Overview
Soil is the foundation for profitable farming. There are many things that can be wrong with soil (eg. poor nutrition, chemical imbalance, structural problems such as drainahe, lack of microbial life etc). Often minor and releatively inexpensive treatments can improve productivity.
Aims of the Soil Management course from Warnborough College
- Define terms related to the production and management of agricultural soil, such as ? manure, micorrhyzae, ameliorant, pore space, micro-nutrient, denitrification, ammonium fixation, chemo autrophic organisms, colloids, buffering capacity, leaching, compaction.
- Create a compost heap;
- Discuss ways that human activity can destroy soil structure;
- Explain how pH affects nutrient availability;
- Explain the function of different nutrients in soils/growing media, such at nitrogen and phosphorus;
- Analyse a soil test report in order to evaluate the soil for horticultural or agricultural use;
- Describe appropriate soil testing methods for different situations;
Programme Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 8 in-depth lessons:
- Physical & Chemical Properties Of Soils
- Soil Testing Methods
- Sustainable Soil Management
- Soils & Managing Earthworks
- Land Degradation & Other Soil Problems
- Container Growing
- Soil Science & Health
- Soil Management
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 4 days
Start dates & application deadlines
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you.
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Earth Sciences Soil Science Natural Resource Management View 12 other Short Courses in Natural Resource Management in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
Tuition Fee
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International
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days. -
National
395 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 395 GBP for the full programme during 4 days.