Whether you are starting out or turning an existing block over, this course is built for the whole system. Soil, crops without chemicals, weeds and pests, livestock, pasture and getting ready for certification.
Integrated farm management systems, soil and crop nutrition, pasture and crops. The whole thing planned as one system, rather than ten separate problems.
Weed management, pest and disease management, and organic management issues. These are the problems that arrive once the chemicals stop.
You cover preparing for organic certification, and where you fit in New Zealand's growing organic market.
Organic growing is expanding here, and it needs people who understand the whole system rather than one corner of it. The work is easy to picture: beds turned over, stock moved onto fresh pasture, and a crop that came in without a spray.
The day to day of a working organic farm. Soil, pasture, stock and crops are all covered here.
Growing at a small scale for local sale. Soil management and crop nutrition are the daily work.
Crops without chemicals, which means weed, pest and disease management done another way.
Growing under cover, where nutrition and pest management matter more, not less.
The paperwork and standards side. Preparing for organic certification is part of this course.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.
Ten topics, from the farm plan through to what grows on it.
Here is what stands out in this course.
Livestock management runs across two topics, so the animal side gets as much room as the growing.
Two topics on controlling weeds, pests and disease naturally. It is the part people find hardest after switching over.
Organic soil management and crop nutrition. Healthy soil is where organic farming starts, and most of the rest follows from it.
Preparing for organic certification, and finding your place in the growing organic market here.
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Finish the course and the college awards you its Certificate of Achievement.
On completion you get a SEEK Pass link for your certificate, so you can share it on SEEK.
Support for the job search through the Career Centre, including CV templates and job listings.
Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide and straight answers on whether it fits.
Pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
Work through the topics online around the season, with unlimited tutor support in business hours.
Complete the course and receive your Certificate of Achievement, plus your SEEK Pass link.
None needed. The course opens with an introduction to organic farming and builds from there, so it suits someone starting out as well as someone already on the land.
The payment plan is $29 a week, with no deposit and no credit check. You can pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. Enquire for the full options.
Around 100 hours at your own pace, with 6 months of access. There are no set class times, so you can work around the season.
Both. Livestock management runs across two topics, next to pasture, crops, soil and crop nutrition.
It gets you ready for it. Preparing for organic certification is covered in the course, which is the groundwork you do first. Certification itself is a separate process you go through, so treat this as the preparation rather than the certificate.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. On the land, what counts is whether the system works, and this course is built for that.
Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee. If it is not right, you get your money back.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand.
Courses run fully online and self paced, with unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching comes with your enrolment, including CV help and access to the Career Centre.
Picture the first season the soil holds together on its own, the stock look right, and nothing went on the paddock to make it happen.