NCEA Level 2 Agriculture

NCEA Level 2 Agriculture and Horticulture is available through NetNZ.

This course is a practical, production-focused course, involving learners in problem-solving in the Agriculture/Horticulture domain.

It is based on realistic and practical Agricultural and/or Horticultural contexts. Students learn to explore agricultural and horticultural issues and to communicate their ideas to others In agricultural and horticultural science. Learners will find themselves dealing with contexts, issues, and problem-solving drawn from a broad agenda that includes, for example:

• products (e.g. pork, poultry, avocados, honey, timber, milk, wool, apples, grapes)
• environments (e.g. waterways, erosion, landscape, soil, shelter, glasshouses, effluent, pollution; environmental modification and sustainable management practices)
• solutions for particular management issues (e.g. irrigation, cropping, harvesting and milking equipment, data, information and communication digital technologies, shelter and shade construction, and cultivation technologies).

Students that complete this course should be ready to gain employment or continue their studies through NCEA Agriculture Level 3 or at a tertiary provider.