Professional knowledge
1. Types of management.
2. pH value and methods for its determination.
3. Soil composition and properties, soil cultivation methods.
4. Fundamentals of agricultural chemistry.
5. Agroecological conditions.
6. Interrelationships between soil (substrate), temperature, light, and moisture.
7. Shaping of the crowns of berry bushes and ornamental shrubs.
8. Harvest maintenance operations.
9. Principles of planning crop succession.
10. Principles of planning plant compatibility and crop rotation.
11. Fundamental principles for preparing process charts.
12. Crop rotation in covered areas.
13. Field systems.
14. Crop species and varieties suitable for Latvian agroclimatic conditions.
15. Annual crop varieties.
16. Morphology, physiology, and ontogeny of plants (including weeds).
17. Methods for cultivating annual flowers, hardy plants, grassy hardy plants, and indoor plants.
18. Cultivation technologies in organic, integrated, intensive, and conventional horticulture.
19. Cultivation technologies for flowering plants.
20. Varieties of fruit plants, berry bushes, and rootstocks, and their suitability for cultivation conditions.
21. Varieties of hardy plants.
22. Planning of the garden, taking into account the existing and planned infrastructure, protective plantations and varietal characteristics.
23. Plants used for protective plantations.
24. Conditions for establishing protective plantations.
25. Importance of cardinal directions for orientation of plantings.
26. Pollination characteristics of vegetables, fruit plants, and berry bushes.
27. Suitability of species for attracting pollinators and beneficial insects.
28. Plant cultivation techniques and technologies in covered and field areas.
29. Long-term maintenance of perennial plantings.
30. Use of liming and fertilisation products.
31. Mineral nutrition of plants.
32. Nutrient elements and their role in plant development.
33. Signs of deficiency and excess of essential nutrients in plants.
34. Conditions for the storage of fertilisers.
35. Classification of fertilisers.
36. Calculation of fertilisation rates and doses and calculation of concentration in solutions and substrates.
37. Fertilisation plan and fundamental principles of its preparation.
38. Land drainage systems.
39. Agrochemical and physiological correlations in plants and soil.
40. Structure and application of process charts.
41. Cultivation technologies in horticulture.
42. Use of agricultural and horticultural machinery.
43. Equipment and materials used in horticulture.
44. Methods for tracking labour and resources.
45. Water requirements of plants.
46. Irrigation and watering methods.
47. Irrigation and watering systems.
48. Structure and application of field history.
49. Moisture requirements of plants.
50. Plant protection measures and their classification.
51. Integrated pest management pyramid.
52. Regulatory requirements governing plant protection.
53. Development stages and cycles of common pests and pathogens.
54. Impact of agrometeorological conditions on the development of harmful organisms.
55. Conditions influencing the effectiveness of plant protection measures.
56. Fundamental principles of preparing a plant protection plan.
57. Methods and timing for inducing flowering of ornamental plants.
58. Types of harvest storage facilities.
59. Factors influencing the storage of horticultural products.
60. Requirements of marketing standards for horticultural products.
61. Plant passports.
62. Packaging and wrapping materials and techniques.
63. Types of containers and their use.
64. Hygiene requirements in primary production of horticultural products.
65. Methods for the disinfection, disinsection, and deratisation of storage facilities, warehouses, basements, and containers.
66. Soil types.
67. Soil granulometric composition.
68. Degree of soil cultivation.
69. Stages of soil maturity.
70. Methods for determining soil maturity.
71. Types of substrates and methods for their preparation.
72. Storage of substrates.
73. Preparation of nutrient solutions and their recipes.
74. Compositions and calculations of nutrient solutions.
75. Soil conditioning methods and techniques.
76. Risks of soil structure deterioration.
77. Green manure and service plants.
78. Guidelines for base and supplementary fertilisation and their types.
79. Risks of over-fertilisation.
80. Reintroduction of uncultivated agricultural land into production.
81. Types of fallow land.
82. Operational requirements for land drainage systems.
83. Elements of land drainage systems.
84. Cadastre of land drainage systems.
85. Maintenance measures for land drainage systems.
86. Cultivation technologies for various crops.
87. Sowing and planting machines used in horticulture.
88. Techniques and methods for cultivating seedlings.
89. Technical parameters of watering systems.
90. Sequence of the installation of watering systems.
91. Sustainable management of water resources.
92. Organisation of human resources.
93. Quality criteria for perennial transplants.
94. Generative plant propagation methods.
95. Vegetative plant propagation methods.
96. Types of gardens.
97. Types of tree nurseries.
98. Methods for planting plants.
99. Inspection methods.
100. Structure of tree nurseries.
101. Applications of global positioning systems for the establishment of gardens.
102. Methods for establishing protective plantations.
103. Machinery used for establishing gardens.
104. Risk mitigation systems.
105. Maintenance of protective plantations and buffer strips.
106. Methods for cultivating annual plants, hardy plants, grassy hardy plants, and indoor plants.
107. Regulations on operating horticultural machinery, implements, and equipment.
108. Occupational safety regulations for handling horticultural machinery, equipment, and materials.
109. Laws and regulations governing the management, use, and storage of materials used in agriculture.
110. Maintenance of horticultural machinery, implements, and equipment.
111. Maintenance of sprinklers.
112. Rules for storing substrates.
113. Conditions for storing containers.
114. Methods for determining harvest maturity.
115. Harvest pre-processing methods and techniques.
116. Machinery and containers used in harvesting and pre-processing of the harvested produce.
117. Quality and labelling requirements for horticultural products.
118. Modes for storing horticultural products.
119. Harvest transportation methods.
120. Methods for shaping crowns.
121. Timing for shaping crowns.
122. Technical possibilities in crown shaping.
123. Venerable trees and their preparation for planting and transplantation.
124. Harvest maintenance methods and timing.
125. Maintenance of annual plants.
126. Maintenance of hardy plants, grassy hardy plants, and aquatic plants.
127. Maintenance of indoor plants.
128. Possibilities of using robotics for weed control.
129. Plant protection system.
130. Phytosanitary monitoring methods.
131. Fundamental principles of the classification of plant protection products.
132. Quarantine and non-quarantine pests.
133. Crop diseases and their classification.
134. Common diseases of major agricultural crops and their signs.
135. Crop pests.
136. Their feeding and development cycles.
137. Common pests of major agricultural crops and signs of damage caused by them.
138. Pest aggressiveness.
139. Pest damage thresholds.
140. Weeds, their classification, and biological characteristics.
141. Characteristics of most common weeds.
142. Weed control methods.
143. Integrated crop protection.
144. Preventive plant protection measures.
145. Importance of seed dressing for ensuring plant health.
146. Methods and technical possibilities for monitoring sowings and plantings.
147. Decision support systems.
148. Use of various plant protection products (chemical, biological, and microbiological).
149. Restrictions on the use of PPPs (protected zones, buffer strips, etc.).
150. Waste management.
151. Regulatory requirements for waste management and disposal.
152. Regulatory requirements for the disposal of plants or their parts affected by quarantine pests.
153. Regulatory requirements for the disposal of the packaging of fertilisers and plant protection products.
154. Methods for the disposal and recycling of horticultural production waste and produce unsuitable for market.
155. Methods for the disposal and recycling of materials used in horticultural production.
156. Conditions for storing plant protection products.

