BASIS COURSES:
BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection
Our 2024/2025 Course has now finished.
Dates for our 2025/2026 Course: 27th & 28th October, 10th & 11th, 24th & 25th November, 15th & 16th December, 5th & 6th, 19th & 20th January, 2nd & 16th February 2026.
Exams: 23rd & 24th February 2026.
FACTS
Dates for our September 2025 Course: 4th, 5th, 18th, 19th, 24th & 25th September 2025.
On-line Exams: 1st & 2nd October 2025.
Dates for our 2026 Course: 15th, 16th, 29th & 30th January, 3rd & 4th February 2026.
On-line Exams: 10th & 11th February 2026.
BASIS Advanced Cereals
Dates yet TBC for our 2025/2026 Course.
BASIS Soil & Water Management
Dates for our 2025/2026 Course: 11th & 12th December, 7th & 8th January 2026.
Revision Day: 9th January. Exams: 22nd & 23rd January 2026.
OTHER LANDBASED COURSES:
Courses are run as numbers become viable, if you require training in any of the following please register an interest. There may be other people already on our waiting lists:
* ATV (Sit Astride)
* ATV (Sit in)/ Mule
* Argocat
* Abrasive Wheels - 25th February 2026, 11th June 2026, 20th October 2026
* Basic Tree Survey & Inspection - 31st March 2026
* Brushcutters/strimmers
* Chainsaws:
Clearing Saws up to and over 50mm
2 day Maintenance & Crosscutting
1 day Maintenance & Crosscutting Refresher
4 day Maintenance, Crosscutting & Felling (up to 200mm)
2 day Maintenance, Crosscutting & Felling (up to 200mm) Refresher
5 day Maintenance, Crosscutting & Felling (up to 380mm) with NPTC 30/31 assessments
Maintenance, Crosscutting & Felling (up to 380mm) Refresher
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* Defibrillator Training (2 hour sessions) - please contact us as these can be run as in-house groups or for a community/at Village Halls etc.
* Emergency First Aid at Work/First Aid + Forestry - 13th October, 23rd October, 13th November, 4th December, 12th January 2026
* Fire Safety Training (half-day course) - 21st November (Morning Session)
* Fork Lift Trucks:
Industrial or Telescopic, and Telescopic/Industrial (Refresher)
Loader Shovel & Loader Shovel Refresher Training
180 degree & 360 degree Excavators (wheeled or tracked)
Lorry Loader
* Hand Held Hedge Trimmer
* Leaf Blowers
* Manual Handling (half-day course) - 21st November (Afternoon Session)
* MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platforms - e.g. Cherry Pickers)
* Mowers
* Pesticide Training:
PA1 Safe Use of Pesticides - 14th October 2025, 9th February 2026, 10th June 2026, 19th October 2026
PA2a Field Crop - 30th October, 13th November 2025
PA6/PA6AW Knapsack - 16th October, 6th November 2025
PA4S Slug Pelleter
PA-SC
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* Stumpgrinders
* Tractor Driving for 13-15 year olds - 22nd December 2025, 1st April, 2nd April 2026
* Off Road Vehicle Operating 4 x 4
* Woodchipper
* Vermin Control:
Rodent Management - 17th November 2025, 26th January, 27th January 2026
PLEASE CONTACT US TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ABOVE COURSES AS WE TAKE COURSE REQUESTS AND ARRANGE THE COURSES WHEN WE HAVE VIABLE NUMBERS.
