Online Green Cert?

paglynn

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/schemes/green-cert-goes-global-students-can-now-study-for-their-green-cert-all-over-the-world-36210429.html


I read this article about how you can complete the Green cert online from abroad?

Anyone know how this works? My aul lad wants me to do a green cert as we want to expand some sheds and put land in my name but I have a possibilty great opportunity coming up in Australia.

I'm in an awful bind about it. If it was possible to even just a couple months abroad it would be mighty!

Anyone have any stories about the green cert? I heard its not too bad.

Who2

paglynn wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/schemes/green-cert-goes-global-students-can-now-study-for-their-green-cert-all-over-the-world-36210429.html


I read this article about how you can complete the Green cert online from abroad?

Anyone know how this works? My aul lad wants me to do a green cert as we want to expand some sheds and put land in my name but I have a possibilty great opportunity coming up in Australia.

I'm in an awful bind about it. If it was possible to even just a couple months abroad it would be mighty!



Anyone have any stories about the green cert? I heard its not too bad.

its an easy enough course but on-line is not on line. they expect you to do a heap of stuff during the week on your own but you still have to be there every third friday (as in my case anyway). talk is the 18 month course is being dragged out to 2 years now. What age are you?

paglynn

Who2 wrote: »

its an easy enough course but on-line is not on line. they expect you to do a heap of stuff during the week on your own but you still have to be there every third friday (as in my case anyway). talk is the 18 month course is being dragged out to 2 years now. What age are you?

23 years old. Yeah it drags on a fair bit. Not cheap atall either guts of 3 grand

mycro2013

Head away to oz. You can't enrol till next September anyway as the registration is closed. Contact teagasc for confirmation.

You may be able to do a comparable course in oz to enable you to become a qualified farmer.

Another option given your age is to do the agriculture engineering course in pallaskenry. It's two years in duration but you a have a six months placement and you can acquire a green cert as well.

Stanley886

Ya the online version for us involved going in one Friday every month and one Saturday every 3/4 months for exams.
The course itself is handy enough though, it just drags on and takes 18-24 months to finish.

paglynn

Stanley886 wrote: »

Ya the online version for us involved going in one Friday every month and one Saturday every 3/4 months for exams.
The course itself is handy enough though, it just drags on and takes 18-24 months to finish.

That’s the one. It’s not so simple you need to have the Green cert to apply for a ton of the grants. Another degree would past the muster. What determines how long it takes? Could I take a week of in the summer do extra classes and shorten it to 12-15 months?

J.O. Farmer

paglynn wrote: »

That’s the one. It’s not so simple you need to have the Green cert to apply for a ton of the grants. Another degree would past the muster. What determines how long it takes? Could I take a week of in the summer do extra classes and shorten it to 12-15 months?

It has to be a minimum of 18 months I think and rumours it might go to 24. The reason is it takes commitment to do it.
Back in the day there was a 2 week course that anyone seeing any benefit would've done.

gingernut79

For anyone with a college course at least equivalent to level 6 (Diploma?), there are now shorter, more intensive courses. I started in Ballyhaise this week and will be finished classes by July. Its at least one night a week, and 4 or 5 Saturdays for exams

WestportCFE

paglynn wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/schemes/green-cert-goes-global-students-can-now-study-for-their-green-cert-all-over-the-world-36210429.html


I read this article about how you can complete the Green cert online from abroad?

Anyone know how this works? My aul lad wants me to do a green cert as we want to expand some sheds and put land in my name but I have a possibilty great opportunity coming up in Australia.

I'm in an awful bind about it. If it was possible to even just a couple months abroad it would be mighty!

Anyone have any stories about the green cert? I heard its not too bad.

The course above is ran in Westport College of Further Education in Westport. You can watch the classes online via phone, laptop, pc or tablet. The classes must be watched live ie are not recorded. Practicals are ran on Saturdays, We are not a Teagasc College. There is no need for a level 6 qualification to gain entry. We have students in Australia, London and Dubai doing the course at the moment.

