Agriculture, Land Management and Production

Core content

Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:

  • sustainability, including environmental legislation, sustainable development, climate change and waste management principles
  • the principles of biosecurity
  • employment rights and responsibilities and progression opportunities within the sector
  • ethical principles
  • the supply chain and principles of stock management
  • business organisations, enterprise skills and project management
  • characteristics protected by equality legislation
  • communication
  • principles of customer care
  • finance
  • health and safety
  • information and data

Options to specialise

In addition to the core content, each student will also complete at least 1 module of occupation-specific content:

  • crop production
  • floristry
  • land-based engineering
  • livestock production
  • ornamental horticulture and landscaping
  • tree and woodland management and maintenance

Awarding Organisation resources

City & Guilds has developed a wide range of resources to help providers to deliver the Agriculture, Land Management and Production T Level.

Approval and quality assurance

  • Support to help providers through the approval process can be found here.

Registration, entries and results

  • Information on how to register learners for their T Level as well as how to make bookings for the correct assessment series can be found here.

Teaching, learning and planning resources (found in the teaching, learning and planning resources tab of this page)

  • Essential guidance and information for the planning, delivery assessment and administration of the T Level TQs, including key dates schedules and Higher Education information.

Assessment guidance 

  • Past papers, mark schemes and chief examiner reports for core and occupational specialisms (also includes specimen papers and mark schemes).
  • Example Employer Set Projects, with briefs, tutor guidance and mark schemes.
  • Guidance on how to deliver and mark assessments which form part of the T Level technical qualifications (found in the assessment guidance tab of this page).

Tutor and learning materials (found in the curriculum delivery planners and tutor resources tabs of this page)

  • For both the core component and occupational specialist component, including curriculum planners, schemes of work and worksheets.

Video Resources

City & Guilds has a selection of on-demand webinars that you can find below. A number of the webinars were recorded before the recent core exams and ESP decoupling confirmation. Please watch this short video before watching any of the on-demand events.

  • Agriculture, Environment and Animal Care T Level introduction. Watch the video here and find the slides here
  • Curriculum planning. Watch the video here, find the slides here and find sample curriculum plans here

Other resources include:

Gatsby Resources 

The Technical Education Networks programme supports teachers bringing industry and the classroom closer together by delivering an engaging and enriched curriculum for their students in an evolving education landscape, drawing on expertise of specialist teachers, employers and professional bodies. Please find the resources page here.

AoC resources

Please find AoC's resource depository here.

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