Student assessment timetable (PDF)
Please complete and return this timetable with your completed enrolment form.  Please note it is a course requirement assessments are submitted on a regular basis (as per the assessment timetable).  Should assessments not be submitted as per the assessment timetable the student will be notified which may result in withdrawal from the student's course of study.

(Step 2 in the correspondence application process)

Certificate in Feed Management Knowledge

(Level 4)

Course Length

One year from date of enrolment, part-time study

Credits

75 credits

Qualification

Telford Certificate in Feed Management Knowledge (Level 4)

Course Fees

NZ student fees
International student

Entry Requirements

Enrol at any time, students must be 16 years or over. English language proficiency is required. International students require IELTS of 5.5 or a TOEFL of 500 plus TWE 4.5

Textbooks Required

None

Course Content

By the end of the course you will be able to discuss pasture grasses and plants, suitable fodder crops and supplements, work out pasture mass and available feed, plan for livestock feed requirements through an appropriate feed budget, and monitor livestock feeding patterns against budgeted requirements.

Including Telford courses:

Pasture Plants

  • 511101 Plant Physiology
  • 511102 Plant Production
  • 511103 Pasture Conservation

Fodder Crops

  • 511201 Brassicas and Crops
  • 511202 Whole Crop Silage, Green Fed Crops, Maize

Pasture Mass

  • 511301 Pasture Mass
  • 511302 Calculation and Implementation of Plans to Achieve Pasture Mass

Feed Demand

  • 511401 Feeding to Meet Production Targets
  • 511402 Implementing Feed Strategies

Feed Budgets

  • 511501 Feed Profiling
  • 511502 Calculations in Feed Budgets
  • 511503 Feed Allocations