Short Course
Five-day course
BASIS Certificate
£1,370
3 December 2024
This course has been designed for professionals involved in providing environmental advice to farms and the farmed environment, along with farmers and land managers across the UK. Successful completion provides the required qualification to entry for joining the BASIS Environmental Advisers Register. The course also forms one of the required qualifications for achieving the BASIS Diploma in Agronomy.
Completion required for joining the BASIS Environmental Advisers Register
In-person delivery at the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology
Online written exam and viva assessment
One of the required qualifications for achieving the BASIS Diploma in Agronom
Exam Dates
16 December 2024 (online written exam)
18 December 2024 (online viva exam)
This course is delivered over five days using participatory lectures and group exercises.
The subject areas covered include the following:
- Sustainable land management legislation, systems, and digital mapping
- Agri-environment schemes and farm business economics
- Habitat and species management
- Soil and water management
- Air quality and climate change
- Energy and waste management
- Integrated pest management
- Farming and the wider environment.
The course is assessed by means of a written exam and viva examination. These are completed online.
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