Where will Certificate II in Agriculture lead you?
Certificate II in Agriculture provides students with the skills and knowledge to work in the Agricultural Industry. Students will study cropping and/or livestock, as well as other general agriculture areas. Certificate II in Agriculture is delivered via an auspiced program through South Regional TAFE.
Common work tasks
- Cultivate soil, sow crops and control weeds by slashing, rotary hoeing or chemical spraying
- Take part in harvesting operations using tractors, harvesters, forklifts and hand tools
- Feed livestock and poultry
- Clean and sterilise farm equipment
- Perform other tasks involved with the breeding and raising of livestock, such as dipping, branding, crutching, gelding, marking and assisting with artificial insemination
- Ride horses or motorbikes, or drive farm utes, to muster sheep or cattle
- Maintain and repair farm buildings, bores, fences, machinery, troughs, windmills and other equipment
Are you suited?
- Are you passionate about farming?
- Are you able to cope with the physical demands of the job.
- Are you able to undertake manual and heavy work?
- Are you able to handle animals with confidence and patience?
- Do you enjoy working outdoors?
- Are you able to work for long hours in all kinds of weather conditions?
- Are you able to work both in a team and with limited social contact?
- Do you have good mechanical aptitude and problem solving?
If you answer yes to all or most of these questions then a job in Agriculture is for YOU!
Year 11 Subjects
- Certificate II in Agriculture
- Workplace Learning
- General English
- General Mathematics
- FES Cadets
- Materials, Design and Technology - Metals
- Animal Production Systems
- Plant Production Systems
Year 12 Subjects
- Certificate II in Agriculture
- Workplace Learning
- General English
- General Mathematics
- FES Cadets
- Materials, Design and Technology - Metals
- Animal Production Systems
- Plant Production Systems