Professional knowledge
1. Types of resources.
2. Methods and tools for resource accounting.
3. Principles of sustainable use of resources.
4. Business management methods.
5. Works to be performed and the fundamental principles of work planning.
6. Application of materials and equipment, and the productivity of machinery.
7. Methods for calculating the consumption of the necessary raw materials and materials.
8. Methods for ensuring resources.
9. Waste management methods.
10. Fundamental principles of developing the structure of sowings and plantings.
11. Characteristics of field crop varieties.
12. Market demand, supply, and price of agricultural products.
13. Fundamental principles of preparing a crop rotation plan.
14. Types of intermediate cultures and principles for their selection.
15. Fundamentals of agricultural chemistry.
16. Calculation of nutrient removal by crops.
17. Calculation methodology for crop nutrient requirements.
18. Agroclimatic conditions.
19. Fundamental principles of preparing a plant protection plan.
20. Indicators of agrochemical soil survey and soil analysis.
21. Calculation of the consumption of liming materials.
22. Performance of machinery, implements, and technological devices.
23. Calculation of seed sowing rates.
24. Calculation of planting rates for planting material.
25. Conditions for preparing process charts.
26. Calculations of roughage resources for herbivores.
27. Quality criteria for crop products and influencing factors.
28. Storage site for crop products.
29. Methods for storing harvested produce.
30. Optimal conditions of product storage.
31. Packaging materials.
32. Requirements for product certification.
33. Categories of seed and planting material.
34. Procedures for land lease and acquisition.
35. Types of assets.
36. Social conditionality.
37. Sowing and planting rates.
38. Plant protection plan.
39. Types of machinery rental services.
40. Types of waste and their management.
41. Types of generation of production residues and by-products and their management.
42. Factors influencing labour productivity.
43. Plant development stages.
44. Influence of meteorological conditions on work organisation.
45. Phytosanitary condition of plants.
46. Length of the vegetation period of field crops.
47. Types of natural risks and methods for their assessment.
48. Methods for the treatment of seed and planting material.
49. Dressing of seed and planting material.
50. Product quality indicators.
51. Performance of pre-processing equipment.
52. Factors influencing the storage of products.
53. Main warehouse pests, methods for their control, and fumigation.
54. Stages of the crop product marketing process.
55. Performance indicators of machinery and implements for preparing roughage.
56. Principles of composing grass mixtures and factors influencing them.
57. Technological solutions for grassland overseeding, liming, and fertilisation.
58. Measures for establishing pastures.
59. Characteristics of most common weeds.
60. Weeds, their classification, and biological characteristics.
61. Crop diseases, their classification, diseases, and their signs.
62. Crop pests, their feeding and development cycles, and signs of damage they cause.
63. Monitoring and anticipation of the spread of plant pests and diseases.
64. Quarantine and non-quarantine pests.
65. Integrated crop protection.
66. Preventive plant protection measures.
67. Importance of seed dressing for ensuring plant health.
68. Resistance of harmful organisms.
69. Digital tools and platforms in plant protection.
70. Regulatory requirements for the record-keeping of PPPs.
71. Signs of deficiency and excess of nutrients in plants.
72. Conditions for the selection of fertilisers.
73. Types of fertiliser spreading implements and conditions for their selection.
74. Precision technologies and digital tools for determining plant nutrient requirements.
75. Regulatory requirements for the record-keeping of fertilisers.
76. Factors influencing the need for adjustments in plant fertilisation.
77. Factors influencing the need for adjustments in plant protection measures.
78. Regulatory requirements for the procedures for maintaining field history records.
79. Farm management tools.

