How long does this certification take?

The programme is 11 Weeks and can be completed at your own pace through our self-paced online option, or alongside live virtual sessions.

Is this certification globally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are internationally recognised and carry CPD credits, making them valuable for career advancement worldwide.

What level is this certification?

This is a Advanced Level certification, suitable for professionals with relevant experience or background in the field.

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Q: What is the Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist?

The Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist is a globally recognised professional certification by the Global Leadership Institute (GLI), designed to equip professionals with advanced competencies in Agriculture & Agribusiness.

Executive Summary

Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist (CABS) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems.

This 11 Weeks programme is structured around FAO Good Agricultural Practices, GlobalG.A.P. and recognised agricultural and extension standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CABS holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification

Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist

Acronym

CABS

Who Should Enrol?

Agronomists and Farm Managers
Agricultural Extension and Advisory Officers
Agribusiness and Value-Chain Professionals
Cooperative and Rural Development Practitioners

Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

All study materials and study guide
Access to GLI online learning portal
Online examination and assessment
Digital certificate and digital badge
Physical certificate (shipped to you)
CPD credits for professional bodies
GLI alumni network membership
Facilitator and tutor support
Resource downloads and reference library
Automatic enrolment confirmation

Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement

Accelerate your career towards senior agronomy, farm management and agribusiness leadership roles

Professional Recognition

Credential aligned with FAO Good Agricultural Practices, GlobalG.A.P. and recognised agricultural and extension standards

Leadership Capability

Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex crop and livestock production functions

Organisational Impact

Design and implement crop and livestock production systems that drive performance and measurable results

Compliance Readiness

Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to crop and livestock production

Global Employability

Qualify for crop and livestock production roles across agribusinesses, cooperatives, NGOs, research institutions and government agencies worldwide

Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

✦Crop and Soil Science, Agronomy and Land Management

✦Livestock, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Fundamentals

✦Farm Business Management, Value Chains and Markets

✦Sustainable, Climate-Smart and Regenerative Agriculture

✦Agricultural Extension, Advisory Services and Rural Development

✦Professional Ethics and Governance

Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

Foundations and Professional Context of Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist

Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist: industry context, trends and professional standards
The agricultural sector: systems, actors and global food value chains
Professional roles, ethics and standards for agricultural practitioners
Agroecological zones, farming systems and enterprise selection
Policy, institutions and the enabling environment for agriculture
Smallholder, commercial and cooperative production models
Gender, youth and social inclusion in agricultural development
The business case for productivity, quality and sustainability
Key global frameworks: FAO, GlobalG.A.P., SDGs and national strategies
Career pathways and continuing professional development
Setting professional goals and a personal development plan

Risk and Proportionate Response

Security risk assessment and proportionate response
Layered defence and site protection
Access control, screening and visitor management
Security culture and awareness
Leading security teams
Aligning security with business goals
Principles of close protection
Threat and risk assessment for principals
Advance work and route planning
Protective formations and drills
Secure transport and driving
Venue and residence security
Emergency and medical response
Etiquette and low-profile operations
Communications and coordination

Protecting the Site

Layered defence and site protection
Access control, screening and visitor management
Security technology selection and operation
Innovation in protective operations
Resilience and future threats
Sustaining improvement and benefits
Measuring security transformation impact
Professional ethics and conduct in security
Use of force and proportionality
Human rights and lawful security
Privacy, surveillance and data protection
Integrity, confidentiality and impartiality
Anti-corruption and vetting
Regulatory compliance and licensing
Security KPIs and metrics

Guarding and Supervision

Guard force management and supervision
Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Crowd, event and public space safety
Perimeter protection and barriers
Access control systems and identity management
Locks, keys and credential management
Visitor and contractor management
Intrusion detection systems
Security lighting and CPTED
Guard force deployment and patrols
Control rooms and command centres
Physical security testing and assurance
CCTV and video surveillance systems
Alarm systems and monitoring
Electronic access and biometric systems

