Entry Requirements
Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above which must include English, Maths and Science OR a relevant Level 2 qualification and English and Maths GCSE at grade 4 or above.
What will I learn?
Core and common core units will cover:
- Health & Safety
- Sustainability & Biosecurity
- Business, finance, Ethics and supply chain
- Equality, Communications and Relationship management
- Data and information
Occupational Specialism – Crop:
- Biosecurity and environmental impacts within the arable sector
- Estate maintenance and field management
- Plant and Soil Science
- Crop establishment machinery and new technology
- Crop Science and nutrition
- Machinery operations (Tractor, ATV and Forklift)
- Operate and maintain harvesting and forage equipment machinery
- Fencing, Welding, Ironmongery and plumbing
- Access to College commercial farm
- Access to short courses including (PA1, PA2 and PA6)
- Trips, guest speakers and shows
- Group and 1:1 tutorial
How will I be assessed?
This course is assessed:
Year 1
- 2 core exams
- Preparation for Employer set project
Year 2
- Employer set project
- Synoptic practical assessments
The T level course will not have assignment-based assessments, although work may be set as homework however learners will be expected to take formal notes during lectures at a quality to use as revision notes in preparation for the core exams.
Industry Placement:
- 315-420 hours required at an external placement to the college, this needs to be a placement within the agricultural sector e.g.… Farm Worker, Tractor driver, relief milker, Farm shop assistant, land agent, Feed, and retail.
Where will it lead me?
The specialist pathway route in Agriculture, Land Management and Production will open several opportunities within the land-based sector including careers in Agriculture such as a Farmer, Agricultural Engineer or Farm Management.
- FdSc or BSc in Agriculture or other land-based subject – This course gives you UCAS tariff points for entry to university.
Complete a full Level 3 with us and we’ll guarantee you an offer of a place on one of our relevant University Centre Sparsholt degree courses. Admissions Terms & Conditions apply – for full details go to www.ucsparsholt.ac.uk
Careers
- Farm manager/Assistant farm manager
- Agricultural Retail
- Skilled Machinery Operator
- Stock Person
- Instructor/Lecturer
- Agronomist
- Agricultural Contractor
- Livestock Nutritionist
- AI Technician
Facilities
Sparsholt College has a wide range of state-of-the-art facilities including new projects like a Robotic Milking Parlour and Agritech Centre built specifically for the introduction of the T Level in Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care qualifications.
We have recently invested in our dairy, please see below a list of exiting new areas to expect:
- Brand new DeLaval Robotic parlour
- Brand new conventional parlour
- Newly constructed beef barn with fixed handling unit
- Plans approved to build a new Agri-tech centre including wet labs, VR rooms and interactive classrooms.
- Brand new RAPPA mobile sheep handling unit and livestock trailer.
- 3 full spec machinery simulators including Combine, Tractor and Forklift options.
- Fully interactive virtual reality room
- A variety of bovine, ovine and injection simulators.
- New machinery and equipment
- New HE tech centre
Optional Additional Qualifications
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in forklift truck operations (Rought terrain telescopic forklift)
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in the safe use of all-terrain vehicles (ATV/RTV)
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in tractor driving and related operations.
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in safe use of pesticides (PA1)
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in pesticide application tractor mounted (PA2)
- NPTC L2 Certificate of competence in pesticide application handheld (PA6)