1. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of notion:
1.1. evaluation of soil;
1.2. drainage ways, system development and maintenance measures;
1.3. document management.
2. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of understanding:
2.1. market situation in the crop farming;
2.2. biodiversity and landscape;
2.3. good agricultural practices;
2.4. basics of cattle-breeding;
2.5. necessity of the livestock of forage;
2.6. logistics requirements of the crop farming production;
2.7. areas of activity of the state, local governments and enforcement authorities;
2.8. the laws and regulations and requirements governing crop farming;
2.9. accounting and source documentation requirements;
2.10. professional terminology in the official language and in one foreign language, Latin names of widespread crop plants, weeds, crop diseases and pests;
3. The knowledge necessary for performance of the basic tasks of the professional activity at the level of use:
3.1. basics of economics and commerce;
3.2. agriculture systems (biological, conventional, integrated);
3.3. quality characteristics of crop farming raw materials and products;
3.4. soil and its qualities, soil suitability for growing cultivated plants;
3.5. choice of the appropriate soil processing ways;
3.6. soil degradation, its amelioration measures and materials;
3.7. ways of soil cultivation and technologies;
3.8. crop rotation;
3.9. morphology and physiology of cultivated plants;
3.10. cultivated plant pests and their limitation;
3.11. technologies of growing cultivated plants;
3.12. qualities of crop farming types and sorts and assortments;
3.13. quality indicators of crop farming types and sorts of seeds and planting material;
3.14. growing cultivated plants fertilisation and plant protection products and their use;
3.15. pre-processing and storage of harvest;
3.16. agricultural equipment and machinery used in the crop farming;
3.17. A, B and D tractor driving licence;
3.18. equipping and preparing premises for storage of harvest and raw materials;
3.19. labour protection (requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations, labour protection means and their use, first aid);
3.20. fire safety regulations, firefighting products and their use;
3.21. chemicals and absorbents;
3.22. waste recycling;
3.23. management principles of energy efficiency and housekeeping;
3.24. environmental protection, environmentally friendly technologies and materials;
3.25. information technologies;
3.26. principles of the professional and general ethics;
3.27. legal employment relations;
3.28. official language;
3.29. one foreign language at the communication level.

1. To follow the trends, demand, supply and prices in the market of agricultural products (world stock exchange) and determine the current market trends in the plant production.
2. To calculate and measure the necessary rural areas according to the planned production volume and the need of fodder.
3. To assess the necessity and suitability of the crop farming to growing plants.
4. To draw up crop farming planning and registration documents.
5. To provide information on the necessary amount of material and quality requirements to the responsible authorities.
6. To assess environmental factors affecting the crop farming.
7. To understand certain information in the passport of the farm land ownership amelioration and evaluate the required land amelioration care measures.
8. To take cultivation measures for land amelioration system.
9. To determine physical and chemical qualities of  soil in the field conditions.
10. To assess the soil agrochemical indicators.
11. To evaluate, select and implement the most effective measures for soil amelioration by using appropriate materials.
12. To prevent soil degradation caused in the manufacturing process.
13. To analyse plant suitability to specific agro-climatic conditions, demand, available resources according to the environmental requirements.
14. To calculate the amount of seeds and planting material and sowing norms.
15. To assess the quality of the seed and planting material.
16. To prepare the seed and planting material by using appropriate technology, perform sowing of cultivated plants.
17. To calculate and measure ferilization norms and doses, determine appropriate time for the use of fertilizers and perform fertilisation by using the fertilisation equipment.
18. To choose methods to prevent the lack of nutrients.
19. To assess  provision of plants with nutrients
20. To recognise and evaluate plants development stages and their suitability for performance of the work.
21. To recognise weeds, cultivated plant pests and diseases.
22. To choose and implement appropriate methods to contain crop pest.
23. To calculate use rates of plant protection products, prepare and use plant protection work solution.
24. To use the  agricultural sowing and care equipment suitable to the plant species.
25. To makethe calculation necessary for the forage production.
26. To determine the plant ripeiness for harvesting.
27. To assess quality and moisture of the harvest.
28. To determine techniques for the harvest pre-processing, choose appropriate equipment and carry out the harvest pre-processing.
