Technical Certificate in Land and Wildlife

Are you interested in fishkeeping, fish farming or angling? Have you considered a career in the aquatics, fisheries management or fish farming industries?

If you’re leaving school or looking to learn new skills, this is the ideal course for you!

At Plumpton College, our one-year Level 2 course is designed to help you develop as an individual and provide a springboard for progression into the industry or onto our Level 3 programme. You’ll study a Level 2 Technical Certificate in Land and Wildlife (Fisheries).

You can look forward to plenty of practical experience during your sessions, using our fish farm facilities and college coarse fishery. You’ll also benefit from trips and visits where you’ll learn techniques such as seine netting and electrofishing.

You’ll study units designed to develop your skills, including:

• Coarse and game angling
• Fisheries and habitat management
• Fish health and biology
• Pest and predator control
• Estate skills
• Machinery operations

4 GCSEs at grade 3 and above to include English or Maths OR a Level 1 in a related subject plus English or Maths, at least grade 3 or Functional skills level