SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICA
VIRTUAL LEARNING - INTERACTIVE SELF-PACED COURSES
Gauteng, North West, Free State, Western, Eastern and Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces and other Southern and East African Countries
Mushroom Cultivation Courses Virtual Learning
The following five courses (see table below) are available:
- Entrepreneurial
Substrate Design + Mushroom Cultivation
- Semi-Commercial
Substrate Design + Mushroom Cultivation + Marketing
- Commercial
Substrate Design + Mushroom Cultivation + Marketing and Business Planning
including the Mushroom Substrate Design Calculator to the value of R 1932 / € 155 EURO
- Industrial
Substrate Design + Mushroom Cultivation + Marketing and Business Planning + Operational Management System Design
including the Mushroom Cultivation Business and Marketing Secrecies e-Book to the value of R 1863 / € 150 EURO as well as the Mushroom Substrate Design Calculator and Mushroom Business Design Guide to the value of R 3864 / € 310 EURO
- Refresher
Skills Renewal + Mushroom Cultivation Case Studies + Latest Developments
Highly customised to your requirements
Comparison of gourmet mushroom cultivation course levels via Virtual Learning
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Gourmet Mushroom Cultivation Courses
via Virtual Learning
Self-paced = e-Learning modules / software / books + Questions via e-mail and Virtual (Zoom) sessions
Price structure per person
SADC member rate in ZAR / Non-SADC rate in EURO |
Entrepreneurial
3 modules +
3 x 30 min
Zoom sessions
@ R 5 999 /
€ 480 |
Semi-Commercial
5 modules +
3 x 30 min
Zoom sessions
@ R 6 999 /
€ 560 |
Commercial
10 modules +
6 x 30 min
Zoom sessions +
Calculator
@ R 11 999 /
€ 960 |
Industrial
10 modules +
9 x 30 min
Zoom sessions +
Calculator +
Design Guide + Secrecies Book
@ R16 999 /
€ 1 360
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Refresher
3 modules +
3 x 30 min
Zoom sessions
@ R 5 999 /
€ 480 |
Focus areas |
Spawn |
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Substrates |
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Cropping |
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Marketing |
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Business Plans |
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Operations |
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Case Studies |
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Problem Solving |
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Business Rescue |
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Books and Software |
Design Calculator 1 |
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Design Guide 2 |
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Secrecies Book 3 |
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Design System 4 |
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1 Mushroom Substrate Design Calculator
2 Mushroom Business Design Guide e-book
3 Mushroom Cultivation, Business and Marketing Secrecies e-book
4 Business Plan and Operational Management Design System
PLATFORM
- Modules via e-mail
- Attached PDF, XLSX and JPG documents
- Q&A via e-mail and requested virtual (Zoom) sessions
- Requested Zoom sessions according to your own schedule and availability
- Zoom sessions should preferably be on week days between 10h00-12h00 or 19h00-21h00
- Responsibility for set-up of individual 30 minute Zoom sessions lies with the Academy
- The Academy is based in the SAST/CAT (Cape Town) = GMT/UTC+2 time zone
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Ability to send and receive e-mail
- Preferably an e-mail address where size limitation is not a barrier (minimum 25 Mb) e.g. gmail.com or yahoo.com
- Access to laptop, desktop, tablet or smartphone with applicable camera, microphone and speakers
- Browser or downloaded free version of the Zoom app
- Reliable internet connection and
- Set of ear / headphones to minimise disturbance in co-sharing environments and to avoid voice echoing in the meeting
COURSE DURATION SPECIFICS
- Own pace and schedule
- No time limitations
HOW TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT CURRENCY
Each course has two different rates, the
- Discounted SADC member rate as listed in ZAR (South African Rand) and the
- International non-SADC rate as stated in EURO
Discounted SADC member rate as listed in ZAR
Participants from SADC countries www.sadc.int/member-states qualify for the discounted rate as listed in ZAR (South African Rand), but ONLY when paid in ZAR, either directly via
- Manual EFT
- Instant EFT by Payfast, or the
- Payfast payment gateway
International non-SADC rate as stated in EURO
Participants from non-SADC countries should use the secure PayPal gateway to pay the rate as stated in EURO, either directly via
- PayPal, or the
- PayPal debit / credit card options (PayPal account is not a prerequisite to these card payments)
What are the advantages of Virtual Learning?
- Suited for those with social and aurial personalities
- Being one of the components of blended learning (a mixed experience that includes essensial information via e-Learning), virtual learning participants will benefit from both learning styles
- Virtual Q&A sessions encourage real-time interaction
- Ability to structure own Q&A sessions
- Adaptability to complete your course as quickly or slowly as circumstance dictates
- All information in clear and easy to understand modules via e-mail (attached PDF, XLSX and JPG documents), followed by Q&A via e-mail and virtual (Zoom) sessions
- One learner per instructor, thus undivided attention
- Unlimited e-mail and / or cell phone access to instructor whilst doing the course
What are the disadvantages of Virtual Learning?
- More expensive when compared to the e-Learning method of training
Why registering for a course at the Academy?
- You are dealing with experienced mushroom specialists, in other words, professionals who completed post graduate degrees at universities, worked at research institutes and served the private industries over years
- Mushroom cultivation is a field of specialisation. We also recommend you complete the training before spending on infrastructure you will probably not need
- Value for money. A surprisingly high number of spawn, cultivating and so-called mushroom guru workshops and courses are run by amateurs. Training should preferably be left to the professionals. Unless you want to be a mushroom hobbyist