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LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA IN LAND-BASED TECHNOLOGY

Students working on machinery, studying towards an Agriculture course at Hadlow College

Resources

  • 170 hectare fully functioning commercial farm with an additional 50 hectares of grazing land.
  • 200 hectares of land for arable teaching purposes on a neighbouring farm
  • 140 cow award-winning dairy herd and fully functioning dairy
  • 480 breeding sheep producing prime butcher’s lamb
  • Intensively managed grass leys, pastures and forage crops
  • Maize, wheat, oilseed rape and other crops, grown on a commercial basis
  • Dedicated laboratories for soil, plant and animal science
  • Bespoke cattle handling facility
  • Demonstration beef and rare breeds unit

Typical Employers
Farms, domestic and overseas public bodies, research organisations, educational institutions and ancillary support industries.

Industry Links

Students benefit from close ties with regional aocieties and farming clubs as well as organisations such as the National Farmers' Union (NFU), the Young Farmers, DEFRA, and RABDF.  In addition, students are encouraged to attend relevant industry conferences and exhibitions.

More about Agriculture & Sustainability faculty

Designed for those students who want to pursue a career in agricultural engineering, this course examines a wide range of agricultural machinery and provides skills which can be transferred into more mainstream engineering. You will benefit from our industry experienced tutors and gain an understanding of the skills needed for technical support in the engineering sector. By the end of the course you will have developed a number of practical skills and be well equipped to influence engineering in the future.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have 4 GCSEs at grades A* - C, 2 of which must be English, Maths or Science or have a full level 2 qualification at Merit in a relevant subject.

Additional Experience
Life experiences will be taken into account when considering applications

Location
Hadlow

Course Duration
Full time: 2 years, 4 days per week

Course Content

 Year 1

  • Land-based engineering operations - service and repair engines and components
  • Understanding and servicing mechanical power transmission systems
  • Understanding health, safety and welfare in the land-based engineering workplace
  • Service and repair hydraulic systems and components on land-based equipment
  • Understanding land-based vehicle chassis systems
  • Understanding and working with land-based vehicle engine technology
  • Undertake land-based workshop practice
  • Refrigerant handling
  • Undertake land-based machinery operations
  • Land-based engineering operations - perform thermal joining processes
  • Service and repair of land-based air conditioning and climate control
  • Functional skills

Year 2

  • Understanding and servicing land-based harvesting machinery (cutting and lifting)
  • Service and repair electrical systems on land-based equipment
  • Working with land-based diesel fuel injection systems
  • Business management
  • Understanding and working with ground care equipment
  • Undertaking specialised land-based workshop practices
  • Undertake and review work-related experience in the land-based industries
  • Undertake an investigative project
  • Maintain electronic control and monitoring systems on land-based equipment
  • Functional skills

Assessment Method
Written assignments and practical assessments.

Progression Routes
Successful students can progress onto a degree level course in agriculture or other related subjects. Alternatively they may wish to enter industry.

Specialist Equipment Needed
You will need steel toe-capped boots, wellington boots, waterproof clothing, Hadlow College overalls.