Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 225
Image details
| Year | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Transcription |
|
| OCR Text |
28 NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DAIRYING. .6. _As a preliminary to the acceptance of any application for per- missmn to enter for the Examination, :1 candidate must produce :— (1) A certificate testifying that he or she has attended a Diploma Course in the subjects of the Examination covering two academzc years at an approved Dairy Training Institution and has satisfied the authorities of the Institution of his ‘ or her fitness for admission to the Examination. This period shall include six session months’ instruction (con- sisting of not more than two periods) in practical dairy wor ’. (2) Evidence that he or she has spent at least six months in not more than two periods on an approved Dairy farm and taken part in the work, both in the dairy and on the land. This period must not run concurrently with the six months’ practical training referred to in subsection 1. A Dairy Farm to be approved must have not fewer than fifteen cows kept in daily milking. 7. A candidate who has already taken a Degree in Agriculture of a British University, or a Diploma. in Agriculture recognised by the National Dairy Examination Board, will be allowed to enter for the National Diploma in Dairying Examination after one year’s subsequent training at an approved Dairy Training Institution, providing that such course includes at least six months’ training in practical dairy work, and that he or she has worked for at least six months on an approved Dairy Farm. 8. In the Examination a candidate will be required to satisfy the Examiners by means of written papers, practical work, and viva voce, that he or she has :— (l) A general knowledge of the Management of a Dairy Farm, including the rearing and feeding of Dairy Stock, the can- didate being required to satisfy the Examiners that he or she had had a thorough training and practical experience in all the details of Dairy work as pursued on a farm. (2) A thorough acquaintance, both practical and scientific, with everything connected with the management of a Dairy, and the manufacture of Butter and Cheese. (3) A general knowledge of Dairy Factory Management, Dairy Hygiene, Dairy Engineering, and Dairy Book-keeping. (4) Practical skill in Dairying, to be tested by the making of Butter and Cheese. NOTE.—A Candidate must be prepared to make any one of the following varieties of Hard Pressed Cheese, the Examiner in Cheese-making having the option of say- ing during the Examination what variety 3. candidate shall make :— AT THE ENGLISH CENTRE: Cheddar, Cheshire, or Derby. AT 'rma: SCOTTISH CENTRE: Cheddar, Dunlop, or Cheshire. 9. Candidates will have the option of :— (a) Taking the whole Examination at one time ; or (b) Taking the Examination in two parts. NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DAIRYING. 29 A candidate taking the Examination in two parts must take the following subjects at the first sitting: DAIRY FARMING, DAIRY HYGIENE, PRINCIPLES or DAIRYING, DAIRY FACTORY lVIANAGEMENT AND DAmY ENGINEERING, PRACTIch CHEESE-MAKING AND Burma- MAKING; the remaining three Papers, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, DAIRY BACTEBIOLOGY, and DAIRY BOOK—KEEPING, to be taken at the Examination in the following year. 10. The maximum marks obtainable and the marks required for a pass in each subject are as follow :— Wnrrmn EXAMINATION— Max. rm. Dairy Farming . . . . . . 150 90 Dairy Hygiene . . . . . . 100 60 Dairying-— (a) Principles of Dairying . . . 150 90 (b) Dairy Factory Management and Dairy Engineering . . . . . 100 50 Chemistry— (a) General Chemistry and Physics 1 100 60 (b) Dairy Chemistry . . 1' Dairy Bacteriology . . . . . 100 60 Dairy Book-keeping . . . . . 100 50 PRACTICAL EXAMINATION-— Hard-pressed Cheese-making . . . 200 150 Blue-veined Cheese-making . . . . 100 75 Soft Cheese-making . . . . . 100 75 Butter-making . . . . . . 200 150 1400 910 Honours will be awarded to candidates obtaining an aggregate of 80 per cent (1120) of the maximum marks (1400) in the Examina- tion, provided that they also obtain at least 80 per cent (400) of the maximum marks (600) in the Dairy Farming, Hygiene, and Dairying papers. 11. A candidate taking the whole Examination at one time :— (1) who fails in any part of the practical examination shall fail in the whole examination. (2) who fails in four or more subjects of the written examina- tion shall fail in the whole examination. (3) who, having passed in the practical examination, fails in not more than three subjects of the written examination may, at the discretion of the Board, appear for those subjects in the following year. The Board may in certain circumstances require evidence of further study in these subjects. 12. A candidate taking the Examination in two parts, and failing in a single subject in the first part of the Examination, may, at the discretion of the Board, appear for that subject along with the second part; or, in the case of a single subject of the second part, in the following year. The Board may in certain circumstances require evidence of further study in that subject. |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 225 |
