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Phytosanitary control in decorative plant growing

Phytosanitary control in decorative plant growing

Educational program "Phytosanitary control in decorative plant growing"

Code and Classification of Education Area: 7M08 – “Agriculture and Bioresources”.

Code and classification of training areas: 7M081– “Crop production”.

Awarded degree: Master of Agricultural Sciences in “Phytosanitary control in decorative plant growing” educational program.

Duration of study: 2 years (scientific and pedagogical direction)

The purpose of the educational program  is the training of highly qualified specialists in phytosanitary control of ornamental plant products, in demand on the labor market, with systematized knowledge, skills and abilities in the field of theoretical, practical, experimental phytosanitary, through the use of innovative training technologies.

Objectives of the educational program:

  1. scientific, pedagogical and practical work related to the activities of the department that trains undergraduates;
  2. training of specialists with a high level of professional competence capable of solving practical problems in the field of protection of ornamental plants; to carry out research and management activities in various agricultural research institutions and organizations, to teach at universities, secondary specialized, secondary technical educational institutions of agricultural profile;
  3. acquisition of skills in organizing and conducting research on phytosanitary safety and monitoring of ornamental crops and obtaining practical experience to continue scientific work in this area in doctoral studies;
  4. improvement and development of skills of self-mastery of knowledge using modern technologies and applied programs, etc. in this field of science;
  5. obtaining knowledge of pedagogy and psychology according to higher school programs for use in teaching at universities and other types of educational institutions.

General characteristics of the educational program

The educational program "Phytosanitary control in ornamental plant growing" was developed based on the request of the phytosanitary service for the control of ornamental plant products. Professional and specialized competencies of the OP are formed for the protection of ornamental plants, taking into account the demand in the labor market.

The educational program 7M08110 "Phytosanitary control in ornamental plant growing" in the field of training: 7M081 "Agronomy" was developed in accordance with the National Qualifications Framework and professional Standard in plant Protection and Quarantine activities (Order of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 21, 2014 No. 20/58), coordinated with the Dublin descriptors by the European Qualifications Framework.

The educational program is designed on the basis of a modular system for studying disciplines and consists of 4 modules. In total, 120 credits are provided, of which 84 credits are allocated for theoretical training, 24 credits for research and practice, and 12 credits for final certification.

Graduates who have mastered the educational program will be able to work: in scientific and production structures of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan; universities and colleges of agricultural profile; in organizations engaged in landscaping and landscape design, in centers for phytosanitary diagnostics and forecasts in laboratories of biological method; nurseries; biofactories; firms selling machinery, pesticides, and other plant protection products.

Field of professional activity

The objects of professional activity of graduates of the master's degree of the educational program "Phytosanitary control in ornamental plant growing" are the divisions of the State Institution "State Inspection Committee in the Agro-industrial Complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan", the Republican state institution (RSU) "Republican Methodological Center for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasts" KGI in the agro-industrial Complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its branches, the Republican state Enterprise (RSE) "Phytosanitary" of KGI in the Agro-industrial complex of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana Botanical Garden,  State Institution "Republican Plant Quarantine Center", departments of agriculture, agricultural companies for the production and sale of decorative flower products. Educational activities in educational institutions of agricultural and biological profile, scientific and managerial activities in scientific and industrial institutions and state structures.

Professional competencies

Know and understand: to know the world achievements in the field of scientific management of the phytosanitary state of the urban flora and modern problems in the protection of ornamental crops; to understand the essence of business management from the strategic positions of the organization's activities in the modern market environment; to be able to understand the essence of modern problems of ornamental plant growing and scientific and technical policy in the field of production of safe plant products.

Be able to: be able to assess the importance of business globalization, generate solutions; integrate various functional aspects of management, based on knowledge of theory, modern research and practice requirements; consider the problems of doing business and managing it from the standpoint of competition in the international environment; - be able to make practical recommendations on the use of ornamental crops for landscaping; be able to predict the mass reproduction and spread of especially dangerous objects; carry out quarantine inspection, laboratory examination and phytosanitary certification of imported and exported quarantined decorative products.

Own: possess knowledge of the structure of organizations, mechanisms of their interaction with stakeholders, work in an external context in the long term; possess analytical management methods, methods of diagnosis, analysis and problem solving, and their implementation in practice; possess knowledge in the field of production of safe ornamental plant products, possess modern scientific foundations of experimentation with ornamental plants (molecular biological methods in phytosanitary); possess methods of programming the duration of decorative properties of crops for various levels of agricultural technologies; possess methods of assessment and correction techniques of cultivation of ornamental crops; possess methods of programming the growth and development of ornamental crops for various levels of agricultural technologies.