Advanced Certificate In Self Sufficiency VSS008

Learn to produce your own products and respect the environment. A unique qualification which may be undertaken with a view to preparing for a change in the way you live or perhaps in preparation for establishing a business or career providing services to the community in this discipline. The course develops skills in producing your own day to day products using low cost, environmental friendly practices.

The Certificate covers (but is not limited to) mud brick building, growing fruit and vegetables, herbs and other crops organically, raising poultry, sheep and goats, nutrition and creating a balanced diet, alternative energy supplies, permaculture, and sustainable agriculture.

The one thing that all fans of self sufficiency share in common is a desire to reduce reliance on goods and services supplied by others.

In reality, we will never be totally independent for one reason: it is in our nature to be social, and we all need to interact with other humans in order to be psychologically fulfilled.

Course Structure

To be awarded the Advanced Certificate, you must successfully complete all assignments and pass examinations in each of the four modules as follows (click on the module names for more individual outlines):

Compulsory Modules Elective Modules

Any two (2) of the following electives: