Green Cert Level 5 and 6 - Blended Course
Standalone or Part of Major Award
"Green Cert" is the everyday name for completing both of these nationally recognised QQI awards: Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture (5M20454) — 120 credits of foundation: livestock, crops, soils, safety, business and a work placement. Level 6 Certificate in Farming (6S20487) — 50 credits of management: business planning, performance measurement, sustainability and a second placement. Together they make you a "qualified farmer" in the sense used by farm succession schemes, tax reliefs and young-farmer supports. Whoever delivers the training, the awards come from the same national body: QQI.
QQI Credits:
QQI Level:
QQI Code: 5M20454 & 6S20487
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Single modules are the best way to build your path to becoming fully certified and
get recognised by NFQ education point scheme.
This course is for four groups mainly: farm successors getting qualified before a transfer; working farmers formalising what they already know; career-changers and returners coming into agriculture; and farm employees stepping up toward management. Most learners have a full-time job, a farm, or both — the course is built that way on purpose.
The Green Cert means completing both QQI awards below. We run them as one joined-up pathway, so you never fall into the gap between Level 5 and Level 6.
5M20454 Certificate in Agriculture
Core modules
- Principles of Agriculture · 15 credits
- Farm Safety & Farm Assurance · 15 credits
- Soils and the Environment · 10 credits
- Farm Business & Technology · 10 credits
- Safe Use of Pesticides Products · 15 credits
- Work Practice · 15 credits
- Communications · 15 credits
Electives — choose 25 credits
- Dairy, Beef or Sheep Husbandry · 10 each
- Grass Production · Tillage Crop Husbandry · 10 each
- Equipment for Crop Establishment · 10
- Chemical Fertiliser Application · 5
6S20487 Certificate in Farming
Core modules
- Farm Management & Business Planning · 10 credits
- Sustainable Farming in the Environment · 10 credits
- Farm Performance Measurement · 5 credits
- Work Practice · 15 credits
Electives — choose 10 credits
- Crop Production Management · 10
- Grassland Management · 5
- Applied Livestock Breeding · 5
This is a blended course. The majority of learning is done from home (live evening classes on Zoom plus self-directed study on our LMS), but you'll attend in-person Farm Days at partner farms we call farm hubs roughly once per practical module, complete on-farm skills demonstrations, and do physical work placements.
WHAT WILL YOU DO ON THIS COURSE?
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You will be awarded the QQI Certificate in Agriculture (5M20454) and the Certificate in Farming (6S20487). Forus Training (the provider behind Green Cert Ireland) is a QQI-registered provider with over 25 years delivering training across Ireland
Registration can take place through our website, this will involve you completing the relevant application form, providing us with your personal information so we can complete the registration on our side. Registration can also take place by telephone/email/Whatsapp or in person, this will involve you providing us details of the course you wish to study, providing us your payment details and agreeing to proceed with the purchase. By completing registration, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions set out herein.
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"Green Cert" is the everyday name for completing both of these nationally recognised QQI awards: Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture (5M20454) — 120 credits of foundation: livestock, crops, soils, safety, business and a work placement. Level 6 Certificate in Farming (6S20487) — 50 credits of management: business planning, performance measurement, sustainability and a second placement. Together they make you a "qualified farmer" in the sense used by farm succession schemes, tax reliefs and young-farmer supports. Whoever delivers the training, the awards come from the same national body: QQI.
What is QQI?
QQI is the state agency responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training in Ireland.
QQI are responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training in Ireland.
QQI validate programmes, make awards and are responsible for the promotion, maintenance, development and review of the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ).
QQI also inform the public about the quality of education and training programmes and qualifications, and advise the Government on national policy regarding quality assurance and enhancement in education and training.