General knowledge
1. Vocabulary.
2. Grammar and language function.
3. Language culture.
4. Language styles and intonation.
5. Types of verbal and non-verbal interaction.
6. Official language.
7. Terminology used in the field of crop production.
8. Vocabulary.
9. Grammar and language function.
10. Types of verbal and non-verbal interaction.
11. Context of language and communication.
12. Use of a foreign language.
13. Intercultural interaction.
14. Terminology used in the field of crop production.
15. Concepts and theories of natural sciences, technologies, and engineering.
16. Technological development trends in the field of crop production.
17. Technological development trends in the field of crop production.
18. Units of measurement and shapes.
19. Mathematical tools and methods.
20. Mathematical terminology.
21. Elements of statistics.
22. Algebraic expressions.
23. Analytical geometry.
24. Three-dimensional geometric bodies.
25. Laws and regulations governing the ICT sector.
26. Operating principles of computers and office equipment.
27. Fundamental principles of property rights and data protection.
28. Use of information and communication technologies.
29. Information and communication system security.
30. Data processing and security.
31. Artificial intelligence tools.
32. Fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
33. Regulatory enactments in the field of activity.
34. Types of business operations.
35. Fundamentals of marketing.
36. Economic resources.
37. Assessment of economic risks.
38. Fundamental principles of sustainable economy.
39. Process of organising the work environment.
40. Self-organised work process.
41. Organisation of teamwork.
42. Decision-making methods.
43. Planning methods.
44. Self-assessment mechanisms.
45. Document formatting requirements.
46. Principles of collaboration.
47. International human rights documents.
48. Statehood of the Republic of Latvia and its legal framework.
49. Society and its development trends.
50. Legal relationship.
51. Nature of social dialogue and mechanisms for cooperation.
52. Prerequisites for effective communication.
53. Concept of social sustainability.
54. Rights, obligations, and responsibility of an individual.
55. Fundamental principles of general and professional ethics.
56. Social and political structure of society.
57. Manifestations/indicators/criteria of social welfare.
58. Positive communication techniques.
59. Occupational safety system.
60. Environmental protection system.
61. Civil defence system.
62. Employment relationships.
63. Work environment risk factors and their assessment methods.
64. Protective measures for reducing the impact of work environment factors on health.
65. Laws and regulations related to labour law.
66. Collective employment contract.
67. Employment contract.
68. Occupational safety regulations.
69. Preventive measures for eliminating work environment risk factors.
70. Safety signals and signs.
71. Occupational safety equipment and its use.
72. Action in the event of occupational risk occurrence.
73. Ergonomic requirements.
74. Fire safety regulations.
75. Action in the event of fire.
76. Electrical safety regulations.
77. Environmental protection regulations.
78. Civil defence regulations.
79. Response to emergency situations.
80. Provision of first aid.
81. Principles of ‘green thinking’.
82. Principles of sustainable development.
83. Components of healthy mind, body, and lifestyle.
84. Patterns of facts, theories, and professional activity.
85. Professional career development.
86. Self-assessment mechanisms.
87. Learning strategies.
88. Planning of the study and career path.
89. Fundamental principles of time management.
90. Principles of career development assessment.

Professional skills and attitudes
1. To collect soil samples.
2. To identify the soil type and mechanical composition.
3. To determine soil reaction.
4. To assess the results of soil and plant agrochemical analysis.
5. To assess field relief.
6. To assess the availability of moisture.
7. To plan crop succession.
8. To plan crop rotation in open field.
9. To plan crop rotation in covered areas.
10. To assess the suitability of horticultural plants varieties for market requirements and growing conditions.
11. To plan flowering periods of plants.
12. To prepare process charts for the production of horticultural products.
13. To select plants for arranging rows of flowering plants.
14. To calculate the necessary quantity of seed and planting material according to the intended variety and cultivation purpose.
15. To select appropriate rootstock and variety combinations based on soil and agroclimatic conditions, and cultivation technologies.
16. To select an appropriate site for perennial plantings.
17. To evaluate the need for pollination.
18. To assess the intended protective plantings, fences, and access roads at the planned plantation sites.
19. To plan protective plantations.
20. To select an appropriate method, taking into account the plants to be cultivated, land drainage techniques, and requirements for the operation of the existing land drainage system.
21. To select appropriate machinery for soil conditioning.
22. To calculate the necessary quantity of soil conditioning material.
23. To select the sequence and timing of performing tasks.
24. To assess priorities of horticultural work.
25. To keep records of completed horticultural work.
26. To plan the required machinery, equipment, and other materials according to the planned horticultural work.
27. To plan the required human resources for performing horticultural work.
28. To plan the maintenance of crops and plantings.
29. To plan irrigation and watering.
30. To prepare a plant protection plan.
31. To plan agrotechnical and mechanical plant protection measures.
32. To plan physical plant protection measures.
33. To plan biological plant protection measures.
34. To plan chemical plant protection measures.
35. To prepare a plant protection plan.
36. To plan the procurement of plant protection products.
37. To determine harvesting periods.
38. To plan harvesting operations.
39. To plan harvesting machinery and containers.
40. To plan harvest storage facilities in accordance with the requirements of the planned harvest.
41. To plan the disinfection of the storage facility and containers.
42. To determine the readiness of soil for cultivation and the degree of cultivation.
43. To choose appropriate timing for soil cultivation.
44. To select appropriate soil cultivation machinery.
45. To assess the quality and degree of soil cultivation.
46. To prepare the substrate.
47. To prepare nutrient solutions according to the recipe, crop type, and plant development stage.
48. To perform primary and maintenance liming of the soil.
49. To perform basic soil fertilisation.
50. To cultivate green manure crops.
51. To maintain land drainage systems in accordance with their operating requirements and instructions of a specialist.
52. To determine the timing for sowing or planting.
53. To verify sowing accuracy.
54. To sow crops.
55. To grow seedlings.
56. To verify the accuracy of the planting machine.
57. To organise the delivery of seedlings to the field.
58. To plant seedlings.
59. To organise the installation of watering systems.
60. To organise human resources for performing the planned sowing and planting operations.
61. To select a propagation method appropriate for the crop and cultivation purpose.
62. To grow annual and perennial plant seedlings.
63. To mark planting rows and locations.
64. To establish protective plantations.
65. To organise the delivery of transplants to the field.
66. To organise the planting of perennial plants.
67. To install support systems.
68. To organise the installation of irrigation systems.
69. To organise human resources for establishing perennial plantings.
70. To use risk-reducing systems according to the instructions of a specialist.
71. To monitor the upkeep of horticultural machinery.
72. To monitor the upkeep of horticultural equipment.
73. To organise the management and storage of materials.
74. To ensure timely maintenance and repair of machinery in use.
75. To arrange human resources, machinery, and containers for harvesting.
76. To deliver containers to the field.
77. To transport the harvested produce from the field to the storage facility.
78. To perform the pre-processing of harvested produce or its preparation for marketing.
79. To assess the quality of seeds, seedlings, transplants, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berries.
80. To prepare the harvested produce for storage.
81. To place the harvested produce in the storage facility.
82. To control weeds.
83. To maintain annual and perennial foliage plants.
84. To water crops.
85. To shape the crowns of fruit and ornamental trees.
86. To shape the crowns of berry bushes and ornamental shrubs.
87. To perform harvest maintenance operations.
88. To treat wounds caused by sun and frost.
89. To make sure that plants flower according to the planned marketing schedule.
90. To ensure regular monitoring of sowings and plantings.
91. To recognise most significant quarantine and non-quarantine pests.
92. To recognise most significant crop diseases.
93. To recognise most significant crop pests.
94. To recognise most common weeds.
95. To use reliable digital plant protection platforms.
96. To compile and analyse the obtained information.
97. To take decisions on plant protection measures.
98. To select a plant protection product.
99. To manage production waste and parts of produce unsuitable for market.
100. To ensure the disposal of plants and/or horticultural products affected by quarantine pests in accordance with regulatory requirements.
101. To ensure the collection, storage, and disposal of the packaging and containers of fertilisers and plant protection products.
102. To ensure the collection, storage, and disposal of materials used for the production of horticultural products.
103. To store plant protection products in accordance with regulatory requirements.

