What will I learn?
This course will teach you key environmental issues, general understanding of agricultural operations, interpretation of strip maps, reportable diseases, field drainage - principles, types of system, and drain types. The course also covers farm/pipeline fencing, topsoil strip, excavation and drain making, backfill, civilisation and ripping, reinstatement, and reporting. You will also be taught about BS 8010, P10, MAFF: Soil Code, MAFF: Code of Good Practice for the Protection of Water, MAFF: Preventing the Spread of Plant and Animal Diseases, and the Badgers Act 1992.
What else should I know?
Fee does not include the exam fee.
Candidates MUST bring:
- 2 passport sized photographs
- a valid eyesight certificate from a doctor or an optician showing satisfactory eyesight for near vision, permitting reading a minimum of Times Roman N5, or equivalent type and size letters, at not less than 300mm on a standard test chart for near vision, in at least one eye, corrected or uncorrected. Candidates will be required to have had a colour perception assessment by the Ishihara 24 plate test or equivalent.
- a completed application form and full examination fee
Important information regarding the new BGAS-CSWIP schemeENTRY REQUIREMENTSThe minimum duration for industrial experience prior to or following success in the qualification examination is 3 months, showing knowledge of environmental protection and agricultural operations.
For more information on the BGAS-CSWIP scheme, please view the
BGAS-CSWIP scheme document
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