Gateway Courses in Agriculture Training Skills

Gateway Sheep, Beef and Dairy Agribusiness Skills

Gateway farm students are placed with a sponsor farmer for between one to four days per week incorporating practical unit standards. They will get training in agribusiness introductory skills and can choose an option from sheep, beef, dairy and general agriculture. It may also involve: fencing, ATV’s, milking, tractors, stock handling etc.

Some Gateway students attend class with other Land Based Training students, completing theory unit standards – some of these unit standards are prerequisites to the practical unit standards.

Credits from unit standards go towards the National Certificate in Agriculture Level 2 Introductory Skills. Once students have left school they can enrol with Land Based Training, complete this qualification and go on to Level 3.

Schools are responsible for:

• Designing workplace learning programmes for students.
• Overseeing the learning opportunities and assessment once they are set up.
• Administering the programmes.
• Liaising with participating employers and Industry Training Organisations.

Gateway Option One:

Land Based Training provides Gateway Ag Students with the LBT Disk Learning Tool (LDL). The options for gateway students include, Sheep, Beef, Dairy, General agriculture. These four LDL teaching options – give the student the opportunity to choose the area of agricultural interest most relevant to them. Available from February 2011 and are updated annually.

Land Based Training’s responsibilities are to support the student, mark the assessments, visit the student at the sponsor farm and carry out the practical assessments.

Gateway Option Two:

Land Based Training also offers teaching resources and assessments in manual format in some situations.

Gateway Option Three:

Land Based Training offers classes to support theory learning in Wanganui and Manawatu.

Gateway options in Equine and forestry are also available in some locations.

Gateway Farm students are all able to learn agribusiness introductory skills. The way the Gateway courses are run you will also have the choice of more specific training in the field of either sheep, beef, dairy or general agriculture.