INDUCTION PROGRAMME IN PLANTATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY (IPPMT) – PLANTER TRAINEE PROGRAMME

INDUCTION PROGRAMME IN PLANTATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY (IPPMT) – PLANTER TRAINEE PROGRAMME
Starts from:Mon, July 10, 2023
Location

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

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Course Feature
  • Course Code ND 03
  • MEDIUM English
  • Duration 1 year
  • Course Type Diploma Programme
  • Venue NIPM - Athurugiriya
  • Course Price Rs. 450,000/-
Course Description

Academic Course is 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 in which they are enrolled. The following courses are included in the category of Academic programs.

 

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.

  • ABOUT THE COURSE
    • Eligibility

    Those with the following qualifications are eligible to apply :
    G.C.E. (O/L) examination in six (06) subjects with three (03) credit passes including Maths, Science & English
    Language in not more than two sittings.
    and
    G.C.E. (A/L) examination three (03) passes (in any stream)
    or
    A diploma in agriculture from a recognized institution.

    Objectives:
      • To introduce plantation management and provide training in theoretical, technical and managerial
        aspects of plantation agriculture with a view to developing a competent planter.
      • To assist plantation companies in identifying and selecting appropriate young candidates as Asst.
        Managers / Asst. Superintendents.
    Duration:

    01 year - Theory (Full Time)

    Six months - Practical

    Fee:

    Stage I - Rs. 450,000/- per participant
    (inclusive of lectures, practical and training materials etc.)
    Stage II - Rs. 30,000/- per month has to be paid to the estate for food and accommodation during six(06) months of the in-plant training period.

      • School leavers who are interested to pursue a career in the plantation industry (Below 22 years)
       
      Subjects
    •   Introduction to the Plantation Industry
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    •   Principles in Plant Science
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    •   Languages ( English & Tamil)
    •   Plantation Ethics and Culture
    •   Oil palm cultivation and processing
    •   Sugarcane cultivation and processing
    •   Cashew cultivation & Processing
    •   Agroforestry systems for plantation industry
    •   Management
    •   Social development and quality of work life
      		•
    •   Plantation Accounting and financial Management
    •   IT and GIS
    •   Tea Cultivation & Tea Manufacture
    •   Rubber Cultivation & Rubber manufacture
      		•
    •   Coconut cultivation & Coconut processing
      		•
    •   Research Methodology
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    •  First aid and occupational safety
    •   Soil conservation and management
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    •  Agriculture machineries and engineering
    •   Transport and logistic mgt. for plantation industry
    •  Quality mgt. and standards
    • Mr. P.W.G.N.C. Weerakoon

      Mr.Chanaka Weerakoon

      Training Officer (Management)

      Currently functions as Training Officer impeccably with distinctive abilities and qualities in Management. His work schedules evolve high degree in organizational structures, meticulous implementations, planning & programme in supremacy which all categori...