Skills and Training

Are you a horticultural business? Farming Connect can support you to complete UA4 (CPD) of the Sustainable Farming Scheme.

For horticulture farm businesses joining the SFS in 2026, the following e-learning modules completed from summer 2025 will count towards the...

This is a 1 day training course with a certificate of training issued after course completion.

Injuries and illness ruin lives and businesses. Learn how to minimise the risks to yourself and those working on your farm. Working in conjunction...

Please note: course duration 1- 3 days dependent upon the Provider. A certificate of attendance will be issued on completion of the course.

Provide your customers with the products or services they need by attending a Marketing Your Business course...

Typically a 2 day training course with an assessment on a different day. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion. 

PA1 = This qualification meets the legal requirements of the Control of Pesticides Regulations and lets you work unsupervised...

Overview:   This one-day course is designed for individuals who make up a small core team or family and builds on the individuals’ strengths to create a team synergy. The course combines trainer led discussions, theory, and group exercises.

Designed...

This module describes the use of the Measure to Manage program to benchmark your farm using established business indicators.

In this course you will learn about the environmental and production benefits of planting trees on upland farms. The module will draw upon a real-life multi-farm case study in which 5% of the farmland was planted with trees and will...

Effective land management strategies are key to helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by agriculture. Climate change is exactly what the name suggests – a global change in climate patterns due to global warming which is caused by human activities...

This course will help you understand the role of energy in poultry farming, it will explain the basic principles of energy management, providing a useful foundation to implement changes.