Agriculture Extended Diploma Level 3

As a leading agriculture college, you will learn on our 160-hectare operational commercial farm, consisting of arable fields, grazing meadows and woodlands. With cattle and sheep on campus, you will gain hands on experience of farm management and animal husbandry.

This two-year course is made up of both the Level 3 Diploma and the Level 3 Extended Diploma in Agriculture. In your first year you will study topics such as crop production, health and safety, plant and soil science and land-based machinery operations. In the second year you will be able to specialise and choose the pathway you wish to study – either Arable or Livestock.

These routes will allow you to follow your passion and explore topics such as combinable crop production, spreaders and sprayers and root crop production within the arable specialism, or sheep production, beef production and forage crop production through the livestock specialism.

You will learn to operate the latest agricultural machinery, ensuring you are well-prepared for the demands of modern farming. Additionally, you will experience cutting-edge technology with spray drones for precision agriculture and tractor simulators for safe and effective machinery operation.

We have great links with the Food and Farming Discovery Trust and the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, among others. We also provide enrichment opportunities alongside your course, including taking part in the Royal Norfolk Show and visiting the Lincolnshire Agricultural Machinery Manufacturers Association (LAMMA) show.