Sub-sectors: Crop processing, precision farming, UAVs / drones, animal handling and transport, harvesting, forest engineering, irrigation, tractors / vehicles, Agri-Tech.
Occupations: Agricultural machinist, tractor driver, machinery operator, agricultural engineer, technician, environmental engineer, forest engineer.
If you have always wanted to work with machinery like tractors, combines and harvesters, our specialist campus for land-based studies is the place to be. You’ll learn on a brand new fleet of modern vehicles with industry-standard equipment and workshops, …
As machinery becomes more complex, more and more people with specialist technical training will be needed to maintain, service and repair this equipment. Given the complexity and high value of machinery, good career opportunities exist in this sector. There are …
This practical course allows you to investigate and understand the basic workings of land based machinery and agricultural vehicles. You will hone your mechanical, mathematical and practical skills, including work experience in a real employment setting. This course is ideal …
Explore a career which allows you to understand and manage the land around you with our Agriculture courses. What are courses about? You will develop an understanding of the agricultural industry from livestock and crop production, to animal health …
This hands on and practical course provides you with the strong foundation needed to progress to further study or employment. Combining practical and technical skills, you will cover the health and wellbeing of animals, crop and livestock production, wildlife and …
Here in the UK (and beyond, too!) the farming industry is big business. With an ever-growing demand for skilled agriculture professionals, there are huge amounts of opportunities for people to get involved in agriculture. That’s why at East Durham College …
If you love science, technology, engineering, or information technology, then a career in land-based engineering could be for you. The skills and types of land-based engineering include diagnostics repair and testing, all in the context of diesel and petrol engines, …
Start your career as a Land-Based Service Engineer with this apprenticeship. You will work alongside experienced staff, gain job-specific skills, knowledge and behaviours within the land-based engineering industry. You will earn a wage and be released to study during your …
The engineering workshops reflect the industry environment, so learning takes place in similar facilities to those which students will be working in when they get a job within the industry; as a result, this area has seen very healthy employment …
An apprenticeship is not a course but a real job with a training programme attached. It is an ideal way of earning whilst you learn. This apprenticeship will give you the following: Level 3 Diploma (or New Standards) in Work …
Land Based Engineering