Online Course: Indoor High Tech Farming (Basic Level) - Synchronous eLearning (29 Aug 2020)

Course Overview

Are you a Singapore Citizen ≥ 25 years old ? All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their $500 SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses, including this course. 

Join this course and master the skills to growing crops indoor using LED Lights

This basic course is the first of the 3 Level Series of Our Indoor High Tech Farming Course

 

 

During this 7 Hours comprehensive course,  you will learn the following topics and skills:

• Module 1: Foundations of Indoor Farming

  • Describe principles of High Tech Indoor Farming
  • List advantages of High Tech Indoor farming and using of smart solutions

  Module 2: Types of High Tech Indoor Farm Systems

  • List common types of indoor farms
  • Explain key differences among indoor farms, including technology differences

   Module 3: Indoor Light Smart Solutions

  • List types of indoor lights and their suitability for indoor farming
  • Explain light distribution and effect on crop growth
  • Explain light units and daily light integral
  • Describe how to measure light for crops

  Module 4: Growing Substrates

  • Describe different types of growing substrates for indoor farming (soil-based or soil-less hydroponics)
  • Explain advantages based on types of growing substrates for indoor farming

    Module 5: Small / Mid Scale Set Up of Indoor Farming

  • Describe different types of set up for indoor farming
  • Explain advantages and disadvantages of each type of set up

Average class duration is 7 hours

 

High Efficiency Propagation of Mizuna using LED Grow Lights (Grown by The Living Centre)

Tomato Plants Flowering (Effective Propagation of Tomato Plants - Grown by The Living Centre)

Using Various Substracts for Propagation Indoor (Propogated by The Living Centre)

Understand how both Small Scale Growers and Large Scale Growers can use the right type of Artifical Grow Lights and Layout to Achieve Best Grow Outcomes 

 

Our Founder, Ms Faith Foo holding the abundant Mizuna Crops harvested
from the system built by The Living Centre

This Training is Suitable for:

• Small Scale Home Growers (e.g. home growers) who wish to understand deeper about indoor farming and use of suitable LED lights at home
• Greenhouse growers who wish to explore deeper into indoor farming
• Commercial growers who wish to deepen their knowledge of indoor farming
• Researchers (Farming)
• Other Persons intending to enter the Agricultural industry
• Other Persons interested in indoor farming

 

 Prerequisities

• Diploma or A Levels, or Degree, Masters qualifications and Above

  

 After you have completed this Basic Level Course, you have met the prerequisites to progress to our Intermediate and Advanced Level Training which will take place about 1 to 2 months after the basic level course (see progression chart below). The course fees for the Intermediate and Advanced Course will be announced at a later date.

                       

 

 

 

Trainer:

Faith is the Founder of The Living Centre, and is professionally trained in Nutritional Farming in Australia as well as High Tech farming from Netherlands (HAS University of Applied Sciences). With expert knowledge in both Soil-Based and Soil-less Agriculture, she also lead the first series of Urban Farming SkillsFuture courses supported by SkillsFuture Singapore. Besides providing professional training in hydroponics to the public and local university, she also provides consultancy to commercial hydroponic farms.

She has been invited as a key speaker at key gardening and edible farming events, including "Community Garden Festival", "Gardeners'Day Out" organised by Nparks Singapore. Faith believes in changing lives through imparting skills and knowledge to local growers in farms and gardening community. 

 

 

 

Location:
The training will be held fully online due to latest advisory from SkillsFuture Singapore

 

 

Course Code: CRS-N-0050009

SkillsFuture Funding Validity Period: 15 May 2020  To 06 Jun 2021

Course Fees : SG$300
#All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their $500 SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. You can use SkillsFuture credit to pay for up to the full course fee if you have enough credit in your SkillsFuture credit account. 

Funding and Grant Application

1. SkillsFuture Credit (for Singapore aged 25 and above)
   #All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their $500 SkillsFuture Credit from the government to pay for a wide range of approved skills-related courses. You can use SkillsFuture credit to pay for up to the full course fee if you have enough credit in your SkillsFuture credit account. 
   
   

	info below accurate w.e.f from 22 July 2019
Type	Category of Individuals
	Singapore Citizen aged 25 and above	Others
Course Fees	SG$300	SG$300
SkillsFuture Credit Funding#	SG$300	-
Total Gross Fee	$0	SG$300
GST Payable	-	-
Total Fee Payable to  "The Living Centre"	SG$0	SG$300

 2. SSG Training Grant (for company sponsored trainees)

Your company can apply for SSG Training Grant for this course of amount SG$14 (Procedure refer here)
Your company will pay the remaining balance of SG$286

	info below accurate w.e.f from 22 July 2019
Type	Individual Trainee
Course Fees	SG$300
SSG Training Grant #	SG$14
Total Gross Fee	SG$286
GST Payable	-
Total Fee Payable to  "The Living Centre" after training grant	SG$286

 3. For others (e.g. Non Singaporeans, Singaporeans aged 24 and below etc)
You can select payment mode as Paypal/Credit Card, Interbank transfer to pay for the full course fees.

How to register for the class?
Click the "Register" Button below

How do I pay for the class?
You can pay via either SkillsFuture Credit, Paypal/Credit Card or Interbank Transfer.
For Singaporeans aged 25 and above who wish to use SkillsFuture Credit, select payment mode as SkillsFuture Credit and we will email you the instructions and supportining documents that you will need to submit your funding application online. If you do not have enough SkillsFuture Credits, you can pay the balance via cash on actual day of class.