Green&Red

If you're having it signed over as a young farmer you're meant to spend 50% of your working week on the farm or at least that was the case when I did it. Now theres a strong case to be made that you can have a 9-5 and still spend 50% of the farming working week on the farm but hard to make that argument if you're in Oz

the whole year inn

gingernut79 wrote: »

For anyone with a college course at least equivalent to level 6 (Diploma?), there are now shorter, more intensive courses. I started in Ballyhaise this week and will be finished classes by July. Its at least one night a week, and 4 or 5 Saturdays for exams

How much shorter is it exactly, I have the level 8 and want to get this rolling for next September.

gingernut79

the whole year inn wrote: »

How much shorter is it exactly, I have the level 8 and want to get this rolling for next September.

8 months total.

gingernut79

Green&Red wrote: »

If you're having it signed over as a young farmer you're meant to spend 50% of your working week on the farm or at least that was the case when I did it. Now theres a strong case to be made that you can have a 9-5 and still spend 50% of the farming working week on the farm but hard to make that argument if you're in Oz

I think the figure mentioned was 2 days a week, in reality you need to be able to fill up your diary with the daily comings and goings. Most new entrants have jobs and expect to be only farming part time. 50% of the farming working week is hardly realistic, unless you are actually already farming (in which case it is 100%).

the whole year inn

gingernut79 wrote: »

8 months total.

Quick Google there and didn't see much expect the regular stuff.
Is the course called the same you hardly have a link to centers that are running these 8 months courses

gingernut79

the whole year inn wrote: »

Quick Google there and didn't see much expect the regular stuff.
Is the course called the same you hardly have a link to centers that are running these 8 months courses

No the website is light enough on information. I rang my local education officer in August. they call it distance education 6. I think there is one in Roscommon which started in May, and that the Ballyhaise one was starting in September. I had heard there was a huge waiting list for these and had been thinking it would take ages to get a place. In reality, not everyone on the list can commit the time or money, and they moved through the list pretty fast.
The application process is contacting the centre directly. the course is an accelerated and condensed version of the L5 and L6 course. There is one in Mountbellew also. I didn't ask about any others, those were the only ones I could get to!
NB Roscommon and Mountbellew may not be the same format as the one I'm doing, they could still be on the weekends. The evening format is new, they keep saying we're the first group to do it that way.

the whole year inn

gingernut79 wrote: »

No the website is light enough on information. I rang my local education officer in August. they call it distance education 6. I think there is one in Roscommon which started in May, and that the Ballyhaise one was starting in September. I had heard there was a huge waiting list for these and had been thinking it would take ages to get a place. In reality, not everyone on the list can commit the time or money, and they moved through the list pretty fast.
The application process is contacting the centre directly. the course is an accelerated and condensed version of the L5 and L6 course. There is one in Mountbellew also. I didn't ask about any others, those were the only ones I could get to!
NB Roscommon and Mountbellew may not be the same format as the one I'm doing, they could still be on the weekends. The evening format is new, they keep saying we're the first group to do it that way.

Thanks, sounds like there might not be many doing the 8 month course but I'll ring around. It's a shame they don't do the evening course online like Westport and not have it spread over 18 months.

paglynn

WestportCFE wrote: »

The course above is ran in Westport College of Further Education in Westport. You can watch the classes online via phone, laptop, pc or tablet. The classes must be watched live ie are not recorded. Practicals are ran on Saturdays, We are not a Teagasc College. There is no need for a level 6 qualification to gain entry. We have students in Australia, London and Dubai doing the course at the moment.

Hi, is that a fully accredited course? Is it possible to still join it? How much does it cost to join because I’d be very interested in that!

gingernut79

paglynn wrote: »

Hi, is that a fully accredited course? Is it possible to still join it? How much does it cost to join because I’d be very interested in that!

Applications closed for this academic year.
here. I remember the level 6 being about €2000, but I never priced the level 5, you have to do that first.