General skills and attitudes
1. To communicate verbally and in writing in the official language in various professional situations.
2. To observe the norms of the Latvian literary language in formal communication.
3. To use professional terminology in the official language.
4. To communicate with different social groups in a multicultural environment.
5. To communicate verbally and in writing in a foreign language.
6. To use professional terminology in a foreign language.
7. To model the course of the planned task solution.
8. To use mathematical methods, expressions, and patterns when performing work tasks.
9. To identify sector-specific scientific and technological research.
10. To assess technological development trends in the field of crop production, linking them to own professional activity.
11. To handle digital and analogue systems.
12. To prepare professional work content using software.
13. To use information and communication technologies in professional activity.
14. To comply with information technology security and personal data protection requirements.
15. To plan the scope of work, time, and rational use of resources.
16. To organise own work and team work to ensure high-quality performance of tasks.
17. To take a decision on problem-solving within the scope of own competence in a specific situation.
18. To assess economic risks and work priorities.
19. To participate in generating new ideas, showing initiative.
20. To fulfil the civic duties.
21. To be aware of the role of civil society and own involvement in the development of democracy.
22. To build interaction with other individuals, respecting social diversity and equality.
23. To recognise the relationship between different spheres and phenomena of society and morality and ethics.
24. To follow the general and professional ethical standards.
25. To assume responsibility for the quality of own lifestyle.
26. To respect employment relationships.
27. To comply with sector-specific regulatory requirements and the organisation’s internal regulations.
28. To organise work in accordance with occupational safety, fire safety, electrical safety, and environmental protection requirements.
29. To apply ergonomic requirements when arranging the work environment to ensure safe work.
30. To assess work environment risk factors and their impact on health within the scope of own competence.
31. To use the ABC scheme to address critical health conditions, and preserve and sustain life.
32. To act responsibly in an emergency situation.
33. To describe sustainability as a concept encompassing environmental, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
34. To act according to the principles of sustainable development.
35. To adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle in accordance with the principles of ‘green thinking’.
36. To assess own personal and social development opportunities.
37. To assess own professional experience and opportunities for professional competence development.
38. To purposefully plan the improvement of professional competences.
39. To acquire new skills for career growth.

Professional competences
1. Ability to assess the agroclimatic conditions for planning the production of horticultural products.
2. Ability to plan the structure of sowings and plantings.
3. Ability to develop a process chart.
4. Ability to plan the establishment of perennial plantings.
5. Ability to plan soil conditioning operations.
6. Ability to calculate the necessary quantity of soil conditioning material.
7. Ability to plan daily horticultural operations and their sequence.
8. Ability to plan plant protection measures.
9. Ability to prepare a plant protection plan.
10. Ability to determine harvesting periods and plan harvest operations.
11. Ability to plan harvesting machinery and containers.
12. Ability to cultivate soil according to agricultural conditions and crops to be cultivated.
13. Ability to prepare substrates.
14. Ability to prepare nutrient solutions.
15. Ability to improve soil quality.
16. Ability to maintain land drainage systems in accordance with their operating requirements and instructions of a specialist.
17. Ability to sow and plant annual crops.
18. Ability to grow seedlings.
19. Ability to organise the installation of watering systems.
20. Ability to produce planting material.
21. Ability to establish perennial plantings.
22. Ability to organise the installation of irrigation systems.
23. Ability to keep horticultural machinery, equipment, and materials in working order.
24. Ability to perform harvesting operations and prepare the harvested produce for marketing or storage.
25. Ability to perform the pre-processing of the harvested produce or its preparation for marketing.
26. Ability to maintain annual and perennial plants.
27. Ability to monitor the phytosanitary condition of plantings and sowings, taking decisions on the required plant protection measures.
28. Ability to select appropriate plant protection products.
29. Ability to responsibly manage the waste of horticultural products and materials generated during the production process.
30. Ability to ensure the disposal of plants affected by quarantine pests and produce unsuitable for market in accordance with regulatory requirements.

General competences
1. Ability to express and interpret concepts, ideas, facts, and opinions both verbally and in writing in the official language.
2. Ability to communicate tolerantly in a multicultural environment following the principles of intercultural communication.
3. Ability to express opinions verbally and in writing in a foreign language, using professional terminology.
4. Ability to use mathematical thinking, methods, expressions, and patterns when modelling work situations and the performance of tasks.
5. Ability to use the results of scientific research, patterns, and achievements of technological development in own professional activity.
6. Ability to safely use information and communication technologies in professional activity, complying with software licensing conditions and ensuring the protection of intellectual property and personal data.
7. Ability to create digital content in accordance with the specific nature of professional activity, taking into account potential security risks.
8. Ability to plan and monitor work performance deadlines and quality, balancing workload, time, and rational use of resources.
9. Ability to organise teamwork, assessing economic risks and taking well-founded decisions within the scope of own competence.
10. Ability to actively contribute to the company’s development, proposing new, rational ideas to increase efficiency.
11. Ability to fulfil the civic duties while ensuring respect for the rights of society.
12. Ability to participate consciously in civic and social life, based on the understanding of social and political concepts.
13. Ability to participate in democratic decision-making and civic activities for sustainable development.
14. Ability to cooperate effectively in accordance with ethical standards and the principles of constructive communication.
15. Ability to establish employment relationships and comply with external regulations and internal rules of the organisation.
16. Ability to comply with occupational safety, environmental protection, electrical safety, fire safety, and civil defence requirements when responsibly performing work tasks individually and as part of a team.
17. Ability to critically assess work environment risk factors and eliminate them within the scope of own competence.
18. Ability to act responsibly in an emergency situation and provide first aid.
19. Ability to assess issues and actions based on the values and principles of sustainability.
20. Ability to adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle in accordance with the principles of ‘green thinking’, ensuring the sustainability of society.
21. Ability to assess own professional experience and purposefully plan the improvement of professional competences.
22. Ability to consciously pursue further learning to improve own professional competences.

