Culinary studies is a course designed to meet the needs of students who wish to pursue careers as professional chefs. The Higher Certificate in...
This training will equip the learner with the knowledge and skills for employment opportunities in the industry. This course aims to provide...
Applicants with a passion for working with animals, a willingness to work hard and a commitment to study. You will be responsible for securing an...
Agricultural engineering is a specialised branch of engineering, concerned with the design, manufacture, modification and maintenance of equipment...
The sport horse industry contributes more than €700 million directly/indirectly to the Irish economyeach year, employing close to 12,500...
This programme is for students who wish to work in the area of food production, quality assurance, nutrition, and product development, with a...
UCD Forestry students learn how to create habitats, provide spaces for recreation, and produce timber – a resource that can simultaneously...
A stallion handler is responsible for the day to day care of elite stallions. Working at a stud you will be a specialist in handling stallions around the yard and during the breeding process. There is significant responsibility of looking after these highly valued thoroughbreds and seeing the safe practices of covering broodmares during the breeding season.
Coastguards are civil servants who co-ordinate civil maritime search and rescue operations around the coast.
The stud groom’s role encompasses a variety of positions from handling stallions to foaling-down broodmares or preparing yearlings and is fundamental to the day to day running and operation of any study farm. A few tasks involved on a near daily basis are mucking out stalls, bringing horses in, educating foals and weanlings, and feeding horses.
Horticultural scientists study the science and technology of plant cultivation.
Ensures the provision of food, healthcare, and shelter to the animals in a zoo.
Provide basic horticultural and gardening advice to retail customers.
Assistant to the driller in a mining or oil company. Part of a drilling crew on offshore oil rigs that usually work up to 85 feet under land surface.
Co-ordinates or supervises the activities of a crew on board ships and boats.
Specialises in identifying faults, repairing, overhauling and maintaining farm tractors and farm machinery.
Tillage, in agriculture, the preparation of soil for planting and the cultivation of soil after planting. Tillage is the manipulation of the soil into a desired condition by mechanical means; tools are employed to achieve some desired effect (such as pulverization, cutting, or movement).
Assists with the maintenance of boats/vessels, rigs tow lines, open and closes gates and ramps, and pulls guard chains across entries.
Supervises and manages the running of a farm.