Program Overview

Sustainable Success: Professional Skills for Thriving in Agri-Food sector (FS1831)

Course Fact File

• Code: FS1831
• Duration: 12 weeks
• Teaching Mode: Part-Time
• NFQ Level: Level 7
• Fees: €1,500 - HCI Subsidy Initiative
• Closing Date: 08/08/2024
• Credits: 10
• Start Date: Proposed Date: 09/09/2024

Outline

Module Goal

To develop professional skills essential to success in the modern agri-food sector, including expertise in effective communication, teamwork motivation, performance improvement, and personal effectiveness.

Module Content

This module has been designed de novo to meet connected curriculum ambitions. Specifically, the curriculum strongly focuses on transdisciplinary integration by incorporating messy and complex problems in the learning materials and assessments. Furthermore, the module explicitly cultivates environments wherein students’ intentional learning capacity is challenged and supported to develop and represent their developing employability competencies and capacities for the sector.

Additionally, the module incorporates content from a range of disciplines. Finally, the module actively connects learners with authentic issues in the agri-food sector based on their extra-academic experience.

Additional Teaching Mode Information

• 25 x 1hr(s) lectures
• 4 x 1hr(s) mentoring/coaching
• 10 x 1hr(s) fieldwork
• 5 x 1hr(s) workshops
• 4 x 1hr(s) seminar/webinars

Practicalities

Continuous Assessment - 200 marks

• Assignment - report / 100 marks
• Learning log(s) - 40 marks
• Presentation - group presentation - 60 marks

Why Choose

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

1. Identify and use a range of tools to analyse and solve complex workplace problems
2. Demonstrate enhanced self-awareness and apply this in real-work situations
3. Analyse team dynamics and stages and create strategies to build effective teams
4. Communicate effectively to a variety of audiences using a range of methods and channels
5. Develop strategies to manage stress, improve focus and prioritisation, and increase productivity

Requirements

Industry personnel working within agri-food SMEs

Fees and Costs

The HCI Pillar 3 Micro-credential Learner Fee Subsidy has been introduced to enable more learners to address critical skills gaps and engage with lifelong learning.

The fee for this micro-credential is €1500 but applicants who meet the subsidy requirements can attend this micro-credential for €300.

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