CFGM

Agricultural Production Technician

These post-compulsory studies train you to obtain agricultural products with quality and profitability criteria, maintain facilities, and apply environmental protection regulations, occupational risk prevention, animal welfare, and food safety.

The duration is 2,000 hours, distributed over two academic years (1,485 hours in an educational center and 515 hours (company stay) in a work center).

This study replaces the cycles of Intensive Agricultural Exploitation (LOGSE) and Extensive Agricultural Exploitation (LOGSE).

Education: Vocational training
Level: Intermediate degree
Certification: Technician
System: LOE
Professional family: Agricultural
Environment: Agricultural and maritime-fisheries
Code: CFPM AR10

Hours in company training

Courses

Graduates since 2014

Entrance requirements

Holding the Compulsory Secondary Education graduate qualification, being qualified as a technician or auxiliary technician, passing the specific course for access to intermediate level training cycles (CAM), passing the second year of the unified and polyvalent baccalaureate (BUP), having other equivalent studies for academic purposes, passing the compulsory modules of an initial professional qualification programme (PQPI) or the university entrance examination for the over 25s, holding a qualification for access to a higher level training cycle.

Those who do not meet any of these requirements must pass an entrance examination. You must be at least 17 years old in the year in which the test is taken, to be able to do it.

Subjects

Agronomic fundamentals - Zootechnical fundamentals - Workshop and traction equipment - Agricultural infrastructures and installations - Plant health principles - Crop implantation - Agricultural production - Milk, egg, and livestock production - Meat and other livestock production - Phytosanitary control - Professional English - Digitalization applied to production sectors - Sustainability applied to the production system - Personal employability pathway I - Personal employability pathway II - Intermodular project - Optional professional module.

Academic outlets

With these studies, the title of technician is obtained, which allows access to high school and a higher vocational education cycle.

Professional outlets

Qualified worker for others or self-employed in crops and livestock — Farmer — Horticulturist — Fruit grower — Floriculturist — Livestock breeder — Poultry farmer — Beekeeper — Milk producer — Egg producer — Agricultural and livestock machinery operator.