Every quarter, the NFU puts together a list of some of the main agricultural and agriculture-related training courses and events.
The area-by-area list features events across England and Wales and includes courses ranging from tractor driver training to sheep shearing.
This edition of Skills Roundup covers courses/training in your region from 1st July to 30th September 2020 and can be found under the following links:
Distance Learning and Online Courses
Please note: Due to Coronavirus precautions many training events are not going ahead, or have been replaced with online webinars
Distance Learning and Online Courses
Date | Name and description | Time and location | Cost | Contact |
Any | Tailored Courses | Any | Call for quotes | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Rodent Control for Farms (Lantra) – This will enable you to buy Rodenticides. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £59.95 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Responsible and Effective Control of Commensal Rodents (Lantra) -This will enable you to buy Rodenticides. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £59.95 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Health and Safety on Farms. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £29.95 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Professional Wasp and Bee Control. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £49.95 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Litter Picking and Environmental Maintenance. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £49.95 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | Online Food Handling and Hygiene. Click HERE to complete the course. | Home/workplace based | £15.00 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
Any | eLearning Courses | Home/workplace based | £35 plus VAT | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
| 10/08/20 | Welfare of animals in transit - short journey livestock Assessment either by online proctored exam, or paper based | 13:00-14:00 Webinar | From £125pp + VAT (joining a group session) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 07/09/20 | Safe use of pesticides (equivalent to PA1) Assessment either by online proctored exam, or paper based | 09:30-12:30 Webinar | £235pp + VAT or combined with another pesticides qualification, £425pp + VAT | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 14/09/20 | Welfare of animals in transit - short journey livestock Assessment either by online proctored exam, or paper based | 13:00-14:00 Webinar | From £125pp + VAT (joining a group session) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
North West
Date | Name and description | Time and location | Cost | Contact |
05/08/20 | Emergency First Aid at Work + Forestry | 09:00-16:30 Holme on Spalding Moor | £105 plus VAT including Certificate | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
17/08/20 - 21/08/20 | Chainsaw maintenance, cross cutting and felling up to 380 mm (CS30/CS31 as was) - Unit 201/202/203 | 09:00-16:30 Holme on Spalding Moor | £675 plus VAT for Training& C&G/NPTC assessment, Certificate and ID Card | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
01/09/20 | Emergency First Aid at Work + Forestry | 09:00-16:30 Holme on Spalding Moo | £105 plus VAT including Certificate | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
| 21/09/20 - 25/09/20 | Chainsaw maintenance, cross cutting and felling up to 380 mm (CS30/CS31 as was) - Unit 201/202/203 | 09:00-16:30 Holme on Spalding Moor | £675 plus VAT for Training& C&G/NPTC assessment, Certificate and ID Card | Morton Training Limited on 01430 860057 or email aW5mb0Btb3J0b250cmFpbmluZy5jby51aw== Or visit: |
North East
There are currently no upcoming courses in the North East for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
There are currently no upcoming courses in the West Midlands for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
There are currently no upcoming courses in the East Midlands for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Date | Name and description | Time and location | Cost | Contact |
04/08/20 - 05/08/20 | Training & assessment to operate hand-held spraying equipment (knapsacks) | 09:00-17:00 Luppit, near Honiton | £235pp + VAT for single qualification or £425pp + VAT combined with one other spraying qualification (for example - Theory in the safe use of pesticides, known as PA1) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
06/08/20 - 07/08/20 | Training & assessment to operate vehicle mounted boom-spraying equipment | 09:00-17:00 Luppit, near Honiton | £235pp + VAT for single qualification or £425pp + VAT combined with one other spraying qualification (for example - Theory in the safe use of pesticides, known as PA1) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 06/08/20 - 07/08/20 | Chainsaws: maintenance and cross cutting Lantra Cert | 09:00-17:00 each day Venues around Devon | £275pp + VAT | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
08/09/20 - 09/09/20 | Training & assessment to operate hand-held spraying equipment (knapsacks) | 09:00-17:00 Luppit, near Honiton | £235pp + VAT for single qualification or £425pp + VAT combined with one other spraying qualification (for example - Theory in the safe use of pesticides, known as PA1) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
10/09/20 - 11/09/20 | Training & assessment to operate vehicle mounted boom-spraying equipment | 09:00-17:00 Luppit, near Honiton | £235pp + VAT for single qualification or £425pp + VAT combined with one other spraying qualification (for example - Theory in the safe use of pesticides, known as PA1) | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 12/08/20 - 13/08/20 | Chainsaws: maintenance and cross cutting Lantra Cert | 09:00-17:00 each day Venues around Devon | £930pp + VAT | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 07/09/20 - 08/09/20 | Chainsaws: maintenance and cross cutting Lantra Cert | 09:00-17:00 each day Venues around Devon | £275pp + VAT | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
| 28/09/20 - 29/09/20 | Chainsaws: maintenance and cross cutting Lantra Cert | 09:00-17:00 each day Venues around Devon | £275pp + VAT | Penny Bond, Hush Farms 01404 549515 |
There are currently no upcoming courses in the South East for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
East Anglia
There are currently no upcoming courses in East Anglia for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
There are currently no upcoming courses in Wales for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
AHDB Events
All the AHDB events listed below are free to attend. For more information, or to register your interest, please email a2UuZXZlbnRzQGFoZGIub3JnLnVr or call the AHDB events line on 01904 771218
Online Webinars
Date | Name and description | Time |
11/08/20 | Pork Webinar - Slurry | 19:00-20:30 |
18/08/20 | Monitoring calf health | 19:00-20:00 |
| 20/08/20 | Rotational grazing - infrastructure | 19:00-20:00 |
| 07/09/20 | Slurry Wizard | 14:30-15:30 |
| 08/09/20 | Pork Webinar - Smart | 19:00-20:30 |
| 09/09/20 | Health calves, healthy profit | 13:00-14:30 |
| 10/09/20 | Consumer insight | 10:00-12:00 |
| 17/09/20 | Healthy soils | 19:00-20:00 |
North East
There are currently no upcoming courses in the North East for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.North West - Events and Webinars
Date | Name and description | Time and location |
20/08/20 | Dairy Webinar - SDF | 13:00-14:00 |
East Midlands
There are currently no upcoming courses in the East Midlands for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.West Midlands
There are currently no upcoming courses in the West Midlands for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.East Anglia
There are currently no upcoming courses in East Anglia for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
South East
There are currently no upcoming courses in the South East for this quarter. Please check back in October for courses in the fourth quarter of 2020.
South West
Date | Name and description | Time and location |
15/09/20 | Strategic Farm Event - Cornwall | All day |
Wales - Events and Webinars
Date | Name and description | Time and location |
| 30/09/20 | Reserve Webinar - SDF | 12:00-13:30 |
* Prices are a guide and are subject to alteration
Please note that this list is not definitive and more events and courses can be found through various other sources.
Recent Comments:
3Then Cotswolds Rural Skills runs courses across Gloucestershire and may have what you are looking for. The Cotswolds Walling Academy offers an annual programme of courses ranging from LANTRA Level 1 (Initial) through to Level 3 (Advanced)
Course dates are added during the course of the year to our website at
http://www.cotswoldsruralskills.org.uk/
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