Incident and Investigation

Incident response and command
Investigation practice and evidence handling
Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Guard force and contractor management
Post orders and standard operating procedures
Security programme design and budgeting
Security metrics and reporting
Convergence of physical and cyber security
Vendor and technology management
Legal and ethical protection
Travel risk management
Duty of care obligations
Country and destination risk
Hostile-environment awareness
Emergency evacuation planning

Insider and Loss Risk

Insider threat and personnel security
Cash, assets and loss prevention
Access control, screening and visitor management
Traveller briefing and support
Crisis response for travellers
Security of accommodation and transport
Event and crowd security
Coordination with teams and agencies
Contingency and emergency plans
Equipment and technology
Training and rehearsals
After-action review
Security principles and protective concepts
The security profession, roles and standards
The threat landscape and security environment

Ethics and Accountability

Security ethics, use of force and accountability
Working with police, regulators and the justice system
Security risk assessment and proportionate response
Business continuity and resilience
Communication during crises
Bomb threats and suspicious items
Active-threat and hostile events
Recovery and post-incident review
Exercises, drills and testing
Personnel security and vetting
Insider threat management
Executive and close protection
Travel security and duty of care
Journey management and risk
Kidnap, ransom and extortion awareness

Contractors and Supply

Supply chain and cargo security
Vendor selection and managing technology suppliers
Procurement and asset management under donor rules
Vendor, venue and supplier contracting for events
Water supply systems: sources, treatment and distribution
Analytical techniques and bias
Preparing financial statements
Subcontractor and supplier management
Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
Procurement and stock management for health commodities
Interpreting financial statements
Input supply, agro-dealers and last-mile distribution
Vendor, contract and asset management
Negotiation with vendors
Supply-network design

Security Practice

Physical security design and layered defence
Data protection in surveillance
Investigation principles and process
Security intelligence collection and analysis
Digital forensics and cybercrime
Fraud and internal-threat investigation
Legal and ethical investigation
Investigations and recovery
Security operations management
Security as a business enabler
Influencing and security awareness
Insider threat and data loss prevention
Governance of converged security
Threat and risk assessment
Designing a security programme or solution

Risk and Resilience

Presenting risk and recommendations
Handling vulnerable customers
Business case and impact assessment
Enterprise risk management in banks
Credit risk measurement and mitigation
Liquidity risk and asset-liability management
Operational risk and resilience
Integrated and sustainability reporting
Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
Business continuity and crisis management
Interest-rate risk and gap analysis
Situation analysis and diagnostic assessment
Implementation planning and risk management
Derivatives and risk instruments
Control environment and risk assessment

Legal and Regulatory

Evidence handling and chain of custody
Audit and compliance checks
Duty of care and legal framework
Working with law enforcement and regulators
Regulatory duty and accountability
Risk, compliance and feasibility analysis
Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
Regulatory reporting and audits
Building a culture of compliance
Regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR)
Risk, compliance and audit
Customs, clearing and compliance
Legal duties and compliance
Reporting quality and governance
Regulatory and privacy requirements

Operations and Supervision

Technology selection and deployment
Operational efficiency and productivity
Reconciliation and end-of-day processes
Operating-model and process re-engineering
Designing a banking solution or process
Principles of credit and the lending process
Automation, RPA and straight-through processing
Process and control documentation
Competitive bidding processes
Incident response process
ERP concepts and business processes
Outcome and process measures
Value addition and processing decisions
Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
Journey and process redesign

Security Technology

Technology adoption and integration
Protecting data and information assets
Drones, sensors and detection technology
Health records, data and confidentiality
Telehealth and digital care delivery
Management accounts and dashboards
Data visualisation for finance
Record-keeping and data protection
Budget vs actual and variance
Data, records and confidentiality tech
Practice management systems
Cybersecurity and fraud technology
Technology governance and change control
Digital credit and alternative data
Digital transformation roadmaps

Emergency and Incident

Emergency preparedness and planning
Crisis management and command
Incident and response performance
Incident management and response
Incident reporting and record-keeping
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Cost and profitability analysis
Risk response and contingency
Crisis communications
Incident investigation and reporting
Forecasting and planning
Emergency preparedness and response planning
Continuous fire-safety improvement
Crisis and reputation communication
Data breach and incident governance

