BASIS COURSES:
BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection
Dates for our 2025/2026 Course: Already started, please see our next course dates.
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 Jan/Feb 2026 Course: Already started, please see our next course dates.
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 - 3rd March 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 -12th January 2026, 12th February, 17th March, 14th April
* Fire Safety Training (half-day course)
* 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)
* MEWP (Mobile Elevated Work Platforms - e.g. Cherry Pickers)
* Mowers
* Pesticide Training:
PA1 Safe Use of Pesticides - 9th February 2026, 10th June 2026, 19th October 2026
PA2a Field Crop - 10th March 2026
PA6/PA6AW Knapsack - 4th March, 8th April 2026
PA4G - 26th February 2026
PA4S - 2nd March 2026
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* Stumpgrinders
* Tractor Driving for 13-15 year olds - 17th, February, 18th February, 19th February (fully booked), 1st April, 2nd April 2026
* Woodchipper
* Vermin Control:
Rodent Management - 26th January (fully booked), 27th January (fully booked), 26th February, 27th February (fully booked), 25th March, 26th March 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.
