Course description
A course designed to improve your professional skills and broaden your job opportunities.
Why enrol on this course?
Who can take this course?
Employed, self-employed or unemployed people who want to improve their skills.
Free course
Subsidised training, at no cost to the student.
Online course
Study from home with a flexible format.
Certified course
When you finish you will be able to certify the training you have completed.
Course content
1. INTRODUCTION: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF WATER IN NATURE.
2. CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE BY CROPS:
2.1. Soil water balances.
2.2. Determining crop requirements.
2.3. Irrigation efficiency.
3. IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY:
3.1. Parameters.
3.2. Guidelines.
3.3. Influence of irrigation systems, soil and crops.
4. IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT:
4.1. Assessment.
4.2. Types of irrigation.
4.3. Management strategies, etc.
5. APPLYING FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS THROUGH IRRIGATION:
5.1. Calculating and preparing solutions.
5.2. Fertilisation recommendations.
5.3. Applying herbicides and insecticides through irrigation.
6. CHARACTERISTICS OF IRRIGATED LAND.
7. WATER USE IN CROPS: OLIVE GROVES, CITRUS, BEET, COTTON, RICE, FRUIT TREES, CEREALS, FORAGE CROPS, ETC.
8. WATER USE IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS: USES OTHER THAN IRRIGATION.
9. LEGISLATION: WATER ACT, NATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PLAN, NATIONAL IRRIGATION PLAN, ETC.
10. PRACTICAL EXERCISES.
2. CONSUMPTIVE WATER USE BY CROPS:
2.1. Soil water balances.
2.2. Determining crop requirements.
2.3. Irrigation efficiency.
3. IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY:
3.1. Parameters.
3.2. Guidelines.
3.3. Influence of irrigation systems, soil and crops.
4. IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MANAGEMENT:
4.1. Assessment.
4.2. Types of irrigation.
4.3. Management strategies, etc.
5. APPLYING FERTILISERS AND CHEMICALS THROUGH IRRIGATION:
5.1. Calculating and preparing solutions.
5.2. Fertilisation recommendations.
5.3. Applying herbicides and insecticides through irrigation.
6. CHARACTERISTICS OF IRRIGATED LAND.
7. WATER USE IN CROPS: OLIVE GROVES, CITRUS, BEET, COTTON, RICE, FRUIT TREES, CEREALS, FORAGE CROPS, ETC.
8. WATER USE IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS: USES OTHER THAN IRRIGATION.
9. LEGISLATION: WATER ACT, NATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL PLAN, NATIONAL IRRIGATION PLAN, ETC.
10. PRACTICAL EXERCISES.