Folkingham & Loveden Rural Training Group - Range of Courses Available

Folkingham & Loveden Rural Training Group

Enrol on a LANTRA E-Learning course.

Now available and booked directly with LANTRA. Range recently extended to include:-

Call LANTRA directly on 024 7669 6996

Range of Courses Available for

Folkingham and Loveden

Rural Training Group

Machinery and Vehicles:

ATV (quad bikes and sit-in vehicles)
4x4 off road training
Excavator (various courses)
Ploughing
Side and rear flail hedgecutter
Sprayer maintenance
Tractor driving and maintenance
Tractor driving for 13-17 year olds
Tyres and traction

Forklifts: (Courses required by all operators and refreshers recommended by HSE every 3-5 years)

Telescopic Handler (2 day)
Telescopic Handler refresher (1 day)
Industrial Couterbalanced (2 day)
Industrial Counterbalanced refresher (1 day)

Workshop Skills:

Abrasive Wheel
Trailer brake
Vehicle electrics
Welding – Electric, gas, MIG,TIG – all levels covered.
Workshop safety

Chainsaw and Forestry:

These can be LANTRA or NPTC depending on yoru requirements

Chainsaw – Cross cutting and maintenance
Chainsaw – Cross cutting, maintenance and felling small trees
Chainsaw refresher "For those who already hold a Qualification"
Chainsaw – felling small trees upto 380mm
Chainsaw – felling medium trees over 380mm
Chipper course
Brushcutter/Trimmer
Windblown Trees
Climing with chainsaw and Areial rescue etc etc

Environment:

Basic Woodland Management – planning, replanting, harvesting and marketing timber.
Hedge laying
Hedgerow planting and establishment
Management of hedgerows

Pesticide and Crop Management:

PA1 Foundation module, safe handling of pesticides. Classroom theory based
PA2 Ground crop sprayer. On site with sprayer
PA4 S Slug pellet application
PA4 G Granule application
PA6 A & AW Knapsack sprayer
PA SC Using Specialist Equipment e.g Potato planter
BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection (by invitation of Boston Training Group)
Basis Foundation
FACTS

IT/Computer Skills:

Agricultural software programmes- Farmplan Gatekeeper, Mapping, Business Manager Accounts etc
Computer Skills – Word, Excel, Outlook, Publisher, Powerpoint
Get the most out of your Apple hardware – iPhone, iPad, imac

Livestock:

Various stock tasks e.g Hoof trimming, managing mastitis, sheep shearing
Certificate of competence – transport of animals
Certificate of Veterinary Medicine Level 2, or Level 3
Cattle handling safety
Pest control. inc Safe adn effective control of commensal rodents
Various, Rabbit, Mole, pests in grain stores
Safe use of Aluminium Phosphate for vertebrate pest control
Game Meat Hygiene course for large and small game.

Health and Safety:

Asbestos Awareness
Health & Safety / Risk Assessment for employees ( can be bespoke and based on your identified risks)
Emergency First Aid at Work
Fire Awareness / Firefighting on Farms/Fire Warden
Manual Handling
Working at Height – MEWP

Management Training

Getting the best out of your people
Leading and Managing people
Marketing your business
Vocational courses are also aplenty. Everything from Bee keeping to basic butchery skills

Towing Trailer Training

This is best arranged by you independently but I can signpost you to your nearest centre and give you an idea about the course.

1. Driving licence rules and what you can tow

The rules on what you can tow are different depending on when you passed your driving test.

Recent changes have now come into play and a

Trailer test is not required. Training is optional.

What changed on 16 December 2021

If you passed your car driving test from 1 January 1997, you’re now allowed to tow trailers up to 3,500kg MAM.

Check your car’s handbook to find out its gross train weight (GTW). This is the total allowable weight of the car plus the trailer plus the load.

DVLA will update your driving licence record to show that you’re allowed to tow trailers. You do not need to contact DVLA for this to happen. It will be done automatically. You’ll get category BE added to your driving licence when you next apply to get a new driving licence.

If you passed your car driving test before 1 January 1997, you are not affected by the change.

Driving a car and trailer for the first time

It’s best to take training from a driving instructor if you want to start driving a car and trailer.

The ‘National standard for driving cars and light vans’ tells you about the skills, knowledge and understanding you need to tow a trailer or caravan.

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