Hwb: Agriculture resources

Video clips discussing various aspects of Agriculture. Suitable up to Level 4.

A resource for Agriculture students studying a level 2 qualification, focusing on health and safety, farm waste disposal, and the use of farm equipment. The health and safety section includes PowerPoint and Word presentations featuring documents on risk assessments, hazards and manual handling. The farm waste section contains six Word documents regarding farm waste disposal. The farm equipment pack contains a PowerPoint presentation and Word documents that can be used and adapted for designing worksheets for the classroom.

A digital resource produced by Tinopolis and Coleg Sir Gar. This resource gives students 'real' experience of completing tasks including: • Completing documentation to send cattle to slaughter or lambs to market • Completing VAT returns online • Managing various business management documents associated with running farm enterprises • Registering a new-born calf with CTS online • Preparing the farm with the necessary paperwork for a Farm Assurance visit. The content of the resource is particularly appropriate for farm animal and business management units at levels 2 and 3.

24 video clips produced by Telesgop. They are 5 to 8 minutes long, and include vets, lecturers and experts discussing a particular principle or demonstrating a skill. They are ideal for some of the units taught as part of the Level 3 (BTEC and City & Builds) course , namely: • Sheep production • Beef production • Dairy production • Grassland Management • Agricultural engineering • Estate maintenance skills • Management of pigs and chickens • Health of farm animals The clips can be used to demonstrate a particular skill, leading to discussions in the classroom before completing a worksheet. Many of the clips give students a good grounding before they go out to practice the skill.