History of Agricultural Education in Wiltshire - Lackham Countryside ...

CHAPTER V
COURSES OF STUDY
1970
All courses at Lackham have been designed over the years to meet the needs of
students entering the Agricultural and Agricultural Engineering Industries within
the region. Care has been taken to consult representatives from the Industries and
Examination Boards involved when framing the syllabus content, which must always
be flexible and revised from time to time.
Full -Time Courses
Course A. One Year Courses in General Agriculture for men and women introduced
in 1946, and a National Certificate awarded to successful students
from 1957 onwards.
The students spend at least half their working time on the farm in order that the
classroom study may be closely related to the practical work carried out. An
integral part of the course also consists of visits to farms, factories, research
stations etc., to study particular problems in connection with production and
management.
Candidates for admission should preferably be 17 years of age or over. Evidence of a
sound general education will be required of each entrant and no student will be
accepted who has not carried out practical agricultural work entailing at least one
complete year on a farm, but at the discretion of the Committee certain exceptions
can be made to this rule.
Preference given to candidates resident in the County of Wiltshire, but students
from other counties may be admitted provided accommodation is available.
Course B. One Year Supplementary Course in Farm Machinery and Crop
Husbandry introduced in L952.
This course of training has been approved by the Department of Education and
Science, the South West Regional Council for Further Education and the Southern
Council for Further Education.
in this course there is a close relationship between the study of the actual crop and
the machinery used to deal with it from beginning to end. In addition to the
theoretical work given at the Lackham College of Agriculture, students spend one day
and evening per week during the course at the College of Further Education at