Incorporation into the agricultural company: Fruit growing

MODULES

AGRICULTURAL COMPANY

02/17/2025 - 02/21/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 02/02/2025

Contents

• Structural improvements to the farm
• Recommended investments and sources of financing for them
• Ways of involvement of agricultural professionals
• The first installation of young farmers
• Improvement plans
• Plan of exploitations and alternatives
• Investment analysis

SOIL, NUTRITION AND ENVIRONMENT

03/03/2025 - 07/03/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 02/16/2025

Contents

• CLIMATIC AND SOIL REQUIREMENTS OF FRUIT TREES
• SOIL IMPROVEMENT AND PREPARATION
• WEED CONTROL
• NUTRITION OF FRUIT TREES
• PLANTATION DESIGN
• ENVIRONMENT, POLLUTION AND EROSION

WATER, IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION

03/17/2025 - 03/21/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 02/03/2025

Contents

• WATER REQUIREMENTS OF FRUIT TREES
• WATER QUALITY AND SALINITY PROBLEMS
• IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES AND INSTALLATIONS
• AGRONOMIC AND HYDRAULIC DESIGNS
• FERTILIZATION

CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES

03/24/2025 - 03/28/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 09/03/2025

Contents

• CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES
• PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES OF DIFFERENT SPECIES
• PRODUCTION QUALITY

ASSOCIATIONISM AND COMMERCIALIZATION

04/07/2025 - 04/11/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 03/23/2025

Contents

• Associative forms in the agricultural sector
• Cooperative Societies
• Agricultural Transformation Societies
• Other types of companies
• Agricultural marketing
• Commercial management of the agricultural company: Agents, channels, prices
• The agri-food sector
• Agricultural producer groups
• Aid for the service of associative promotion and marketing and CMO

APPLICATOR OF PHYTOSANITARY PRODUCTS. QUALIFIED LEVEL

09/04/2025 - 18/06/2025

Afternoon: 16:30h-20:00h

Application deadline until 03/25/2025

Contents

• Crop pests: classification, description and damage they cause.
• Pest control methods. Importance of non-chemical methods. Means of phytosanitary protection.
• Strategies and techniques for integrated pest management. Biological control and other alternative techniques for pest control in different crops. General principles of integrated pest management. Decision making in plant protection and introduction to comparative evaluation. Pest and biological control organism identification practices and their management.
• Integrated production and organic production.
• Plant protection products: active substances and commercial preparations. Description and classification. Choice of plant protection products. Identification and interpretation of labels and safety data sheets: Classification and labelling. Pictograms, signal words, risk phrases or indications of danger, precautionary advice, symptoms of poisoning and recommendations for the user. Practical cases.
• Risks arising from the use of plant protection products for the environment. Measures to reduce these risks, including emergency measures in the event of accidental contamination. Good environmental practices in relation to the preservation of natural resources, biodiversity, flora and fauna. Protection and special measures established in the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC). Practical cases.
• Dangers of phytosanitary products for human health
• Measures to reduce health risks: Levels of operator exposure. Possible risks arising from mixing products. Preventive and protective measures for the applicator. Personal protective equipment.
• PPE identification and use practices
• Correct sequence during transport, storage and handling of phytosanitary products.
• Phytosanitary treatments. Preparation, mixing and application.
• Methods for applying phytosanitary products. Factors to take into account for efficient and correct application. Importance of dosage and application volumes. Practical cases.
• Application equipment: description and operation.
• Cleaning, regulation and calibration of equipment.
• Maintenance, reviews and periodic inspections of equipment.
• Equipment review and calibration practices. Risks related to the use of plant protection product application equipment.
• Phytosanitary treatment application practices.
• Disposal of empty containers. Management systems. Regulations.
• Traceability. Requirements for food and feed hygiene. Record of pests and treatments on farms. The farm logbook.
• Work-health relationship: regulations on prevention of occupational risks.
• Agricultural social security.
• Regulations affecting the use of PF: Purchase, transport and storage. Authorization and registration of phytosanitary products, and the extent to which this affects their use.
• Methods for identifying illegal plant protection products and risks associated with their use. Infringements, sanctions and offences.

ACCOUNTING AND INITIATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE

05/05/2025 - 09/05/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 20/04/2025

Contents

• Introduction to accounting
• The accounting cycle
• Technical and financial amortizations
• Basic accounting applied to the sector. Practical case
• Introduction to computer science applied to agricultural enterprises
• Websites of interest for the agricultural sector

BUSINESS RELATIONS AND PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS

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Start date

BUSINESS RELATIONS AND PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL RISKS

05/19/2025 - 05/23/2025

Morning: 09:00h-15:00h

Application deadline until 04/05/2025

Contents

• The Spanish tax system
• State, regional and local taxes and fees
• The Social Security System
• Special Agrarian Regime
• Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers
• Collective Agreements in the field
• Occupational risks in the agricultural company