Crop technician apprenticeship

Optimise crop or plant yields and maintain and improve the surrounding environment

During a crop technician apprenticeship, you’ll be responsible for optimising crop or plant yields through establishment, management, harvest and post-harvest operations, while maintaining and improving the surrounding environment. You’ll also need to keep up to date with technological advances and new innovations. Being a crop technician requires self-motivation and the ability to work both independently and as a team player to complete tasks safely and efficiently. Many companies now use automation for routine tasks. Work in soil-based systems involves operating large, technically advanced machinery in open fields. Crop technician apprenticeships working in container-based systems may spend their time outside, but for many, most of the work will be carried out in controlled environments.

Duration: 24 months

Relevant school subjects: Science and geography

Entry requirements: Depend on employer, but likely GCSEs or equivalent qualifications or relevant experience

Achievement upon completion: Level 3 (Advanced)—equivalent to A-levels

Potential salary upon completion: £23,000 per annum

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