Level 13 — Organising the farm: staff, procedures, planning
Run a farm with a team and a yearly plan
Cycle 3 — Expert (levels 11 to 15)
Introduction
A growing farm no longer rests on one person. This level teaches you to organise it: organisation chart, recruiting and training, written procedures, production planning (all-in / all-out), ordering chicks and arranging transport with a carrier on the 3 routes from Agnibilékrou, stocks and purchasing, internal control, day-to-day money.
By the end of this level, you will be able to
- ✓Draw a farm's organisation chart and recruit, train and keep good workers
- ✓Write procedures everyone follows, and check them
- ✓Plan a year of production for several houses
- ✓Order chicks and inputs at the right time, and keep the cash with your own figures
10 lessons · a 5-question quiz after each lesson · a level exam (20 questions, 80%) · verifiable certificate. Lessons open to registered students who have passed the level 12 exam.
The 10 lessons of this level
Lessons in preparation: the titles are final, the texts are coming. They will open to registered students who have passed the level 12 exam.
- 1A farm's organisation chart: who does what, from the guard to the managerLesson · 5-question quiz
- 2Recruiting, training and keeping a good poultry workerLesson · 5-question quiz
- 3Written procedures: write an instruction sheet everyone followsLesson · 5-question quiz
- 4Production planning: single flock, multiple flocks, all-in / all-out, downtimeLesson · 5-question quiz
- 5Ordering your chicks: plan, book, arrange transport with a carrier on the 3 routes, receiveLesson · 5-question quiz
- 6Stocks and purchasing: feed, litter, cleaning products, spare partsLesson · 5-question quiz
- 7Internal control: checklists, rounds, monthly audit, team meetingLesson · 5-question quiz
- 8Managing money day to day: cash, purchases, pay, receipts, with your own figuresLesson · 5-question quiz
- 9Field exercise: write the instruction sheet for a task and have someone else apply itField exercise · 5-question quiz
- 10Case study: plan a year of production for three housesCase study · 5-question quiz
In conclusion
You can now run a farm with a team and a plan. Level 14 adds what makes it last: environment, regulation, animal welfare, resilience.