Semester/Full Year

Certificate 2 in Agriculture

• Participate in OHSW processes
• Install, maintain & repair fencing
• Operate tractors
• Determine basic properties of soil and/or growing media
• Muster & move livestock
• Handle livestock using basic techniques
• Assist agricultural crop maintenance
• Treat weeds
• Carry out regular livestock observation

On Farm Tasks

• Machinery/tractor operation
• Routine sheep operations – drenching, vaccinating, supplementary feeding
• Sheep condition scoring
• Fencing project
• Farm resource maintenance/development
• Boom spray technology

Full Year SACE

• Ag Practice (structured workplace learning)
• Ag Management (Plant and Animal Science)

Ag Practice

9 Competency Units:

• Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices
• Prepare & apply chemicals
• Apply chemicals under supervision
• Assist agriculture crop establish
• Assist agricultural crop harvesting
• Operate tractors – complete unit from Year 10
• Operate basic machinery & equipment
• Undertake operational maintenance of machinery
• Implement vertebrate pest control program

On Farm Tasks:

• Collaborative cropping project
• Shearing & crutching
• Lamb marking
• Fencing project
• Year 11 Ag camp
• Mid side sampling

Ag Management

• Sustainable Agriculture/crop rotation planning
• Animal breeds
• Pests and diseases
• Animal and plant genetics
• Animal nutrition
• Soils
• Animal physiology (sheep)
• Plant physiology (cereals/legumes)

Full Year SACE

• Ag Management
• Ag Applied Tech
• Ag and The Community

Ag Management

• Crop rotation and planning
• Farm management / viability study
• Australian sheep breeding values
• Crop establishment & management
• Gross margin analysis
• Investigative study
• Prime lamb selection
• Crop yield estimation
• Excursions – National Merino Challenge
  •  Station trip

Ag Applied Tech

• Crop rotation and planning
• Vertebrate pest control
• Front-end loader operation
• Australian sheep breeding values
• Guidance steering applications
• Rural fencing project
• Chainsaw operation
• Investigative study
• Wool classing
• Merino hogget classing
• Excursions – National Merino Challenge
  • Station trip

Ag and the Community

• Practical tasks at Sims Farm