Skills and Training
Beef Cattle Mobility Scoring For the Sustainable Farming Scheme
This training will introduce the value of mobility scoring, explain good approaches to take and detail the minimum expected requirement for the Universal Action under the Sustainable Farming Scheme.
Keeping Your Cash Flowing
This course is a 1 day training course and a certificate of attendance will be issued on completion of the course.
Cash flow is a vital part of financial management for your business. If cash is going out of your...
The Safe Use of Aluminium Phosphide for Vertebrate Control
A 1 day training course with an assessment on a different day. A certificate will be issued upon successful completion of the assessment.
Aluminium phosphide is a dangerous compound. Used incorrectly, it can be hazardous to the health and safety...
Agricultural Drone Course - General VLOS Certificate (GVC)
General VLOS Certificate (GVC)
Blended (Online and Face to Face)
CAA Certificated (https://www.caa.co.uk/)
Duration: Online + 1 Day
OR General VLOS Certificate (GVC) and A2 Certificate of Competency
OR General VLOS Certificate (GVC) and A2 Certificate of...
Livestock Production Science (IBERS)
This online postgraduate module runs for 3 months, starting in May. Participants should either hold a first degree or have at least 2 years relevant experience in agriculture. The course can be taken as stand alone CPD or can be...
Liver Fluke in Cattle
Fascioliasis is a common parasitic disease of cattle and sheep in the UK, caused by Fasciola hepatica and is estimated to cost the cattle industry £23 million annually.
Bovine TB
Bovine TB (bTB) is a notifiable disease in the UK caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Disease can be carried and spread by a variety of other species, and it is also a zoonosis (humans can be infected). Development of disease is...
Farm Safety – Working Safely with All Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s)
The aim of the module is to give learners the opportunity to gain knowledge and understanding of preparing, driving and riding ATV’s safely and efficiently. ATVs are widely used in agriculture and forestry for moving people and goods. ATVs are...
Sustainable Farming - Reducing Emissions and Improving Sequestration on Farm
This course will look at factors relating to farm emissions and maximising carbon sequestration within sustainable farming and land management practices. Energy efficiency strategies will be discussed as well as energy production via renewable technologies as a way to reduce...