Rural Skills

Course description

A course aimed at pupils who have an interest in following a career in rural business or the natural environment.

This course will provide you with an in-depth introduction to some of the land-based disciplines and can include Estate Maintenance, Crop Production, Soft Landscaping, Animal Handling, Animal Husbandry and Employability Skills for Land-based Industries.

The course allows all learners to begin to develop some of the basic practical skills necessary to work in most of the land-based disciplines as well as an opportunity to explore the very diverse employment prospects that exist in land-based industries. Content includes agriculture, countryside management, and landscape horticulture.

You will be required to provide and wear the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) clothing, including a boiler suit, safety glasses and safety footwear, such as boots or shoes with steel toe caps.

Learning outcome

Progression:

Whether you wish to progress in your studies or enter the world of work, North East Scotland College has excellent progression opportunities, with links to eight universities across Scotland and great relationships with industry employers.

This course or its components may provide progression to: a Modern Apprenticeship; Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) in a land-based industry; further study; employment and/or training

If you wish to progress directly to employment, a range of entry-level job opportunities may be available in the land-based sector .