PROFESSIONAL knowledge
At the level of understanding:
1. Types of plant nursing techniques, materials, equipment and structures. Availability of plant nursing materials and equipment on the market.
2. Plant quarantine rules.
3. Supply of species and varieties, criteria for their selection, market demand for certain varieties.
4. Techniques and technologies available for plant nursing.
5. Sowing and planting methods and times. Mechanisation options for sowing and planting.
6. Plant morphology, criteria for evaluating parent plants.
7. Plant propagation methods and technologies.
8. Automation of propagation.
9. Plant-specific fertilisation methods and fertilisers.
10. Register of Plant Protection Products. Plant protection methods and techniques.
Environmental protection requirements when working with PPP.
11. Species-specific harmful organisms. Signs of a healthy plant.
12. Species-specific harmful organisms, methods and means of control. Publicly accessible harmful organism distribution databases.
13. Options for mechanisation and robotics.
14. Mechanisation options.
15. Uses of plants. Plant morphology.
16. Optimum conditions for overwintering plants.
17. Mechanisation of work.
18. Fundamentals of load ergonomics.
At the level of use:
1. Technologies for plant nursing, labour time required to carry out the work.
2. Technological cards, terms, designations for nursing plants.
3. Use of computers and computer software, information processing methods. Application of plant nursing techniques and equipment, technological processes, soil composition, principles of inventory.
4. Environmental requirements of plants, influence of agro-climatic conditions on planting, cultivation and development.
5. Consumption norms for materials, tools and equipment.
6. Properties of materials (pots, cassettes, substrates, mulches, coverings), their quality characteristics.
7. Factors affecting production: species, variety, planting and growing density, weather conditions, soil, fertilisation, plant protection products (PPP), agronomy.
8. At the level of understanding:
9. Application of plant nursing tools, machinery and equipment.
10. Requirements of regulatory acts for plant nursing.
11. Technical requirements for the presentation of documents.
12. Requirements for drawing up a technological card for the nursing of plants.
13. Stages of plant development, sequence of work, time and resource consumption norms. Measures, methods and timing of plant care and nursing.
14. Cleaning and disinfecting agents for covered areas and their applications.
15. Concept of acidity and basicity (hereafter pH) and salinity (hereafter EC) and their levels in relation to the specific crop to be grown.
16. Types of substrates suitable for plant nursing and principles for their preparation. Types of covered areas, their use, maintenance and repair. Types, use and maintenance of watering, fertilisation, shading and heating systems.
17. Types and applications of soil cover.
18. Principles of base preparation. Criteria for selecting watering systems and their use in fertigation. Types of plant shading and darkening systems and their role in plant development. Plant transport requirements and options.
19. Mechanisation and automation options.
20. Principles of direct sowing.
21. Types of substrates suitable for plant nursing and principles for their preparation.
22. Parent plant growing technologies. Types of propagating material and harvesting times.
23. Methods of storage and preparation of propagating material, conditions. Practical application of the chosen propagation technology. Criteria for selecting substrates. Plant propagation materials and tools and applications. Methods, equipment and possible uses of propagated material.
24. Conditions favourable to the development of new plants, opportunities for providing them. Process automation.
25. Principles of fertilisation plan formulation.
26. Regulatory requirements.
27. Nutrient requirements of species and varieties.
28. Harmful organisms specific to the plants being grown, their biological characteristics.
29. Percentage calculations (for PPP use planning).
30. Use of PPP application equipment. Practical application of the information on plant protection product labels and instructions.
31. Safety precautions when working with PPP.
32. Effect of abiotic factors on plant development.
33. Materials and equipment for limiting abiotic factors and their application.
34. Basic principles, methods and times of plant formation.
35. Offer and application of plant care techniques.
36. Types and applications of picking techniques, containers and tools. Applications of product labelling techniques, record keeping, product labelling requirements.
37. Types of packaging materials.
38. Types of vehicles for transporting products. Plant transport requirements. Phytosanitary requirements for the transport of plants.
39. Biological requirements of plants for successful overwintering.
40. Overwintering methods, criteria for their selection.
41. Disinfectants. Plant microclimate requirements during storage.
42. Plant storage requirements.
43. Physiological processes in plants during storage.
44. Microclimate effects on plant storage.

PROFESSIONAL skills
1. Plan the time and resources needed to carry out the work.
2. Organise the work according to the technological card.
3. Plan own work and the work of one’s subordinates.
4. Keep up to date with trends in the plant growing market.
5. Keep inventory and analyse existing resources.
6. Find and choose the right machinery, materials, equipment and buildings for the farm’s profile and capabilities.
7. Choose the most suitable plant species and varieties for the farm’s capabilities, agro-climatic conditions and market.
8. Choose the materials, tools and equipment needed to nurse plants.
9. Forecast production quantities.
10. Keep up to date with the supply and demand of species and varieties.
11. Keep up to date with the developments in plant nursing technology.
12. Develop a technological card for the plants to be grown.
13. Keep up to date with changes in agricultural legislation.
14. Maintain sector-specific documentation.
15. Purchase the materials, tools and equipment needed for plant nursing.
16. Clean and disinfect the covered area.
17. Prepare the soil and substrate.
18. Inspect and prepare the surface of covered areas.
19. Prepare and inspect equipment and facilities in covered areas.
20. Choose the type of landfill cover and equipment that suits the farm’s capabilities.
21. Organise the creation of a plant landfill.
22. Organise the transport of plants (from greenhouse to field, from field to field,
23. from field to the storage area).
24. Choose the most appropriate sowing and planting method.
25. Prepare or choose soil, substrate.
26. Carry out direct sowing.
27. Carry out planting.
28. Choose the most suitable parent plant species and varieties, according to the specificities of the farm and the cultivation technology.
29. Establish and maintain planting of parent plants.
30. Select the propagation technology.
31. Collect propagating material.
32. Store and prepare propagating material.
33. Choose the most appropriate method and equipment for growing the propagated material, according to the farm’s capabilities.
34. Grow and care for propagated material (young plants).
35. Maintain favourable conditions for the development of young plants.
36. Draw up a plant fertilisation plan.
37. Choose the most appropriate plant fertiliser and method.
38. Fertilise seedlings.
39. Develop a plant protection plan for the plants to be grown.
40. Survey the plants.
41. Use publicly available harmful organism monitoring data to prevent potential damage.
42. Recognise harmful organisms.
43. Choose the most appropriate plant protection product (PPP) and method.
44. Take measures to control harmful organisms.
45. Organise plant protection against abiotic factors.
46. Choose and use the right tools and equipment for the task.
47. Shape and support plants.
48. Water and fertilise plants.
49. Remove weeds from plants and stir the soil.
50. Arrange plants.
51. Shade and darken plants.
52. Assess the marketability of plants.
53. Assess the suitability of the product for the use intended.
54. Choose the right equipment, containers, tools for the plant picking type.
55. Choose and apply the appropriate type of labelling.
56. Prepare produce for transport to the point of sale.
57. Choose suitable means of transport for transporting plants.
58. Organise the loading and transport of plant products to the point of sale.
59. Ensure that the plants are stored in suitable conditions until marketed.
60. Choose the most appropriate overwintering methods.
61. Prepare plants for overwintering.
62. Provide optimal conditions for plants to overwinter in the nursery.
63. Prepare a storage room for the storage of plants.
64. Clean, disinfect rooms and containers.
65. Check the operation of the microclimate equipment.
66. Organise the working environment for maximum efficiency.
67. Arrange plants according to the type of produce and storage requirements.
68. Set storage modes.
69. Monitor the storage regime.

PROFESSIONAL competences
1. Ability to organise the process of plant nursing, keeping abreast of the latest market trends and growing technologies, selecting the necessary resources and the most suitable plant species and varieties.
2. Ability to draw up a technological card of plant nursing and keep records.
3. Ability to prepare covered areas for plant nursing.
4. Ability to choose the type of landfill cover and equipment appropriate to the farm’s capabilities and maintain the landfill.
5. Ability to sow and plant plants, choosing the most appropriate method.
6. Ability to select parent plants and propagate plants.
7. Ability to choose the right fertiliser and fertilise plants.
8. Ability to draw up a plant protection plan, select the most appropriate plant protection product and method and organise plant protection against abiotic factors.
9. Ability to carry out agro-technical measures independently on cultivated plants.
10. Ability to prepare seedlings for marketing and transport them to the point of sale.
11. Ability to prepare plants for overwintering and store them until marketing under optimum storage conditions.

1. The KNOWLEDGE at the level of notion:
1.1. irrigation and drainage systems;
1.2. types of covered areas and coverage;
1.3. support systems in the open fields and covered areas;
2. The KNOWLEDGE at the level nderstanding:
2.1. cultivating technologies in the biological, integrated, intensive and conventional gardening;
2.2. plant protection;
2.3. soil structure and characteristics, soil procession techniques;
2.4. agro-chemistry;
2.5. agro-ecology;
2.6. plant (including weeds) morphology, physiology, and ontogenesis;
2.7. knowledge of the assortment of the gardening plant species ;
2.8. seed quality indicators, knowledge of seed pre-treatment methods;
2.9. physiologically active substancesregulating the plant growth;
2.10. quality criteria for planting material;
2.11. botanical  distribution of flowers (annual flowers, wintergreens, medical wintergreens, houseplants);
2.12. soil (substrate), temperature, light and humidity interconnections;
2.13. knowledge of the plant fertilizer peculiarities;
2.14. harmful organisms in flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berry bushes;
2.15. the determined quality criteria for flowers or plants;
2.16. the features of plant nutrient element shortage and abundance;
2.17. mechanization possibilities in vegetable cultivation;
2.18. maturity degrees of plant products;
2.19. harvest quality and packing;
2.20. garden planning (infrastructure, protecting seedlings, variety locations);
2.21. pollination features of vegetables, fruits and berry bushes;
2.22. fruit and berry varieties, rootstock assortment, suitability for growing conditions;
2.23. planting material quality and category requirements;
2.24. laws and regulations in the field of gardening;
2.25. operating standards of equipment and tools;
2.26. work organization and planning, planning of staff and technical resources;  
2.27. basics of document management;
2.28. basics of communication  and conflict management;
2.29. professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.
3. The KNOWLEDGE at the level use:
3.1. plant names in Latin;
3.2. storage conditions of gardening materials;
3.3. principles of plant compatibility and crop rotation;
3.4. calculation of fertilizer norms and doses, calculation of the concentration in soil improvement;
3.5. methods of substrate preparation and soil improvement;
3.6. sowing types and times, seed insertion depth, seedling rate calculations;
3.7. plant multiplying techniques;
3.8. quality, sorting, packaging and labeling requirements for horticultural products;
3.9. annual flowers, wintergreens, medical wintergreens, houseplants cultivation methods;
3.10. forced flower cultivation technologies;
3.11. possibilities of limiting harmful organisms in plants;
3.12. specific method features of plant protection (agro-technical, preventive, mechanical, biological, chemical) in vegetable cultivation;
3.13. purchase, use, and storage of professional plant protection products;
3.14 plant cultivation methods and techniques in covered areas and open fields;
3.15. optimal harvest storage conditions and technologies;
3.16. soil processing methods in cultivation of plants, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berry bushes;
3.17. agro-technical methods in disadvantaged cultivating conditions;
3.18. methods to detect the readiness degree of fruits and berries;
3.19. maintenance and use of equipment and inventories used in the work;
3.20. area, volume, and mass calculations;
3.21. A and B category tractor driver license;
3.22. information technologies;
3.23. legal employment relations;
3.24. basics of economics and business;
3.25. accounting principles;
3.26. principles of professional and general ethics;
3.27. fire safety requirements, fire safety products and their uses;
3.28. labour protection (the requirements of labour protection laws and regulations, labour protection products and their uses, first aid);
3.29. chemical substances and absorbents;
3.30. waste sorting;
3.31. principles of energy efficiency and economical management;
3.32. environmental protection, environmental friendly technologies and materials;
3.33. official language;
3.34. one foreign language at the professional communication level.

1. To take soil samples and identify soil type, mechanical properties, and soil reactions.
2. To identify soil processing terminology and evaluate processing quality and degree of soil cultivation.
3. To calculate the necessary substrate preparation components and prepare them.
4. To evaluate the impact of agro-climatic and environmental factors, link the occurring processes in the plants and soil.
5. To choose the optimal plant density in the plantation.
6. To measure the planting area and calculate the necessary quantity of the seed material, seedlings, plants.
7. To prepare seeds and planting material and to choose the type and time of sowing and seeding.
8. To choose the optimal plant sowing or seedling depth, to perform sowing and planting according to the chosen plant and soil properties.
9. To recognize plants (including weeds), seeds, sprouts, seedlings at different development stages.  
10. To choose and use the necessary working tools, agricultural equipment and devices,  observe their maintenance requirements.
11. To choose types of watering systems according to the plant requirements and usage possibilities.
12. To evaluate the technical condition of the irrigation and drainage system.
13. To choose and use the most appropriate propagation method for plant sort according to the planting conditions and plant cultivating purposes.
14. To evaluate the quality of seeds, seedlings, sprouts, flowers, fruits, and berries.
15. To choose and use the most suitable technologies and regimes for cultivation of seedlings, flowers, fruits, and berry bushes.
16. To evaluate the results of soil and plant agro-chemical analysis.
17. To provide balance of nutrients in seeds, flowers, vegetables, fruits, and berries, know and use fertilizers at the appropriate stages of plant development.
18. To calculate the concentration of fluid feeders and prepare them.
19. To evaluate the phytosanitary plant status, determine the necessity of the plant protection measures, use the plant protection products, regulate sprayers, control mist quality.
20. To plan plant rotation in the open fields and plant circulation in covered areas.
21. To evaluate suitability of the gardening plant assortment with the cultivating conditions.
22. To plan the plant flowering time by using appropriate technologies, force plant growing according to the planned realization time.
23. To evaluate the necessity of pollination.
24. To use plant and harvest care methods in disadvantaged growing conditions.
25. To compose technological maps for manufacturing of horticultural products.
26. To evaluate the soil readiness for processing, sowing, and planting.
27. To provide optimal harvest storage conditions and control harvest storage.
28. To choose rootstock and sort combinations according to the soil and agro-climatic conditions and cultivating technologies.  
29. To cultivate flower, vegetable seedlings, create fruit wreaths according to the cultivated culture and chosen crown type, maintain and build berry bushes.
30. To determine harvesting deadlines, organize and perform harvesting and tracking.
31. To organize one’s own work independently, analyse the work progress, take responsibility for the results or the own work.
32. To follow the latest farm production market trends, demand and prices (World Stock) and identify the actual trends.
33. To plan and develop work tasks within one’s competence.
34. To record and analyse the work results and economic indicators, plan the cash flow.
35. To perform the accounting record documents.
36. To use computer equipment and special software to perform the horticultural works.
37. To observe the standards of the legalemployment relations.
38. To observe the principles of professional and general ethics, act in non-standard situations and conflict situations.
39. To observe the requirements of the  environmental protection laws and regulations, use environmentally friendly technologies and materials.
40. To sort waste resulting from the work process.
41. To have good knowledge about storage of chemical substances, use chemical substance absorbents.
42. To meet the Requirements of the labour protection laws and regulations.
43. To observe the requirements of the fire safety laws and regulations.
44. To choose and use appropriate personal and collective labour protection products.
45. To provide the first aid.
46. To have a good command of the official language.
47. To have a good command of one foreign language at the professional communication level.
48. To use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language, use plant names in Latin.

1. Ability to follow the current events of the field and evaluate market trends, master assortment of plants, flowers, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits and berry bushes.  
2. Ability to evaluate agro-climatic conditions.  
3. Ability to understand agrochemical and physiological interrelationship in plants.
4. Ability to use liming products and fertilizers in accordance with particular soil characteristics.
5. Ability to plan and calculate the necessary number of plants, seeds and seedlings independently for the production needs, choose and perform appropriate seeding and planting measures by assessing their economic efficiency.
6. Ability to choose the method of plant propagation and perform plant propagation.
7. Ability to choose and use soil working machines, plant care and plant protection techniques according to the physical soil properties and requirements of flowers, plants, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits, and berries.
8. Ability to choose a variety of flowers, decorative plants, vegetables, fruits, and berries according to the farm specialization, production, and realization possibilities.
9. Ability to plan and regulate the plant development processes according to market demand.
10. Ability to identify harvest ripeness, choose the correct harvest technology at the correct time.
11. Ability to organize and perform high quality harvesting, record the harvest.
12. Ability to identify harvest storage conditions according to the planned sales terms.
13. Ability to choose and use agriculturalequipment, inventory and materials for manufacturing of gardening products.
14. Ability to plan, organize and perform work independently and in a team, take responsibility for the results of the work.
15. Ability to prepare product accounting and sales documents according to the requirements.
16. Ability to observe the energy efficiency and economic management principles in gardening product manufacturing process.
17. Ability to observe the standards of  legal employment relations.
18. Ability to observe the principles of professional and general ethics.
19. Ability to meet the requirements of the labour protection and fire safety laws and regulations.
20. Ability to observe the requirements of the environmental protection laws and regulations, use chemical substances and technologies without harming people or the environment.
21. Ability to use personal and collectiveprotection products according to the labour protection requirements and prepare the work place for safe work performance.
22. Ability to sort waste resulting from the work process.
23. Ability to provide the first aid.
24. Ability to use computers and specific software to perform professional activity.
25. Ability to communicate in the official language and one foreign language.
26. Ability to use professional terminology in the official language and one foreign language.

Professional knowledge
1. Supply of species and varieties for seedling production, criteria for their selection, and market demand.
2. Latin names of the most common species.
3. Types of machinery, materials, equipment, and structures for seedling production.
4. Availability of materials and equipment for seedling production on the market.
5. Machinery and technologies available for seedling production.
6. Seedling production technologies.
7. Principles, terminology, and symbols used in developing process charts for seedling production.
8. Plant quarantine regulations.
9. Plant environmental requirements and the impact of agroclimatic conditions on planting, cultivation, and development of plants.
10. Properties of materials used in seedling production and their quality indicators.
11. Trends in the seedling market and factors influencing it.
12. Supply and demand of species and varieties, and factors influencing them.
13. Development of seedling production technologies.
14. Factors influencing the quantity of seedling products – species, variety, sowing and cultivation density, weather conditions, soil, fertilisation, plant protection products (PPPs), and agrotechnical practices.
15. Documentation of seedling production processes.
16. Requirements for preparing process charts (methodologies) for seedling production.
17. Performance of seedling production machinery and equipment.
18. Laws and regulations governing the seedling production sector.
19. Decision support systems for seedling production.
20. Methods for planning seedling production and plant maintenance measures.
21. Cleaning and disinfection measures in covered areas used for seedling production.
22. Types of disinfectants and their application for the prevention of diseases and pests in covered areas.
23. Types of cleaning equipment and their application in greenhouse cleaning.
24. Phytosanitary measures in seedling production.
25. Vectors of the spread of pathogenic organisms and measures to reduce the risk of their introduction into the nursery.
26. Instruments, tools, and sites for anticipating pathogenic organisms.
27. Concept of soil acidity and alkalinity (pH) and soil salinity (EC), and the suitability of their levels for seedlings of different species.
28. Types of substrates suitable for seedling production and principles of their preparation.
29. Types of coverings used in covered areas, their use and maintenance in nurseries.
30. Types of greenhouses and equipment used in seedling production.
31. Types of irrigation, fertilisation, shading, and heating systems, their use and maintenance in nurseries.
32. Possibilities for using automatic plant monitoring systems in nurseries.
33. Development of robotics in seedling production.
34. Principles for preparing the base of seedling storage areas.
35. Ground cover materials and types of coverings used in seedling storage areas.
36. Use of ground cover materials in seedling storage.
37. Criteria for the selection of irrigation and watering systems for nurseries.
38. Sustainable management of water resources in nurseries.
39. Environmental pollution risks and possibilities for their prevention in nurseries.
40. Plant fertigation.
41. Types of plant shading and darkening systems, and their role in plant development.
42. Possibilities for mechanisation and automation of work in seedling storage areas.
43. Methods for obtaining seed material for seedling production.
44. Methods for storing seeds.
45. Methods for preparing seeds.
46. Seed viability and germination, and methods for their determination.
47. Possibilities for mechanising sowing in seedling production.
48. Sowing methods and timing in seedling production.
49. Types of substrates suitable for sowing and principles of their preparation.
50. Types of substrates suitable for seedling production.
51. Possibilities for mechanising planting.
52. Principles for preparing substrates used in seedling production.
53. Quality indicators of seedlings.
54. Young plants, saplings, and other types of seedlings.
55. Preparation of seedlings before planting.
56. Planting methods in seedling production.
57. Planting timing in seedling production.
58. Possibilities for mechanising the planting of seedlings.
59. Specialised planting machinery used in nurseries.
60. Technological equipment used in nurseries.
61. Classification of seedlings.
62. Methods for transplanting (replanting) seedlings.
63. Methods for repotting seedlings.
64. Plant morphology and criteria for assessing mother plants.
65. Technologies for the cultivation of mother plants.
66. Methods for maintaining mother plants.
67. Automation of plant propagation in nurseries.
68. Types of plant propagation material and timing of its collection.
69. Conditions for storing plant propagation material and methods for its preparation.
70. Practical application of the selected plant propagation technology.
71. Specifics of plant propagation for particular species.
72. Methods for cultivating propagated plants and possibilities for their use.
73. Conditions favourable for the development of young plants and possibilities for ensuring them.
74. Automation and robotisation of seedling production processes.
75. Fundamental principles of plant phenotyping.
76. Seedling transport systems.
77. Digital systems for seedling accounting and planning.
78. Possibilities of using artificial intelligence in seedling production.
79. Fundamental principles, methods, and timing of seedling shaping.
80. Methods for supporting seedlings.
81. Types of supports and support systems used in seedling production, their availability and application.
82. Importance and methods of plant darkening and shading.
83. Types of packaging for seedling products and their application.
84. Methods for keeping records of seedlings.
85. Requirements and methods for labelling seedling products.
86. Techniques for labelling seedling products.
87. Regulatory requirements for plant passports, labels, and phytosanitary certificates.
88. Phytosanitary requirements for transporting plants.
89. Types of vehicles for transporting seedling products.
90. Methods for ensuring product traceability.
91. Requirements for transporting seedlings.
92. Microclimate requirements for seedling species to ensure successful overwintering.
93. Overwintering methods and the criteria for their selection.
94. Physiological processes in plants during storage.
95. Impact of weather conditions on the storage of seedlings.

