- Duration
1 year
- Attendance
- 3 days per week
- Location
- Plumpton College
Course Overview
Are you interested in fish keeping, fish farming or is angling your passion? Have you considered a career in the Aquatics, Fisheries Management or Fish Farming Industries?
If you’re leaving School or looking to learn new skills, this is the ideal course for you!
You’ll study units that will develop your skills including:
- Coarse and Game Angling
- Fisheries and Habitat Management
- Fish Health & Biology
- Pest and Predator Control
- Estate Skills
- Machinery Operations
At Plumpton College, our level 2 one year course is designed to develop you as an individual and used as a spring board for progression into the industry or onto our level 3 program. You will be studying a Level 2 Technical Certificate in Land and Wildlife (Fisheries).
You can look forward to lots of practical experience during your sessions using our fish farm facilities, and college coarse fishery. You will also benefit from trips and visits during which you will learn seine netting and electrofishing.
Work Experience
Study programmes include a minimum of compulsory work experience hours achieved through one day a week or block placements. The amount of hours required is dependent on the study programme.
Careers Hub
We offer impartial careers guidance to all of our students, email careers@plumpton.ac.uk to explore your next step or to book an appointment – we’re here to help.
Industry Work Placement
All students aged 16-18 on our Level 2 & Level 3 programmes will now have to take part in an exciting and compulsory 50-day industry placement programme alongside completion of their vocational course. The programme will give you the chance to gain valuable skills in a real working environment whilst being paired with your ideal employer.
Our mission is to pair students with their ideal employer and to support them continuously during the placement.
There is flexibility on how students complete the placement; it can be during non-college weekdays, weekends, in blocks or over the holiday period. You will receive all of the necessary information during your interview, and if you have any queries in the meantime please contact workexperience@plumpton.ac.uk
Qualifications Gained
- Level 2 Technical Certificate in Land and Wildlife (Fisheries)
- Plumpton College Certificate
- Additional Work Related Qualifications
- College Award, Functional Skills or GCSEs in English and maths
Entry Requirements
Either:
- You’ll need to have achieved 2 GCSEs between Grade 9-3 (previous grade sturucture A-D)
- Successful completion of a Level 1 course, having studied English and Maths at GCSE
Mature students without the above requirements will be considered
What is it like to be a student on this course?
Why did you decide to study at Plumpton College?
"After home-education I wanted to learn about land based studies, and since the college offered 14-16 yr courses, I thought it was the best option to study other courses until I was old enough for the Fishery Management course."
What interested you about the course?
"I've always had an interest in any aquatic life, but mostly in fish so being able to work with fish and fisheries interested me a lot.
What's your favourite part of the course?
"Going out on trips with the college and seeing, working and fishing at some of the best fishing venues, bringing great learning and angling opportunities."
Bursaries
Financial support could be available to you depending on your household income, eligibility criteria, and level of study. A bursary, which is money given directly by the Government, could help fund bus travel, accommodation, course equipment, college meals, or educational trips.
Course Fees
Students aged 16-18 on 31st August in the year of starting the course do not pay tuition fees.
Students aged 19-23 studying their Level 1, 2 or first Level 3 may be entitled to tuition fee waiver depending on criteria eligibility.
Students aged 24+ who are studying a second Level 3 course or aged 24+ who are studying their first Level 3 course will have to pay tuition fees, depending on the course.
Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,000 (from September 2024); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.
All students pay a standard facility fee of £150 to use communal, non-educational facilities.
Material fees apply to Floristry, Blacksmithing and Metalwork, Agricultural Engineering, and Motor Vehicle students, which contribute to quality resources and equipment for their studies.
Equipment & PPE
Students on a 14-16, Level 1, 2, 3, or Foundation Learning course may be required to purchase equipment such as a uniform, PPE, or kit before starting their course. Material fees are applicable depending depending on the course studied.
Work Experience
Work experience enhances your studies and is an important part of your course. It ensures you leave college ready for the world of work. It is compulsory to undertake an element of work experience when studying a Level 1, 2, or 3 course.
