Our focus in the Cannabis Agriculture course focuses on outdoor agricultural skills development suited for the South African climate and political framework enabling the emergence of this legitimate Sector in our economy. The reason for this is a combination of local regulatory constraints that have been lifted and cost inefficiencies driven by extreme winter conditions that exist in Europe and other colder regions. Southern Africa should remain competitive as one needs a perpetual growth cycle, growing all year round which is normally not around five times the cost of Greenhouse growing requiring a significant amount of heat and radiation per yield as in colder regions.
Cannabis Agriculture: Cannabis Production and Cannabis Processing
Cannabis Production Courses
Online course in Cannabis Production – The qualification provides learners with the opportunity to gain competence in Cannabis production and will facilitate them in securing employment in the industry. For those who are already employed in Cannabis operation, the multi-skilling that the qualification offers will open up a career path in the industry. The qualification focuses on the skills, knowledge and values that are required in Cannabis production including Hemp.
- The qualification provides learners with the opportunity to gain competence in Cannabis production and will facilitate their securing employment in the industry.
- For those who are already employed on a Cannabis plantation, the multi-skilling that the qualification offers will open up a career path in the industry.
- The qualification focuses on the skills, knowledge and values that are required in Cannabis production.
A learner achieving this qualification or part qualification will be able to work effectively and productively within the Cannabis production environment knowing:
- The structure and supply chain of the Cannabis industry.
- Health and safety principles for Cannabis production.
- The relationship that the environment has on crop production.
- The fertility of the soil and how to apply fertilisers.
- The propagation and care of Cannabis seedlings.
- The cultural practices for effective Cannabis production.
- The practices to maintain hygiene in Cannabis production and processing.
- The harvesting and seed collection practices.
Exit level outcomes of the courses include:
- Identify the characteristics that determine the grading of Cannabis.
- Prepare and ferment the Cannabis raw product.
Pasteurise, flavour and package Cannabis. - Demonstrate an understanding of the functioning of a quality assurance system for Cannabis processing.
Cannabis Processing Courses
Our online course in Cannabis Processing provides learners with the opportunity to gain competence in Cannabis processing and will facilitate their securing employment in the industry. For those who are already employed on a Cannabis plantation, the multi-skilling that the qualification offers will open up a career path in the industry.
A learner achieving this qualification or part qualification will be able to work effectively and productively within the Cannabis production environment within the Cannabis processing industry knowing:
- The structure and supply chain of the Cannabis industry.
- Health and safety principles for Cannabis processing.
- The principles and practices for maintaining hygiene in Cannabis processing.
- The procedures for the fermentation of Cannabis.
- The procedures for processing Cannabis.
- The value adding processes that are performed.
- Quality assurance and good manufacturing practices for Cannabis processing.
The qualification will facilitate multi-skilling, which in turn, will have a positive impact on the efficiency and productivity of the processing facilities.
The combined commitment of the learners and employers or workplace providers in the formal and informal Cannabis sector in the achievement of this qualification will help alleviate the transient nature of the workers at this level, which will result in a skilled, stable and efficient workforce.
The qualification addresses the urgent need for the establishment of skills and accompanying standards that the industry required, especially within the informal and rural SMME sector. This will allow them to operate on a more professional basis.
This qualification and the resultant skills that are learnt will have a positive contribution to the establishment of small processing plants.
The qualification embodies the international requirements for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), which will ensure that producers will be able to export Cannabis products to meet stringent international requirements.
Exit level outcomes of the courses include:
- Curing Cannabis after harvest of Cannabis crop.
- Bud Trimming immediately after harvest of Cannabis crop.
- Identify the characteristics that determine the grading of Cannabis Extract.
- Pasteurise, flavour and package Cannabis cured Cannabis.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the functioning of a quality assurance system for Cannabis processing.
- Secured Storage of Cannabis Product after the processing.