

Are you passionate, engaged and want to protect animals and their habitats? We are here to help, with an animal conservation foundation degree designed by researchers renowned for their expertise in the science of wildlife conservation. Your foundation year in Carlisle will lay a solid foundation of skills to build upon and reach the right level for taking the rest of the degree at our Ambleside campus.
Courses are run on demand and usually last for 3 days (including assessment)
Courses include the following: Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) Boom Mounted Sprayers (PA2) Variable Geometry Boom Sprayers (PA3) Slug Pellets and Granular Applications (PA4) Hand Held Applicators (PA6) including Application in or near Water (PA6AW), Stem Injection, Stump Treatment, Invasive Weeds…
Monday 18th May – Ulverston Auction Mart Café, LA12 9AU
The course runs from 9am-4pm with the assessment taking place on Friday 22nd May. The price to members is £160+VAT and non-members £185+VAT. Please call 01768 868615 for more information and to book your place.
The course takes on average 4 hours to complete. Upon registration, candidates have full access to course content including a downloadable workbook and HD videos. At the end of course, candidates will answer multiple choice questions.
Himalayan balsam is one of the most widespread and impactful invasive plant species across the UK and Ireland. Unfortunately, it is also a plant that is frequently mismanaged, or ignored until it creates monocultures. This new course, the first of its kind, teaches candidates how to practically…
12-month apprenticeship. Tutor available in Cumbria to visit you in your place of work.
This 12-month apprenticeship is for those in a farm stockperson, hatchery assistant, farm owner (with manager), or relief stockperson role. You will gain the necessary skills, knowledge and qualifications needed to comply with poultry industry training requirements. You will gain a Level 2 Diploma…

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