Course Outline
This qualification provides the farmer with the essential knowledge and hand-on practice to learn the basics of plant nursery production, understand basic husbandry practices for vegetables and fruits, and identify and explain basic farm machinery/implements, their usage and maintenance.
Delivery Methods
Duration:
4 months
Next Enrolment:
The beginning of August of every year.
Course Modules
Pre-requisites
Learning Outcomes
Career Pathways
Course Fees
Course Modules
| CODE | NAME |
| VTCPHNP2001001 | Production Horticulture Nursery practices |
| VTCPHHP2001002 | Production Horticulture Husbandry Practices |
| VTCPHOFMI2001003 | On-farm machinery/implements |
Pre-requisites
No pre-requisites are needed to enroll in this course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successfully completing the course, the graduates are expected to develop skills and knowledge to:
- Explain advantages of protected nursery, procedure to sterilize nursery soil, estimating germination percent and aftercare.
- Explain basic husbandry practices, enlisting common vegetable and fruit varieties, pests and diseases, weeds and their control measures
- Enlist basic farm machinery used in tillage and cultivation, its usage and maintenance
Career Pathways
This qualification will offer you a good opportunity to enter the professional domain as a Greenhouse Manager, Nursery manager, Crop Production Manager, Farm Manager
Course Fees
FJD $0. All course fees are covered by Ramakrishna Mission Fiji.