AGRONOMY COURSES

Crop based courses covering a variety of in depth or broad areas of commercial crop growing, nutrient management and specialised agronomy qualifications such as FACTS and BASIS

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FORESTRY
SKILLS

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) requires all those operating chainsaws, both frequently and infrequently, to be trained to a minimum standard before operating chainsaws.

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HEALTH
& SAFETY

The Health and Safety Executive requires all employers to ensure that safe systems of work are in place. It is essential that guidelines are followed with regards to First Aid at Work and Manual Handling.

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PLANT & MACHINERY

The majority of accidents at work are caused through the operation of machinery. It is essential to be trained and to train all employees to a high standard on all machines at work.

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SPRAYER & CHEMICAL

In order to purchase, safely use and apply pesticides it is necessary to hold the required Pesticide Application (PA) certificates.

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HORTICULTURE COURSES

Explore our Horticulture category, featuring courses in Woodchipper operation, Pedestrian Mowers, Ride-on Mowers, Power Pole Pruners, Handheld Hedge Trimmers, and Brush Cutters.

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Welcome to Dorset Training

Rural & Land Based Training

Welcome to Dorset Training. We are experienced providers of management, technical and practical courses for businesses, organisations and individuals involved in land-based and other activities in Dorset, the surrounding counties and across the UK.

We focus on delivering appropriate, flexible and cost effective training courses.

All of the courses provided by Dorset Training are delivered by a range of experienced practitioners and instructors as per the customer’s requirements. All of our instructors are registered as trainers and/or assessors with the main awarding bodies with whom we work including BASIS, Lantra Awards or NPTC City & Guilds.

Dorset Training has an on-farm training centre at Deverel Farm in Milborne St Andrew. This centre provides a central training location with access to a well equipped training room and workshop. There is also access to a large outdoor space in order to practice skills learnt in the training room.’