* Fees are chargeable each year and the fees quoted will be for the current year only, if the course is more than 1 year further fees will be due next year.
This apprenticeship will give you the skills and knowledge to be responsible for ensuring high quality sustainable crop production. No two days are the same! You will spend one day a week at Holme Lacy college and the rest of your time in the workplace supporting daily operations for optimising crop/plant yields through establishment, management, harvest and post-harvest operations, while maintaining and improving the surrounding environment. There is the option to specialise in Soil-based systems or Container- based systems.
A certificate of completion from the Institute for Apprenticeships
Award in Emergency First Aid at Work
City & Guilds Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides Guidance or LANTRA Safe Use of Pesticides followed by one of the following options:
Boom sprayer, mounted, trailed or self-propelled equipment
Granular applicator equipment
Handheld applicator equipment
Apprentices could move into more senior roles within their employment
Progress to Higher Education
An employee in this occupation could be working in soil-based systems or container-based systems. Soil-based systems can involve operating large, technically advanced machinery in the open fields. Working outdoors, means there is variety and challenges to overcome. Similarly Crop Technicians working in container-based systems may work outside but for many, most of the work will be in controlled environments, which need monitoring and adapting to suit the growth stage/species growing. A Crop Technician will be expected to do long hours, only as permitted within UK employment law.
The programme is delivered through workplace skills assessment as well as attendance of one day a week in college.
At the completion of all on programme learning, apprentices will complete and End Point Assessment and for this standard that will involve a Multiple-Choice Test, Practical Skills Assessment with Questions and a Professional Discussion underpinned by a Portfolio of Evidence.
Suitable employment on or prior to starting the apprenticeship training programme.
An appropriate level of Maths and English (assessed prior to apprenticeship start)
Apprentices without English or maths (at Level 2 for a Level 3 Apprenticeship or Level 1 for a Level 2 Apprenticeship) must achieve this prior to taking the End Point Assessment).
We can support you to achieve the desired level of Maths and English, through functional skills taught sessions which are mandatory to attend as part of your programme (you cannot achieve your apprenticeship without the required level of maths and English).
