Careers in Agriculture. This post lists and compares AGRISETA-funded opportunities. The awesome news is that the number of interventions increased.
Careers in Agriculture: AGRISETA
If you’re a potential learner you should know the following:
- Training providers will compete for funding to deliver these programmes.
- Programmes may or may not be available in your province. If they are not, ask about relocation stipends for learners who need to move.
- Ask about being placed on an official database so that your name can be made available to the service providers who are awarded the contracts.
The table below indicates the AgriSETA Learning Programme opportunities in 2017
| Learning Programme | Learning Areas | Number of Learner Opportunities for each intervention | Contact Person |
| Learnerships | Animal Production Plant Production Mixed Farming Systems | 1 586 | Mr. Gerard Mamabolo Tel: (012) 301 5607 E-mail: gerard@agriseta.co.za |
| Bursaries | Veterinary Biology Grassland and Wildlife Science | 200 | |
| Internships | Food Safety Agriculture | 300 | |
| Skills Programmes | Horticulture Crop Science | 3 500 | |
| Work Integrated Learning | Animal Production Crop Production, Agricultural Management | 350 | |
| Apprenticeships | Boiler making Tractor Mechanic Millwright Fitter and Turner | 186 | Mr. Ledile Kgomo Tel. No. : (012) 301 5624 E-mail: ledilek@agriseta.co.za |
Programmes Offered in 2016
| INTERVENTION | NO OF LEARNERS | PRIORITY FIELDS OF STUDY | NQF LEVEL |
| Apprenticeships | 210 | Welding, Boiler making | 5,6 |
| Fitting & Turning | 5,6 | ||
| Diesel &Automotive Motor Mechanic | 5,6 | ||
| Millwright | 5,6 | ||
| Electrician | 5,6 | ||
| Refrigeration | 5,6 | ||
| Instrumentation | 5,6 | ||
| Bursaries | 225 | Agriculture | 7.6.9.10 |
| Plant Production | 7.6.9.10 | ||
| Animal Production | 7.6.9.10 | ||
| Biotechnology | 7.6.9.10 | ||
| Agriculture Economics | 7.6.9.10 | ||
| Learnerships | 1200 | Plant Production | 2.3.4 |
| Animal Production | 2.3.4 | ||
| Mixed Farming Systems | 2.3.4 | ||
| Farm Management | 2.3.4 | ||
| New Venture Creation | 80 | SMMEs, Coops, Entrepreneurship | 4,5 |
| Skills Programmes (short courses) | 2000 | Plant production | 4,5,6 |
| Animal Production | 4,5,6 | ||
| Mixed Farming | 4,5,6 | ||
| Total Learners | 3715 |
The job fields prioritised by AGRISETA in 2016 according to Scarce Skills
- Welding, Boiler making
- Fitting & Turning
- Diesel &Automotive Motor Mechanic
- Millwright
- Electrician
- Refrigeration
- Instrumentation
- Agriculture
- Plant Production
- Animal Production
- Biotechnology
- Agriculture Economics
- Plant Production
- Animal Production
- Mixed Farming Systems
- Farm Management
- New Venture Creation
- Plant production
- Animal Production
- Mixed Farming
Hi am Esona Selana I would like to apply for a stipent where am at they don’t give us or provide
Hi
Iam Nomndeni Gumbi iwould like to apply for astipent for electricam enginerind n icompleted N6 and where iam they dont give us..
Thanks
Im interested in registering with agriseta as service provider,im a qualified farmer,with knowledge,skills and experience and being a farmer for 9 yrs.
Hi LEONIE
How much stipend for fitter and turner apprentice? Because i am training with agriseta
Hi,my company is Lighting Working Gathering,i doing piggery but now the challenge is water,electricity,structure.
Hi Leonie
Our business is Seisho and Machaka General trade we doing sheep shearing,wool classing,buying and selling wool in Thaba nchu in the free state.we have clients but we need equipment,we need two sheep shearing machinery to start..will like to know how agriseta can help us Or what should we do to get funding assistance from agriseta.
Hi Stanley
Unfortunately I don’t have the resources available to assist you fairly. I recommend approaching AGRISETA and all the other SETAs directly and request that they fund local interventions in the community.
Regards
Leonie
hi Leonie… my name is Stanley… I am Reverend in an apostolic church and a communuty development officer in my area. we have unemployed youth and adults in our community whom we are trying to upskill to have some skills. Can you kindly help us enlisting them into learnership programmes within your scope of operations in the scarces skill programmes that Agriseta…. perhaps you can also try to identify service providers which you can reccommed around Gaiuteng….. specififically Johannesburg.
Hi Masentle
Please contact the AGRISETA directly. I’m sure that they will be very helpful and assist you. If not, please get back to me.
Best of luck
Leonie
Hi my name is masentle I was doing agriculture at school I have matric and level 2 certificate in agric so is there any learnership in agric ? Pls help me
Hi Spokazi
Please speak to your employer or the organisation providing the training.
Best wishes
Leo
I Spokazi Makawu applying for stipent for Farm Management placement.
Hi Nokuphila
Perhaps the only way to find a farm is to find ways to contact farmers and farm managers. Also try agricultural NGOs, co-ops, check the Department of Agriculture’s website etc. Find AGRISETA info here http://7sundays.co.za/KeepClimbing/2017/01/30/do-something-important-careers-in-agriculture/ Good luck!
Hi, my name is nokuphila Ngcobo, I am doing farming management at Majuba TVT college. This is my last semester. To get my diploma I am required to do an in service training. I need your assistance in where to go about applying and where exactly to apply. Thank you. I would appreciate to get response soon because I must start applying as soon as possible