General knowledge
1. Principles of ‘green thinking’.
2. Protective measures for reducing the impact of work environment factors on health.
3. Algebraic expressions.
4. Analytical geometry.
5. Technological development trends in the field of crop production.
6. Terminology used in the field of crop production.
7. Terminology used in the field of crop production.
8. Civil defence regulations.
9. Civil defence system.
10. Concepts and theories of natural sciences, technologies, and engineering.
11. Occupational safety equipment and its use.
12. Occupational safety regulations.
13. Occupational safety system.
14. Employment contract.
15. Laws and regulations related to labour law.
16. Collective employment contract.
17. Employment relationships.
18. Process of organising the work environment.
19. Work environment risk factors and their assessment methods.
20. Preventive measures for eliminating work environment risk factors.
21. Operating principles of computers and office equipment.
22. Data processing and security.
23. Document formatting requirements.
24. Safety signals and signs.
25. Prerequisites for effective communication.
26. Economic resources.
27. Assessment of economic risks.
28. Electrical safety regulations.
29. Ergonomic requirements.
30. Fire safety regulations.
31. Patterns of facts, theories, and professional activity.
32. Grammar and language function.
33. Principles of sustainable development.
34. Fundamental principles of sustainable economy.
35. Rights, obligations, and responsibility of an individual.
36. Information and communication system security.
37. Use of information and communication technologies.
38. Fundamental principles of property rights and data protection.
39. Principles of career development assessment.
40. Organisation of teamwork.
41. Types of business operations.
42. Fundamental principles of time management.
43. Statehood of the Republic of Latvia and its legal framework.
44. Decision-making methods.
45. Planning of the study and career path.
46. Learning strategies.
47. Artificial intelligence tools.
48. Mathematical tools and methods.
49. Mathematical terminology.
50. Units of measurement and shapes.
51. Regulatory enactments in the field of activity.
52. Laws and regulations governing the ICT sector.
53. Self-assessment mechanisms.
54. Self-organised work process.
55. Provision of first aid.
56. Planning methods.
57. Positive communication techniques.
58. Professional career development.
59. Response to emergency situations.
60. Action in the event of occupational risk occurrence.
61. Action in the event of fire.
62. Society and its development trends.
63. Concept of social sustainability.
64. Manifestations/indicators/criteria of social welfare.
65. Social and political structure of society.
66. Principles of collaboration.
67. Nature of social dialogue and mechanisms for cooperation.
68. Intercultural interaction.
69. International human rights documents.
70. Elements of statistics.
71. Use of a foreign language.
72. Three-dimensional geometric bodies.
73. Legal relationship.
74. Fundamentals of marketing.
75. Fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
76. Context of language and communication.
77. Language culture.
78. Language styles and intonation.
79. Official language.
80. Vocabulary.
81. Types of verbal and non-verbal interaction.
82. Components of healthy mind, body, and lifestyle.
83. Environmental protection regulations.
84. Environmental protection system.
85. Fundamental principles of general and professional ethics.

