Weeds Identification and Control & Agricultural Pest Control Diploma Bundle

Diploma in Weeds Identification and Control - Level 4 & Diploma in Agricultural Pest Control - Level 4

The knowledge you must posses when engaging in the Agricultural Industry!

This bundled course lets you learn two major components of agriculture, allowing you to acquire two accredited qualifications at a discounted rate. Weeds and pest control are crucial in agriculture in order to protect crops and to increase food production. Knowledge and practices offered in these courses will be beneficial to farmers, gardeners, landscape managers and horticultural workers who can apply this knowledge to the work they do on the ground. Gaining these qualifications will also help you to kickstart a successful career in agriculture or to level up your career within the industry.

Diploma in Weeds Identification and Control – Level 4 is designed to help you identify various types of weeds along with its characteristics and classification with a special focus on commonly found weed species. This professionally narrated e-course will teach you the characteristics of weed control methods that are introduced to suit various situations, and the safe application of chemical herbicides.

Diploma in Agricultural Pest Control – Level 4 is a comprehensive Ofqual regulated course that will lay the fundamentals of pest and pesticide control. In this course, you will explore the common pesticide application methods used to properly administer them in crops and harvest, followed by modules that will disclose the various safety and health measures that should be practised while implementing pest control in agriculture. This course is a wonderful opportunity for you to lay your hands on the EPA and WPS required training for agricultural science. This course will also discuss beneficial insect identification to further enhance your knowledge on pest control.

The courses have been endorsed under the Quality Licence Scheme (QLS). This means that Imperial Learning Limited* has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers meet defined quality criteria. The completion of these courses alone will not lead to a regulated qualification* but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The learner unit summary may be used as evidence towards recognition of prior learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the Diploma in Agricultural Pest Control – Level 4 has been benchmarked at Level 4 against level descriptors published by Ofqual, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The courses itself have been designed by Imperial Learning Limited* to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current regulated qualifications.

The QLS endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

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*Regulated qualification refers to those qualifications that are regulated by Ofqual/CCEA/Qualification Wales

What Will I Learn?

• Have a clear understanding of the fundamentals of pest control.
• Learn about pesticide controls.
• Learn about the agricultural pesticide application.
• Gain insight into common pesticide applications and methods.
• Have an understanding on the safety and health measures that has to be practiced while incorporating pest control in agriculture.
• Insight into EPA and WPS required training.
• Learn about beneficial insect identification.
• Understand about pests such as honey bees, Africanised honey bees, wasps, cotton insects and other common crop insects and how to control them.

COURSE CURRICULUM

----------Diploma in Weeds Identification and Control - Level 4----------

Module 01 : What Is A Weed?

Module 02 : Weed Classifications

Module 03 : Common Weeds Of Field Crops And Pastures

Module 04 : Commonly Found Weed Names A-B

Module 05 : Commonly Found Weed Names C-D

Module 06 : Commonly Found Weed Names E-F

Module 07 : Commonly Found Weed Names G-H

Module 08 : Commonly Found Weed Names I-J-K

Module 09 : Commonly Found Weed Names L-M-N

Module 10 : Commonly Found Weed Names O-P

Module 11 : Commonly Found Weed Names Q-R

Module 12 : Commonly Found Weed Names S

Module 13 : Commonly Found Weed Names T-V-W

Module 14 : Commonly Found Weed Names Y

Module 15 : Grasses

Module 16 : Weed Control Section

Module 17 : Mechanical Weed Control

Module 18 : Common Herbicide Information Section

----------Diploma in Agricultural Pest Control - Level 4----------

Module 01 : Pesticide Fundamentals Introduction

Module 02 : Agricultural Pesticide Application Information

Module 03 : Common Pesticide Applications And Methods

Module 04 : Epa Required Training Citation Section

Module 05 : Ppe, Safety And Health Section

Module 06 : Wps Required Training Section

Module 07 : Beneficial Insect Identification

Module 08 : Honey Bee Detailed Section

Module 09 : Africanized Honey Bee Section

Module 10 : Modern European Bee Hive Section

Module 11 : Bee Control Section

Module 12 : Bee-Related Inspections Section

Module 13 : Wasp Identification Section

Module 14 : Common Crop Insects And Pesticide Controls

Module 15 : Cotton Insect And Related Pest Identification

Module 16 : 1 Node Ant Identification And Control Section

Module 17 : 2 Node Ant Identification And Control Section

Access Duration

The course will be directly delivered to you, and you have 12 months access to the online learning platform from the date you joined the course. The course is self-paced and you can complete it in stages, revisiting the lectures at any time.

Method of Assessment

In order to complete the Diploma in Weeds Identification and Control - Level 4 successfully, all students are required to complete a series of assignments. The completed assignments must be submitted via the online portal. Your instructor will review and evaluate your work and provide your feedback based on how well you have completed your assignments.

Certification

At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from The Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

Course Code: QLS-04895

Awarding Body (Accreditation)

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through our awarding organisations we have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. We are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Our knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables us to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

• Students
• Job seekers
• Farmers
• Other professionals related to agricultural pest control
• Anyone willing to learn more about agricultural pest control

• Learners should be age 19 or over, and must have a basic understanding of Maths, English, and ICT.
• A qualification at level 3 or above in any discipline.

• Farmers – £8.57 per hour
• Farm Workers – £8.39 per hour
• Farm Manager – £27,636 per annum
• Pest Control Technician – £18,743 per annum
• Agricultural Engineer – £8,99 per hour

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