diploma Rural business management
Rural Business Management is designed to develop and enhance a range of skills required for employment in the management of rural businesses. This course provides technical and applied business management knowledge, skills and abilities for careers in the food and fibre production, processing, marketing and distribution industries. There is further development of skills and knowledge in the management of a rural business, in the areas of agricultural marketing, budgeting and reviewing business performance, climate risk management, crop and livestock production and property management planning.
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 of competency.
- RTC5701A Establish and maintain enterprise OHS
- RTE5016A Develop production plans for crops
- RTE5807A Manage staff
- RTE5901A Develop a marketing plan
- RTE5906A Monitor and review business performance
- RTE5516A Develop a whole farm plan
- RTE5014A Manage agricultural crop production
- BSBEBUS505A Implement new technologies for business
- BSBMGT507A Manage environmental performance
- BSBSBM405A Monitor and manage business operations