Soil Management Practitioner

The Certified Soil Management Practitioner course is a practical, career-focused programme designed to help learners understand and apply soil management practices that support healthy, productive and sustainable agricultural soils.

Learners will explore the use of organic amendments, reduced tillage and other soil management practices, including how different management decisions can influence soil health indicators over time. The course will also introduce practical considerations around amendment selection and application, levels of soil disturbance, timing of management practices and monitoring soil response.

Through farm-based examples, practical scenarios, knowledge checks and applied activities, learners will develop foundational skills for supporting soil management decisions in agricultural and extension settings.

By the end of the course, learners should be able to identify appropriate soil management practices, explain the role of organic amendments and reduced tillage, support basic management decisions, and monitor how management practices influence soil health over time.