29. To assess auirtability of the harvest storage conditions, prepare premises for harvest storage and ensure optimal storage conditions for crop maintenance.
30. To prepare and transport products according to the packaging and transportation requirements.
31. To choose and use appropriate equipment according to crop cultivation technology.
32. To record and store the  materials necessary for operation of the agricultural equipment  according to the environmental protection laws and regulations.
33. To record and analyse the work results and economic indicators, plan cash flows.
34. To fill in original documents of accounting and record-keeping.
35. To understand and observe the laws and regulations governing the crop farming industry.
36. To gather and evaluate information materials in plant production for drawing up contracts and prepare information for provisions of contracts within the own competence.
37. To prepare the necessary documents for submision to state, local governments and enforcement authorities responsible for the crop farming.
38. To cooperate with state, local government and enforcement authorities, suppliers and other partners in crop farming.
39. To observe the principles of  good agricultural practices in the production of crop farming products.
40. To meet the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations, use environmentally friendly technologies and materials.
41. To ensure sorting of waste resulting from the work process.
42. To meet the requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations, use individual labour protection means according to the instructions.
43. To prepare a work place for safe performance of the work and maintain the premises and work place in order according to the instructions.
44. To ensure observance of the operating rules of machines and equipment and observe fuel economy.
45. To observe the fire safety instructions and use the necessary means of protection.
46. To provide the first aid.
47. To ensure storage and handling of chemical substances in accordance with the regulations.
48. To use absorbents of chemical substances.
49. To observe the standards of legal employment relations.
50. To observe the principles of professional and general ethics.
51. To have a good command of the official  language.
52. To have a good command of one foreign language at the professional level of communication.
53. To use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language, use titles of the widespread crop plants, weeds, crop diseases and pests in Latin.  
54. To use computer technologies and special software for performing of the crop farming work.
55. To organise the own work, analyse work process and be responsible for the work result.

1.    Ability to follow the crop farming tendencies, technological developments and assess market developments in plant production industry.
2.    Ability to choose and plan the economically necessary resources for crop farming, use raw materials and technologies according to the company’s specialisation, production and marketing opportunities.
3.    Ability to meet the farming requirement of plant cultivation, understand the interrelationship between the chemical and physical processes of plants.
4.    Ability to assess the soil, its features and agro-climatic conditions and ensure the crop cultivation according to the chosen technology.
5.    Ability to perform soil amelioration, maintenance of the cultivated plants, fertilization and limitation of the harmful organisms according to the economically justified production technologies.
6.    Ability to plan and implement the crop production according to good agricultural practices.
7.    Ability to harvest according to the ripeness of the crop and the type of use.
8.    Ability in organoleptic way to state the quality of the harvest and make pre-treatment and storage in organoleptic way.
9.    Ability to understand the  information presented in the crop farming documents and prepare documents according to the requirements of the laws and regulations.
10.    Ability to cooperate with state, local governments and enforcement authorities, cooperation partners involved in ensuring the crop farming production process.
11.    Ability to use agricultural machinery and equipment to perform the crop farming technician’s work.
12.    Ability to meet the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations, use environmentally friendly technologies in the growing of cultivated plants, implement and perform actions of environmental protection and improvement.
13.    Ability to observe the requirements of the labour protection and fire safety laws and regulations.
14.    Ability to provide the first aid.
15.    Ability plan and perform the work tasks rationally, be responsible for the work result.
16.    Ability to observe the standards of the legal employment relations.
17.    Ability to use computers and special software.
18.    Ability to observe the principles of  professional and general ethics;
19.    Ability to communicate in the official language and one foreign language.
20.    Ability to use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.