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) - 25th July
* ATV (Sit in)/ Mule - 4th July (fully booked), 1st August (fully booked)
* Argocat
* Abrasive Wheels
* Basic Tree Survey & Inspection
* Brushcutters/strimmers
* Chainsaws:
Clearing Saws up to and over 50mm
2 day Maintenance & Crosscutting
1 day Maintenance & Crosscutting Refresher
3 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 - 2nd July (fully booked), 4th July, 10th July, 9th September, 13th October
* 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 - 14th October 2025
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
* Off Road Vehicle Operating 4 x 4
* Woodchipper
* Vermin Control:
Rodent Management - 17th November 2025
PLEASE CONTACT US TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE ABOVE COURSES AS WE TAKE COURSE REQUESTS AND ARRANGE THE COURSES WHEN WE HAVE VIABLE NUMBERS.