Professional skills and attitudes
1. To select plant species and varieties for seedling production according to agroclimatic conditions and market demand.
2. To select seedling production technology according to the selected plant species and intended results of the nursery.
3. To select the most appropriate seedling production machinery and equipment in accordance with technological processes.
4. To select materials and tools required for seedling production.
5. To anticipate the quantity of seedling products.
6. To keep up with market trends in seedling production.
7. To monitor the supply and demand for seedlings of plant species and varieties.
8. To monitor the development of plant seedling production technologies.
9. To develop a process chart (methodology) for seedlings to be produced.
10. To keep records of completed work and materials used in the seedling production process.
11. To maintain documentation specific to the seedling production sector.
12. To use digital technologies to document the seedling production process.
13. To ensure materials, tools, and equipment required for the selected crop seedling production technology.
14. To clean covered areas for seedling production.
15. To disinfect covered areas for seedling production.
16. To prepare soil and substrate for seedling production.
17. To prepare the covering of covered areas for seedling production.
18. To organise the preparation of equipment, devices, sensors, and automation systems in covered areas for operation.
19. To select the type of covering and equipment of seedling storage area (site) appropriate to the nursery’s capacities.
20. To establish a seedling storage area.
21. To maintain a seedling storage area.
22. To maintain the equipment of a seedling storage area.
23. To select the most suitable sowing method for seedling production.
24. To prepare or select soil and substrate for seedling production.
25. To obtain seeds for seedling production.
26. To store seeds for seedling production.
27. To prepare seed material for sowing.
28. To use various sowing methods to produce seedlings.
29. To select the most suitable sowing method.
30. To prepare young plants and seedlings for planting.
31. To use specialised machinery and technological equipment of the nursery.
32. To transplant (replant) seedlings and saplings.
33. To select the most suitable mother plant species and varieties according to the selected seedling production technology and intended results.
34. To establish mother plant plantations in the nursery.
35. To maintain mother plant plantations in the nursery.
36. To select propagation technology for seedling production.
37. To collect plant propagation material.
38. To prepare plant propagation material.
39. To store plant propagation material.
40. To select the most suitable method and equipment for propagated plant material according to the nursery’s capacities.
41. To grow propagated material for young plants.
42. To maintain propagated material for young plants.
43. To maintain favourable conditions for the development of young plants.
44. To shape plants during the seedling production period.
45. To support plants during the seedling production period.
46. To arrange plants in the seedling production area according to the species and production technology.
47. To shade and darken plants in the seedling production area and in the greenhouse.
48. To assess the readiness of seedlings for sale and their suitability for the intended use.
49. To prepare the root ball for transportation and/or transplantation.
50. To prepare seedling products for transportation to the point of sale.
51. To label nursery products according to the mode of transport.
52. To select appropriate means of transport for transporting seedlings.
53. To organise the loading and transport of seedlings to the point of sale.
54. To ensure suitable storage conditions for seedlings until sale.
55. To select the most appropriate methods for overwintering seedlings.
56. To prepare seedlings for overwintering.
57. To prepare storage facilities for storing seedlings.
58. To check the operation of microclimate control equipment in the seedling storage facility.
59. To store seedlings according to the type of product and storage requirements.

General skills and attitudes
1. To communicate verbally and in writing in the official language in various professional situations.
2. To observe the norms of the Latvian literary language in formal communication.
3. To use professional terminology in the official language.
4. To communicate with different social groups in a multicultural environment.
5. To communicate verbally and in writing in a foreign language.
6. To use professional terminology in a foreign language.
7. To model the course of the planned task solution.
8. To use mathematical methods, expressions, and patterns when performing work tasks.
9. To identify sector-specific scientific and technological research.
10. To assess technological development trends in the field of crop production, linking them to own professional activity.
11. To handle digital and analogue systems.
12. To prepare professional work content using software.
13. To use information and communication technologies in professional activity.
14. To comply with information technology security and personal data protection requirements.
15. To plan the scope of work, time, and rational use of resources.
16. To organise own work and team work to ensure high-quality performance of tasks.
17. To take a decision on problem-solving within the scope of own competence in a specific situation.
18. To assess economic risks and work priorities.
19. To participate in generating new ideas, showing initiative.
20. To fulfil the civic duties.
21. To be aware of the role of civil society and own involvement in the development of democracy.
22. To build interaction with other individuals, respecting social diversity and equality.
23. To recognise the relationship between different spheres and phenomena of society and morality and ethics.
24. To follow the general and professional ethical standards.
25. To assume responsibility for the quality of own lifestyle.
26. To respect employment relationships.
27. To comply with sector-specific regulatory requirements and the organisation’s internal regulations.
28. To organise work in accordance with occupational safety, fire safety, electrical safety, and environmental protection requirements.
29. To apply ergonomic requirements when arranging the work environment to ensure safe work.
30. To assess work environment risk factors and their impact on health within the scope of own competence.
31. To use the ABC scheme to address critical health conditions, and preserve and sustain life.
32. To act responsibly in an emergency situation.
33. To describe sustainability as a concept encompassing environmental, economic, social, and cultural aspects.
34. To act according to the principles of sustainable development.
35. To adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle in accordance with the principles of ‘green thinking’.
36. To assess own personal and social development opportunities.
37. To assess own professional experience and opportunities for professional competence development.
38. To purposefully plan the improvement of professional competences.
39. To acquire new skills for career growth.

Professional competences
1. Ability to organise seedling production work in accordance with the process chart and requirements for the selected plant species and varieties.
2. Ability to keep up with the trends in the plant seedling market.
3. Ability to document the technological process of seedling production, using digital technologies.
4. Ability to develop a process chart for seeding production.
5. Ability to prepare covered areas and their equipment for seedling production.
6. Ability to prepare soil and substrate for the cultivation of the selected crops.
7. Ability to establish a seedling storage area by selecting a type of covering and equipment appropriate to the nursery’s capacities.
8. Ability to maintain a seedling storage area.
9. Ability to sow seeds, using the most suitable sowing method for seedling production.
10. Ability to plant different types of plants according to the selected planting technology.
11. Ability to transplant (replant) seedlings and saplings.
12. Ability to propagate plants according to the selected propagation and seedling production technology.
13. Ability to independently perform agrotechnical measures for seedlings to be produced.
14. Ability to prepare seedlings for sale by properly labelling them and preparing the root ball.
15. Ability to organise the loading and transport of seedlings to the point of sale.
16. Ability to store plants while ensuring appropriate storage conditions.

General competences
1. Ability to express and interpret concepts, ideas, facts, and opinions both verbally and in writing in the official language.
2. Ability to communicate tolerantly in a multicultural environment following the principles of intercultural communication.
3. Ability to express opinions verbally and in writing in a foreign language, using professional terminology.
4. Ability to use mathematical thinking, methods, expressions, and patterns when modelling work situations and the performance of tasks.
5. Ability to use the results of scientific research, patterns, and achievements of technological development in own professional activity.
6. Ability to safely use information and communication technologies in professional activity, complying with software licensing conditions and ensuring the protection of intellectual property and personal data.
7. Ability to create digital content in accordance with the specific nature of professional activity, taking into account potential security risks.
8. Ability to plan and monitor work performance deadlines and quality, balancing workload, time, and rational use of resources.
9. Ability to organise teamwork, assessing economic risks and taking well-founded decisions within the scope of own competence.
10. Ability to actively contribute to the company’s development, proposing new, rational ideas to increase efficiency.
11. Ability to fulfil the civic duties while ensuring respect for the rights of society.
12. Ability to participate consciously in civic and social life, based on the understanding of social and political concepts.
13. Ability to participate in democratic decision-making and civic activities for sustainable development.
14. Ability to cooperate effectively in accordance with ethical standards and the principles of constructive communication.
15. Ability to establish employment relationships and comply with external regulations and internal rules of the organisation.
16. Ability to comply with occupational safety, environmental protection, electrical safety, fire safety, and civil defence requirements when responsibly performing work tasks individually and as part of a team.
17. Ability to critically assess work environment risk factors and eliminate them within the scope of own competence.
18. Ability to act responsibly in an emergency situation and provide first aid.
19. Ability to assess issues and actions based on the values and principles of sustainability.
20. Ability to adopt an environmentally friendly lifestyle in accordance with the principles of ‘green thinking’, ensuring the sustainability of society.
21. Ability to assess own professional experience and purposefully plan the improvement of professional competences.
22. Ability to consciously pursue further learning to improve own professional competences.