Career Opportunities

Occupation

Agro Processing

About The Occupation

Agro processing is defined as set of techno-economic activities, applied to all the produces, originating from agricultural farm, livestock, aquacultural sources and forests for their conservation, handling and value-addition to make them usable as food, feed, fibre, fuel or industrial raw materials. 

Domain

Public, Private

Scope

Agro processing sector has experienced expansion during last 5 decades, starting with a handful of facilities which were mainly operating at domestic/cottage level. Today there are many avenues for processing: rice, wheat, coarse cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fruits/vegetables, sugarcane, cotton, jute, animal produce, fish, commercial crops, plantation crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, apiculture (bee-keeping), floriculture, and traditional foods.

Skills Required

Process Required: Should be able to work in familiar, predictable,routine, situation of clear choice. Professional Knowledge: factual knowledge of field of knowledge or study. Professional Skill: recall and demonstrate practical skill, routine and repetitive skills in narrow range of application, using appropriate rule and tool, using quality concepts. Core Skill: language to communicate written or oral, with required clarity, skill to basic Arithmetic and algebraic principles, basic understanding of social political and natural environment. Reponsibility:  Responsibility for own work and learning.


Eligibility

Passed 10th Class Examination with science and mathematics. NSQF Level 4

Institutions offering the course

Basix Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Ltd. 315/274, 2nd Floor, West End Marg, Said-ul-Ajab, M.B.Road, New Delhi : 110030. Phone: 9205182662. Email: info@b-able.in

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