Grm Novo Mesto - centre of biotechnology and tourism

Novo Mesto

Country Farmer

Slovenian

4

I-VET

Formal

Rural Economy is a 3-year vocational secondary education programme. The programme teaches students how to produce food for people and animals. They acquire basic skills in animal husbandry, agriculture, fruit growing and viticulture. During their training, they choose their own professional modules according to their interests. They consolidate the knowledge acquired in the modules in practical training in the various workplaces of the school's extensive estate: stables (cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, chickens, small animals), apiary, orchard, vineyard, fields and horticultural areas, meadows and pastures, and woodland.

crop production, livestock production, countryside

N/a

Final examination certificate

2022-09-01

3 years

crop production skills, livestock production skills, countryside management skills, basic work orgnaization skills

Crop and livestock production

Elementary school education or lower vocational education

Certificate holders will be able to: plan and organise their own work, independently perform technological procedures based on a farm production plan, perform plant production operations in accordance with the principles of plant and environmental protection, tend domestic animals in accordance with ethological principles, perform work with agricultural machinery, with devices, tools and implements and perform basic maintenance work in accordance with the principles of safety at work, harvest, transport and store agricultural products, prepare crops and agricultural products for sale, make simple calculations and sell agricultural crops, products and services, cooperate in a group and communicate with co-workers, use information and communication technology to search, process and evaluate data in their work, act responsibly at the work place to ensure their own safety and health at work and to protect the environment, Elective: production, harvesting, preserving and storage of fodder plants, performing work setting up a permanent plantation, cultivating and tending fruit plants, cultivating and tending field crops and vegetables, domestic animal husbandry and preparation of animals and animal products for processing and sale, cultivation and tending of grapevines and grape processing, care of horses and their preparation for various purposes, performing services using agricultural mechanisation and maintenance and implementation of minor repairs, performing basic regeneration and tending work in forests, implementing biogas harnessing technology, maintenance of biological and plant treatment installations and compost heaps, production of vegetables in a protected space, maintenance of recreational and sports green areas, performing technological procedures in facilities that process alternative energy sources and materials. Certificate holders supplement their key vocational knowledge and abilities with key general knowledge in line with national standards.