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

Professional skills and attitudes
1. To assess available resources.
2. To determine resource requirements according to the management system.
3. To plan human resources required for the production of crop products
4. To plan the seed and planting material, fertilisation and plant protection products, machinery, equipment, and spare parts required to ensure daily operations.
5. To plan the procurement of the necessary resources.
6. To plan waste management.
7. To plan the sowing and planting of crops according to the crop rotation plan.
8. To plan the structure of sowings, engaging a specialist where necessary.
9. To plan the fertilisation of plants and transplants in accordance with the fertilisation plan.
10. To plan plant protection measures in accordance with the plant protection plan and agroclimatic conditions.
11. To plan soil conditioning measures.
12. To plan the harvesting of field crops and herbaceous plants.
13. To prepare a process chart for the cultivation of field crops.
14. To plan the pre-processing of crop products.
15. To plan a suitable storage place for products.
16. To plan the marketing of products.
17. To identify the availability of land resources to the company.
18. To assess the number of employees required for the production of crop products.
19. To define work tasks for company employees for the production of crop products.
20. To assess the quality of daily work performance.
21. To procure the required seed and planting material, fertilisers, and plant protection products.
22. To ensure the supply of materials required for the production of crop products.
23. To provide machinery, equipment, and spare parts for daily operations.
24. To organise the management of waste, production residues, and by-products.
25. To monitor field preparation and soil conditioning.
26. To ensure the treatment of seed and planting material for sowing and planting.
27. To coordinate soil preparation for sowing and planting.
28. To monitor the sowing and planting of crops according to the crop rotation plan.
29. To adjust the structure of sowings and plantings depending on agroclimatic conditions.
30. To organise the fertilisation of plants and transplants in accordance with the fertilisation plan.
31. To organise plant protection measures in accordance with the plant protection plan and agroclimatic conditions.
32. To manage the harvesting of field crops.
33. To organise the pre-processing of field crop produce.
34. To ensure the preparation of the storage site for crop products.
35. To ensure the storage of crop products.
36. To monitor the compliance of conditions for the storage of crop products with quality requirements.
37. To coordinate the process of marketing crop products.
38. To organise measures for the conditioning and maintenance of natural meadows and pastures.
39. To provide instructions on technological solutions for grassland overseeding.
40. To provide instructions on technological solutions for grassland fertilisation and liming.
41. To provide instructions on the agrotechnical practices for establishing pastures.
42. To organise the establishment and maintenance of cultivated grasslands.
43. To prepare grass seed mixtures for sowing cultivated grasslands, engaging a specialist where necessary.
44. To organise the preparation and storage of roughage.
45. To recognise most common weeds.
46. To recognise most significant crop diseases.
47. To recognise most significant crop pests.
48. To recognise most significant quarantine and non-quarantine pests.
49. To use digital tools for plant protection.
50. To select plant protection measures.
51. To select plant protection products.
52. To keep records of PPPs in accordance with regulatory requirements.
53. To recognise deficiency and excess of nutrients in plants.
54. To use digital tools to determine plant nutrient requirements.
55. To select an appropriate type of fertiliser depending on agroclimatic conditions.
56. To keep records of fertilisers in accordance with regulatory requirements.
57. To adjust the use of fertilisers depending on plant nutrient requirements.
58. To adjust the use of plant protection products and fertilisers depending on agroclimatic conditions.
59. To adjust the use of plant protection products depending on the spread of harmful organisms.
60. To adjust the use of plant protection products depending on the phytosanitary condition of plants.
61. To maintain field history records.

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 rationally plan the necessary resources for daily operations according to the management system.
2. Ability to plan daily operations for the production of crop products, taking into account the product type.
3. Ability to responsibly plan the work required for the marketing of crop products.
4. Ability to ensure the necessary resources for daily operations.
5. Ability to organise the work required for the production of crop products.
6. Ability to adjust the structure of sowings and plantings depending on agroclimatic conditions.
7. Ability to organise the pre-processing of field crop produce and the storage and marketing of crop products.
8. Ability to organise the preparation and storage of roughage according to the performance.
9. Ability to provide instructions on technological solutions for the preparation of roughage.
10. Ability to recognise harmful organisms in plants, use digital tools, and select appropriate plant protection measures.
11. Ability to recognise deficiency and excess of nutrients in plants using digital tools and select the appropriate type of fertiliser depending on agroclimatic conditions.
12. Ability to adjust the use of plant protection products and fertilisers and keep their records.

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.