors influencing effective reading, using steps of summary writing to summarize complex and trade-specific texts, listening and responding to long and complex speeches, capturing and reporting key information from long and complex speeches, reporting the information listened to, paraphrasing and rephrasing long and complex speeches, large-scale professional documents writing and interpretation, to mention but a few.