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Are you looking for a suitable school for training / further training to become an agricultural business management assistant (HF)?

Here you will find more information about the College of Agronomy and information about studying.

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Are you interested in agriculture and would like to become a competent specialist in the field of agronomy?

Are you fascinated by working the land and do you enjoy being in nature? The countryside - a natural resource - serves various purposes (recreation for tired city dwellers, production of healthy and natural food, workplace for farmers) but must also be protected and properly managed. The HF degree course in Agronomy enables you to observe agriculture in its constant process of change, which is caused by social needs, the environment and the climate, and to deduce the consequences for your own business. To be admitted to the course, you must have completed at least three years of basic training in the natural sciences and have one year of professional experience in the agricultural sector. In addition, an aptitude test should be completed by the educational advisor.

As an agricultural business management assistant HF, you will be able to take responsibility for the purchase and sale of food, feed, fertilizers and pesticides, grain, seeds, household and garden products in trading companies or sales outlets. Agricultural specialists analyze the respective markets at home and abroad, manage the product range, purchase goods and calculate prices. They ensure the transportation and storage of agricultural products as well as compliance with the high requirements in terms of safety, efficiency and deadline coordination. Would you like to get to grips with agricultural policy, trade and legislation and establish yourself as a professional for agricultural markets? Then pursue your goal and complete a degree in agronomy with broad future prospects.

The Swiss education platform, Ausbildung-Weiterbildung.ch, offers you numerous educational opportunities and contacts where you can ask for more detailed information.

 

 

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The continuing education, further training in agronomy to become an Agro Business Management Assistant CHE covers four subject areas: Agricultural Markets; Marketing and Sales; Business Management; and Fundamentals. Agribusiness, agricultural trade and economics are covered in the first subject area, marketing and sales, as well as communication in the second. In the area of business management, you will take the following subjects: logistics; business management and organization; personnel management; accounting and controlling. The subjects statistics and commercial arithmetic; German; French; IT; correspondence; commercial law fall under the subject area "Fundamentals".

It is indeed necessary that you have gained at least one year of professional experience in agronomy/agriculture after your basic training before you register for the training to become a certified agricultural business management assistant.

The training to become an agro-industrial clerk is not an apprenticeship, but a continuing education, further training that requires a completed initial training in the field of nature or a qualification at upper-secondary level (sur-dossier admission). The continuing education, further training is carried out at a College of Higher Education (CHE) and prepares students for a position in the management of an agronomy business.

In the field of agronomy, there are many different types of training and continuing education, further training that can either provide you with basic training or targeted training. In agronomy, for example, you can complete basic training as an agricultural practitioner with a Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET), become a farmer with a Federal Certificate of Vocational Education and Training (VET), a winegrower with a Federal Vocational Education and Training (VET), a fruit specialist with a Federal Vocational Education and Training (VET) or a market gardener with a Federal VET Diploma. Other apprenticeships are also possible. There are also courses available at Colleges of Higher Education (CHE), such as the degree course in Agricultural Business Management (CHE), Agricultural Technician (CHE) or Viticulture Technician (CHE). Agricultural courses are also available at Universities of Applied Sciences and universities, such as the Bachelor of Agronomy (UAS) with specializations in agricultural economics, plant sciences and ecology, equine sciences, livestock sciences or international agriculture, as well as the Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences (Uni) with specializations in agricultural sciences and agricultural and resource economics. In addition to these courses, you will find a large selection of continuing education, further training with Federal Professional Examination (FPE), Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), in the form of Master's degree courses or postgraduate courses (CAS, DAS, MAS).

The continuing education, further training in agricultural business management CHE was designed to be part-time and takes place all day on Saturdays. In addition, a project week is held each semester. Over the course of six semesters, there are approximately 1,470 lessons covering four major subject blocks, for which you will take different types of performance assessments in order to obtain the agronomy diploma.

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