Personnel and Capability

Team formation and effectiveness models (Tuckman, Lencioni)
Managing team performance and dynamics
Cross-functional and matrix teams
Leading remote and hybrid teams
Team diversity and inclusion
High-performance team rituals and cadence
Managing resistance and capability building
Managing technology teams and technical work
Building digital capability in an organisation
Workforce and shift management in retail
Decision support and insight
Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
Succession planning and talent pipelines
Talent sourcing channels and pipelines
High-potential identification and talent reviews

Ethics and Conduct

Professional ethics and duty of care
Communicating financial results
Ethical decision-making under pressure
Setting goals, roles and accountability
Ethics and responsible leadership
Professional standards and ethics (CIPS)
Ethical and reputational risk
Ethics and professional conduct in security
Digital ethics and algorithmic accountability
Real estate regulation, licensing and professional conduct
Monitoring, evaluation and learning for accountability
Responsible and ethical service
Ethics and integrity in banking
Professional ethics and banking conduct
Treating customers fairly and market conduct

Leadership and Command

Board and management reporting
Report writing and case management
Management and board reporting
Influencing and safety leadership
Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
Management review and improvement
Safety culture, leadership and behaviour
Environmental management and pollution control
Leadership versus management and when each is needed
Situational and adaptive leadership
Storage, drying and stock management
Team leadership in field and project settings
Attachment and developmental theory
Data-driven decision support and analytics

Communication and Reporting

Stakeholder mapping and liaison
Professional report writing
Managing sensitive communications
Communicating with families and carers
Professional writing and reports
Psychoeducation and public communication
Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
Reporting to boards and executives
Monitoring, control and reporting
Professional documentation and presentation
Communication planning and management
Communicating technical information to diverse audiences
Data quality, analysis and reporting
Professional report writing and presentation
Communication and interpersonal skills

Stakeholders and Liaison

Community and tenant engagement
Regulatory compliance and audits
Stakeholders, agency and accountability
Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
Regulator and investor relations
Shareholder and stakeholder rights
Regulatory change management
Legal and regulatory responsibility
Categories of spend and stakeholders
Corporate responsibility and community
Client feedback and satisfaction
Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
Managing difficult stakeholders
The regulatory landscape and central banking
Stakeholder mapping in banking

Cost, Assets and Loss

Cost-effectiveness of controls
Cost, feasibility and control analysis
Value engineering and optimisation
Realising and measuring project value
Cost estimation and budgeting
Earned value management
Time and cost control
Managing schedule and budget performance
Value management and business value
Value proposition design and messaging
Marketing planning and budgeting
HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
Cost of accidents and prevention value
Legal, cost and feasibility analysis
Values, purpose and authentic leadership

Data and Intelligence

Evidence-based practice and research literacy
Psychometric and screening tools
Project KPIs and performance metrics
Quality and delivery metrics
Agile metrics and velocity
Project data, reporting and analytics
AI and predictive project analytics
Data quality and governance
Professional roles, boundaries and settings
Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
Customer and brand health metrics
Marketing analytics and attribution
Web and campaign analytics

Planning and Design

Protective operations planning
Measuring change and project impact
Sustainability and social impact in projects
Project management maturity assessment
Developing the project business case
Project budgeting and financial control
Financial risk in projects
Capstone scoping: a real project or programme
Designing the project plan and schedule
Project initiation and chartering
Integrated project planning
Leading project teams
Building high-performing project teams
Designing a marketing or sales strategy
Campaign planning and execution

People Risk

The customer experience (CX) discipline
Employee experience and engagement
Customer and employee satisfaction
Employee engagement models and drivers
The employee lifecycle and HR value chain
NGO financial management and budget-versus-actual discipline
Building strategic customer relationships
Dashboards and performance reporting
Data-driven decision-making
Trend analysis and foresight
Segmentation and needs analysis

