Diploma of Agriculture
The Diploma of Agriculture provides participants with a wide range of skills in the primary industry sectors targeted at the managerial level. You will learn about agribusiness management. The course covers the key areas of financial, physical and human resource management. You will also learn how to use benchmarking and research to improve the profitability and sustainability of agribusinesses.
Length of study
The length of this course is 12 months full-time and 18 months part-time. (Approximately 10-20 hours should be given to complete each unit - depending on your subject knowledge and time spent on study sessions)
Delivery modes
Fit your learning around your lifestyle - because the course is delivered online, you have the flexibility of when and where you wish to complete your business training.
You can start this course anytime - there are no semester course dates to wait for. The course is delivered via distance learning and online classroom sessions.
Complete the course faster depending on the time you have available! This certificate course of 10 units is typically completed within 1 year, but you can finish earlier by increasing the time you dedicate to your studies.
Enrolment
You can start your course at any time - there are no semester or course date to wait for. There are two options for enrolment: Firstly you can fill out the enrolment form and post or fax back to RMT or you can fill out the online enrolment form.
Course Units
This is an example only of how units can be packaged to suit an individual learner or enterprise. In no way is this mandatory. Please see attached brochure for more details on course units.
You are required to complete 10 units.
- RTE5015A Manage the harvest of agricultural and horticultural crops
- RTC5016A Develop production plans for crops
- RTE5103A Manage livestock production
- RTE5104A Develop livestock health and welfare strategies
- RTE5304A Implement a machinery management system
- RTE5516A Develop a whole farm plan
- RTE5604A Develop an irrigation and drainage management plan
- RTE5807A Manage staff
- RTE5912A Plan and monitor production processes
- RTC5702A Develop and manage a chemical use strategy