Prerequisite or Co-requisite: AGR3000 - Note: this prerequisite module can be completed through AAC. Arrangements can be made for enrollment through your Grade Administrator or a Counsellor in Student Services.
Credits: 16
The Green Certificate Program is an apprenticeship-style agricultural training program that offers eleven specialization areas for students to choose from.
These include:
- Beekeeping
- Cow-calf
- Dairy
- Equine
- Feedlot
- Field crop
- Greenhouse
- Irrigated crop
- Poultry
- Sheep
- Swine
Trainees in the program work with a trainer who is knowledgeable in the particular specialization.
As the program is hands-on, trainees learn skills by following their trainer’s lead and are also responsible for learning the skills in the training manual.
As the trainee progresses at mastering the skills in each of the three training periods, they are presented with testing opportunities to work towards certification. The tests are oral.
Upon completion of the program, trainees earn 16 high school credits (33-level) and receive a certificate from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry.
At the high school level, the program operates under the supervision of a school division representative following the Off-Campus Education Policy.
The Green Certificate Regional Coordinator leads induction meetings, schedules testing and training events, and is available for support to trainees and trainers.