NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PLANTATION EXTENSION MANAGEMENT(NDPEM) – (NVQ LEVEL 05)

NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN PLANTATION EXTENSION MANAGEMENT(NDPEM) – (NVQ LEVEL 05)
Starts from:Mon, April 1, 2024
Location

M.D.H. Jayawardana Mw,Athurugiriya,Sri Lanka

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Course Feature
  • Course Code HD 02
  • MEDIUM Sinhala/English
  • Duration 18 months
  • Course Type Diploma Programme
  • Venue NIPM - Athurugiriya
  • Course Price Rs. 145000
Course Description

Academic Courses particularly designed to uplift the skills of the participants and enhance their competencies. In order to award the certificates for these courses, the participants are required to maintain a satisfactory academic record and meet the obligations mentioned in the course modules which they are enrolled. The following courses are included in the category of Academic programs.

Lectures, demonstrations, practical sessions, group discussions, presentations and assessments.
Both online and onsite lectures will be arranged over two (02) weekends per month.

Superintendents, Asst. Superintendents of estates, Executives of plantation companies, private estates, Planters / Proprietors attached to tea, rubber & coconut smallholder sector / livestock development / animal husbandry, cashew, export agricultural crops / sugarcane industry & agricultural sector who have the following qualifications & experience are eligible to apply for this diploma course.

Objectives:
  • To assist self and career development
  • To upgrade the academic status of extension personnel by using the following methods
    in order to be better equipped in handling crop-based extension programmes
  • Training on theoretical and practical aspects of extension activitiesProviding better understanding and wider knowledge in relevant fields, to identify obstacles/problems and suggest remedial measures
  • To prepare candidates towards obtaining the degree
Duration:

24 months – lectures to be conducted over 02 week-ends per month (Saturday and Sunday)

Fee:

Rs. 145000/- (inclusive of lectures, course materials, practical sessions and field visits etc.)

  • NVQ Level 4 Certificate in the relevant field or passed G.C.E. A/L (Science/ Agri./Tech.) or passed
    G.C.E. A/L (other streams) with 2 years working experience in the relevant field
    or
  • Those who are eligible to receive the NVQ Certificate. (Candidates who have not qualified G.C.E.
    A/L, with plantation sector experience are able to get NVQ 3/4 certificate under RPL (Recognition
    of Prior Learning system)

    SEMESTER 01:

    1. Introduction To Plantation Export (30)
      • Agricultural and Other Potential Crops
    2. Tea Cultivation (65)
    3. Rubber Cultivation (65)
    4. Coconut Cultivation (65)
    5. Sugarcane Cultivation (65)
    6. Export Agriculture Crops Cultivation (100)
    7. Other Potential Crops Cultivation (50)
    8. Extension Education (150)
    9. Introduction to Management (60)
    10. EMP M01 – Workplace Information Management (50)
    11. EMP M02 – Workplace Communication Management (50)

    SEMESTER 02:

    1. Extension Programme Development (100)
    2. Development of Communication and Teaching Aids (150)
    3. Extension Programme Implementation (130)
    4. Machinery and Equipment for Cultivation and Primary Processing (100)
    5. Introduction to Field Research & Adaptive Trials (85)
    6. Finance Management and Accounting (75)
    7. Fundamentals of Social Economics, Social Psychology, and Rural Sociology (40)
    8. EMP M03 – Planning and Scheduling Work at Workplace (75)
  • Mrs. R.N. Lokuhetti

    R.N. Lokuhetti

    Training Specialist (Management)

    Ms. Ruvini N. Lokuhetti graduated from the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerceof University of Sri Jayewardenepura with a Bachelor of Science in Management (Public)with a Second class upper division.Ms Ruvini joined with NIPM in 2011, after having ...

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