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 half day training course with a certificate issued upon successful completion.

The course will cover the following points: What is Biosecurity? Equipment required for maintenance of biosecurity; How to obtain the required equipment; Reasons for biosecurity and site...

Typically a 1 day training course and assessment dependent upon experience. A certificate will be issued following successful completion.

Sit-in all-terrain vehicles (ATVs, also known as Quad Bikes or Quadbikes) are incredibly versatile machines, making them popular, and vital tools...

A2 Certificate of Competency Online

CAA Certificated (https://www.caa.co.uk/) 

*If the student owns their own drone they will also be expected to register as a UAS Operator and pay £10 for an Operator ID.

The A2 CofC course is...

This will be a two - day practical course for all ability levels. 

For wool - handlers of all experience levels. 

• Health & Safety 

• Wool terminology

• Practical Training in wool - handling

• Packing (or pressing) and stitching woolsacks 

• Preparation guidelines for Full...

This module describes how to determine practical targets for the optimum fertility of beef cattle herds.

This course will explain how to diagnose and treat the three types of disease caused by liver fluke – acute, sub-acute and chronic.  

This course will highlight the risks of working with farm animals, especially cattle. Explain flight or fight responses, and covers how to avoid them, utilising the principles of safe handling and other methods.

Businesses related to land have a big influence on many things like the environment, our food, the economy, and our health. 
It is important to realize that even though they might seem different, they are all still businesses at their...