BASIS COURSES:
BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection
Dates for our 2026/2027 Course: 26th & 27th October, 2nd & 3rd, 16th & 17th November, 21st & 22nd December, 4th & 5th, 18th & 19th January, 1st, 8th February 2027.
Exams: 22nd & 23rd February 2027
FACTS
Dates for our Autumn 2026 Course: 3rd & 4th, 17th & 18th September, 22nd & 23rd October 2026.
On-line Exams: 29th & 30th October 2026
Dates for our Jan/Feb 2027 Course: 20th & 21st January, 2nd & 3rd, 24th February, 8th March 2027
On-line Exams: 16th & 17th March 2027
BASIS Advanced Cereals
Dates yet TBC for our 2025/2026 Course.
BASIS Soil & Water Management
Dates for our 2026/2027 Course: 17th & 18th December 2026, 11th & 12th January 2027.
Revision Day: 13th January. Exams: 25th & 26th January 2027.
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 - 24th April, 20th October 2026
* Basic Tree Survey & Inspection
* Brushcutters/strimmers - 17th April, 24th April 2026
* 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 - 14th May, 16th June, 6th July
* Fire Safety Training (half-day course) - 17th April (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) - 17th April (Afternoon Session)
* MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platforms - e.g. Cherry Pickers)
* Mowers
* Pesticide Training:
PA1 Safe Use of Pesticides - 10th June 2026, 19th October 2026
PA2a Field Crop
PA6/PA6AW Knapsack
PA4G
PA4S
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* Stumpgrinders
* Tractor Driving for 13-15 year olds
* Woodchipper
* Vermin Control:
Rodent Management
PLEASE CONTACT US TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ABOVE COURSES AS WE TAKE COURSE REQUESTS AND ARRANGE THE COURSES WHEN WE HAVE VIABLE NUMBERS.