Audit and Standards

Delivery, quality and stakeholder plan
Quality planning and assurance
Quality control and continuous improvement
Integrated risk and quality control
Professional standards and ethics
Continuous improvement and optimisation
Continual improvement
Grading, standards and food safety compliance
Benchmarking against standards and best practice
Continuous improvement and lessons learned
Sustainability certification and standards
Driving measurable delivery improvement
Traceability, recall and quality assurance systems
Roles, standards and professional conduct
Governance of service standards

Health and Safety

Driving measurable safety improvement
Designing a safety programme or control
Job safety analysis (JSA) and task risk
Contractor and visitor safety
Predictive safety analytics
Automation and safety technology
Toolbox talks and safety communication
Contractor safety and shared workplaces
Wellbeing, fatigue and psychosocial risk
Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
Event risk, safety and contingency planning
Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
Confidentiality and health data
Industrial utilities, energy and process safety interfaces
Ethical principles and codes of practice

Change and Modernisation

Baseline setting and change control
Sales and marketing transformation
Measuring growth and transformation impact
Patching and change management
Digital and market transformation
Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
Customer experience transformation
Digital and self-service transformation
Measuring CX transformation impact
Digital transformation in banking
Foreign exchange and treasury operations
Habit change and behaviour design
Change control and configuration
Organisational change management
Change and adoption in projects

Service and Public Interface

Sustaining strategic customer focus
Customer and journey analysis
Self-service and digital support
Customer experience strategy
Customer journey mapping
Voice of the customer programmes
Design thinking for service
Reducing customer effort
Customer effort and sentiment analysis
CRM systems and customer data
Service analytics and dashboards
Cross-functional collaboration with product and service
Media and public communication
IT operations and service management
Facilitation, training and public presentation skills

Records and Procedure

Managing boundaries and dual relationships
Lessons learned and knowledge management
Professional and technical documentation
Tender planning and documentation
Information lifecycle and records management
Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
Responsible and sustainable governance
Data governance frameworks and roles
Cybersecurity governance
Building trust through data governance
Governance frameworks and codes
Peer support and consultation

Strategy and Governance

Policy and public engagement
Leading governance projects and change
Team leadership in governance
Board reporting and information flows
Sustainability strategy and materiality
Environmental governance and climate risk
Governance of ESG and reporting
Training needs analysis and learning strategy
Onboarding and induction programme design
Reward strategy and total reward frameworks
Sustaining ethical, effective practice
Sourcing strategies and portfolio (Kraljic)
Negotiation strategy and planning
Contract governance and compliance
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)

Professional Leadership Practice

Self-awareness and the leader's identity
Quality management and standards
Category management and strategy development
Data quality and master data management
Demand management and controlling maverick spend
Key account management
Journey management and tracking
IT service management and support operations
Property management and facility operations
Programme cycle management in NGOs
Grant compliance and restricted funding management
Key account management strategy
Renewals and churn management
Field sales and territory management
Tender and bid management

Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist principles aligned with FAO Good Agricultural Practices, GlobalG.A.P. and recognised agricultural and extension standards
Apply evidence-based methods to improve crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems
Master crop and soil science, agronomy and land management and livestock, animal husbandry and veterinary fundamentals
Apply farm business management, value chains and markets and sustainable, climate-smart and regenerative agriculture in real-world settings
Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in crop and livestock production

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CABS certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with FAO Good Agricultural Practices, GlobalG.A.P. and recognised agricultural and extension standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CABS?

This certification is ideal for Agronomists and Farm Managers, Agricultural Extension and Advisory Officers, Agribusiness and Value-Chain Professionals and Cooperative and Rural Development Practitioners, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CABS certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CABS internationally recognised?

What is the cost of the CABS certification?

The Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 449 and Live Virtual at USD 649. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CABS certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CABS?

The Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CABS?

The Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CABS while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CABS?

Graduates progress towards senior agronomy, farm management and agribusiness leadership roles. The CABS strengthens your expertise in crop and livestock production, agribusiness management and sustainable farming systems and positions you for advancement across agribusinesses, cooperatives, NGOs, research institutions and government agencies.

Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist

Certified Agricultural Biosecurity Specialist

Certification at a Glance

Who Should Enrol?

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Programme Modules

What You Will Achieve

How to Get Certified

Common Questions

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