What is the Skills for Agriculture Framework, and how does it underpin the courses?

The framework provides the foundation for our courses and certifications. At the core of the Skills Framework for Agriculture is a comprehensive set of descriptions of professional skills and generic attributes.  

It uses a similar model to the well-established Skills for the Information Age (SfIA). Each skill is described by up to seven levels of responsibility, with gradually increasing autonomy, influence and complexity.  

The website helps in standardising language, defining job roles, and aiding the career progression of professionals within agriculture. It identifies the key skills; agricultural extension workers and agri-dealer employees require to perform their roles successfully and hosts many agriculture-related non-CABI courses mapped to applicable skills.