The countryside as an operating environment (5cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

Students will learn about rural businesses and the opportunities offered by rural areas. The student can explain the position of Finnish agriculture and forestry in an international operating environment. The student is able to name different companies related to agriculture and forestry and other business activities in rural areas

The student can give examples of different farms and describe their functional differences and meanings. They can describe key inputs and resources, co-operatives and connections, as well as product flows and operating cycles.

The student becomes acquainted with the forest environment from the perspective of the entrepreneur as both wood production and multifunctional possibilities, for example, in the forest Green Care operation. He is able to explain the cycle of timber production in forests and to identify particularly important habitats of forest nature. He recognizes the importance of the forest and field environment for Finland's carbon balance.

The student identifies the main crops and some key weeds. The student is able to analyze the results of soil samples and understand their significance as a basis for sustainable plant cultivation. Students are able to give examples of how plants function as carbon sinks and recognize the importance of soil in the carbon cycle

The student recognizes the most important agricultural machinery and their purpose. The student knows how to use a tractor and front loader, work machines, trailer safely and has the ability to start agricultural training.

Content

- agriculture in Finland and in a global operating environment
- countryside as a concept and businesses and earning potential
- the importance of the forest as a source of economic prosperity
- sustainable development, circular economy and carbon cycle
- the most important agricultural machinery and tractor driving practice
- Finnish cultivation and weeds
- Fertility analysis as part of crop production
- study trips

Materials

Material that teachers inform you.

Teaching methods

Participation to practical training, field trip and lectures. Learningdiary including considered things in study module.
Raport + net exam (forestry)

Completion alternatives

If you have competence in practical training, you can show it to teacher.

Student workload

100 hours, dividing: practical training, business, forestry, sustainable development, cultivation and field trip.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Learning Tasks Approved:
Students will be able to name companies in rural areas and rural opportunities. The student can explain the position of Finnish agriculture and forestry in an international operating environment. The student can give examples of different farms and describe their functional differences and meanings. They can describe key inputs and resources, co-operatives and connections, as well as product flows and operating cycles.

The student identifies the main crops and some key weeds. He is also able to present key perspectives on the sustainability of plant cultivation. He is able to take soil samples and is able to give examples of the importance of sampling.

The student is able to explain the vegetation layers of the forest and the growing of the forest ecosystem and has made the approved forest report as part of their learning diary.

The student recognizes the most important agricultural machinery and their purpose. The student knows how to use a tractor and front loader, agricultural machines, knows trailer safely and has the ability to start agricultural training.

Qualifications

None.