OPEN BASIS FACTS Course 2026
BASIS FACTS - 8 course days, 1 online exam and 1 online VIVA exam
Description
Who is this course for?
- Those working as advisers, representatives, farmers and farm managers involved in arable crop production and management
- Those who have qualified for the BASIS Professional Register and want to gain Continuing Professional Development points
- Those with a basic prior knowledge of the production of cereals, oilseed rape, sugar beet, potatoes and grassland
- Those who are familiar with a range of farming systems and nutrient issues with an ability to gain sufficient field experience before attempting the exam
- Those with at least one years experience of fertiliser and nutrient management planning in the UK under the guidance of a suitably qualified person
What are the course objectives?
- The soil in relation to plant nutrition
- The nature and properties of fertilisers
- Organic fertilisers
- Crop nutrients and the basis for calculating the amount of fertiliser required
- Use of fertilisers on the main crop groups in the UK
- Transport, storage, handling and labelling requirements necessary to protect the environment
- Codes of good agricultural practice, legal and safety requirements to protect the environment