Level 5 Certificate in Agriculture

Seosamh13

I moved to Ireland in august last year from London. My father is Irish and my mother is from the Caribbean. I did the leaving cert in one year and now want to do this course http://www.teagasc.ie/training/courses/level5_c_agriculture.asp in Clonakilty. Agriculture is in the family, my father grew up on a farm and my uncle is still working on the farm. However I grew up in London so the little I know about agriculture I picked up from talking or reading. I want to know how tough this course will be for me as I'm sure there will be people doing it who have grown up working on farms. How steep of a learning curve will there be for me? Any advice is much appreciated!

sinewc

Seosamh13 wrote: »

I moved to Ireland in august last year from London. My father is Irish and my mother is from the Caribbean. I did the leaving cert in one year and now want to do this course http://www.teagasc.ie/training/courses/level5_c_agriculture.asp in Clonakilty. Agriculture is in the family, my father grew up on a farm and my uncle is still working on the farm. However I grew up in London so the little I know about agriculture I picked up from talking or reading. I want to know how tough this course will be for me as I'm sure there will be people doing it who have grown up working on farms. How steep of a learning curve will there be for me? Any advice is much appreciated!

You'll be grand. They cater for all levels. As long as you are making a genuine effort and have a good interest, it will be a breeze and very educational on best farming practices.

bob charles

Seosamh13 wrote: »

I moved to Ireland in august last year from London. My father is Irish and my mother is from the Caribbean. I did the leaving cert in one year and now want to do this course http://www.teagasc.ie/training/courses/level5_c_agriculture.asp in Clonakilty. Agriculture is in the family, my father grew up on a farm and my uncle is still working on the farm. However I grew up in London so the little I know about agriculture I picked up from talking or reading. I want to know how tough this course will be for me as I'm sure there will be people doing it who have grown up working on farms. How steep of a learning curve will there be for me? Any advice is much appreciated!

you will be fine. You done the leaving in a year and have the initiative to go and do something with yourself which is everything. you could also apply for a agriculture in either an IT or college depending on how you faired in the leaving and if its a path you would be interested to take. the course you high lighted above will be a more hands on approach and may suit you better and it probably has possibilities of going on to college for the top students. I have come across some brilliant people work in agriculture that were not born on farms, I think it offers a different perspective to things whereas most of us are just copying in a similar way what we saw or old man doing :D . Best of luck with whatever you choose. farming is craving young blood with initiative

delaval

We have been taking Ag students on our farm for many years now and I would say that the last student we had was by far the best and he had no Ag or farming background what ever.
A lot are doing course because they have a farm at home and if they didn't they wouldn't do at all.
At least you are doing because you want and not because its expected of you.
Our last guy will not be a farmer but I hope he continues his Ag studies because he would be farmings loss if he was discouraged.
I'd say go for it. Only thing is you should get some experience at every opportunity to learn to drive and to milk it will be a great help when you go on your placement.
All the best and go for it

Seosamh13

Thanks for all the responses and the encouragement I hope to go from that course to an advanced certificate and then hopefully into an IT to do a BSc in Agriculture. Will be working with my uncle over the summer so I should learn a thing or two which will be helpful.