Detailed Course Outline

This course is made up of a number of lessons or units. Each of these has self assessment questions, a set task (practical homework) and an assignment which you can upload online.

There are 4 modules in this course:

1. Self Sufficiency A

This self sufficiency course is one of two courses designed to equip you for a self sufficient life. Learn tips, skills and gain knowledge in a broad range of fields to equip you with independence and self sufficiency.

Topic include managing your health and home, horticulture (herbs, veggies and fruit), animal husbandry (poultry, bees, pigs and more), self sufficient building techniques, alternative energy and earning an income.

Course Aims:

• Discuss the nature and scope of self sufficiency.
• Explain the importance of good nutrition and health.
• Explain the importance of suitable clothing and clothing care.
• Explain the relevance and application of horticulture to self sufficiency.
• Explain the cultivation and use of herbs.
• Explain the main requirements for successfully raising animals.
• Explain the fundamentals of caring for grazing animals.
• Explain the available alternatives to eating meat.
• Discuss various building techniques that can be used to construct buildings.
• Discuss alternatives to conventional energy sources.
• Determine and describe accessible craft and country skills that may contribute to self sufficiency.
• Analyse potential changes in lifestyle to increase a person’s level of self-sufficiency.

2. Self Sufficiency B

Study the practical skills to get independence by growing and harvesting and preserving your own foods.

Course Aims:

• Explain the importance of good diet and nutrition to good health
• Discuss the potential for increasing self sufficiency by growing your own food in a kitchen garden.
• Describe the potential and appropriate procedures for vegetable growing in your area.
• Describe the potential for fruit growing and appropriate fruit growing procedures for your locality.
• Describe the process of practices like bottling to extend the shelf life of produce.
• Explain the process of practices like freezing and drying to extend the shelf life of produce.
• Describe the principles of animal production and processing animal products, where someone is seeking to improve dietary self sufficiency.
• Describe growing and cooking with herbs, where someone is seeking to improve dietary self sufficiency.
• Describe the use of eggs and cheese where someone is seeking to improve dietary self sufficiency.
• Describe the use of grains in a situation where someone is seeking to improve dietary self sufficiency.

3. Electives (Choose Two)

• Permaculture Systems
• Alternative Energy
• Bed and Breakfast Management
• Organic Farming

When you have completed the lessons of your Certificate course, you will be given the option of taking the optional exam. It’s okay if you don’t want the exam, we still issue your Careerline Certificate. For Advanced Certificates however, the exam is compulsory (per module) and are included in the course fee.