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14 April 2020

Lion Training Passport: Poultry Welfare Operative

This is a half day training course with a certificate issued upon successful completion. This course is designed to give an overview of on-farm welfare issues associated with commercial egg production aimed at the role of the stock person. Attending...

Type: Training Course Key Sector: Poultry

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

Cattle Mobility Scoring

This is a 1- day training course with a certificate of training awarded upon completion. RoMS accredited - This course aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge to pass the RoMS (Register of Mobility Scorers) examination and gain...

Type: Training Course Key Sector: Beef, Dairy

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

Mind Your Own Business (IAgSA) Workshop 2

Minding Your Own Business (IAgSA) Workshop 2

The second in a series of 2 workshops with a certificate of attendance upon completion. This course is a 1 day course. Attending this workshop will enable you to recognise and use farm data to produce farm efficiency and performance...

Type: Training Course Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business Key Specialism: Business Planning

Biosecurity & Quarantine

In this module we will explain the benefits of biosecurity and steps to take should infectious disease be identified on your farm.

Type: E-learning Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Goats, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

Grazing Systems

Grazed grass is the cheapest feed, supplying up to 90% of energy requirements for the animals but much is wasted due to poor timing. Good grazing systems match livestock needs to grass growth. Measuring grass and adjusting the grazing area...

Type: E-learning Key Sector: Arable

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Grassland Management

Climate Change and Land Management

This course will look at climate change and the mitigation techniques available to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced in the agricultural sector by different land management strategies.

Type: E-learning Key Sector: Arable, Forestry

Theme: Land

Felling and Processing Trees up to 380mm

A 3 day training course with an independent assessment and certificate issued upon successful completion. Felling trees can be a dangerous task. That is why it's important to make sure you have the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to do...

Type: Training Course Key Sector: Forestry

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Health and Safety, Woodland Management

Practical Hedge Laying

This is 2 day practical training course with a certificate of training issued upon course completion. Hedgerows are an important part of our landscape, as a boundary, shelter and so our wildlife can flourish. They need to be planted and...

Type: Training Course Theme: Land

Making Tax Digital - The Options Workshops

All farm and forestry businesses which have a taxable turnover that exceeds the VAT registration threshold of £85,000 per annum need to keep their records digitally, using Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible software, from 1 April 2019 onwards. The workshop...

Type: Computer Training Theme: Business

Key Specialism: Business Planning

Feed Efficiency

This module examines how meat and milk production may be increased by selecting animals that use their feed more efficiently and in so doing, also meet climate change objectives for lower methane emissions.

Type: E-learning Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare