Farming Connect Training Booklet www.gov.wales/farmingconnect Training Booklet | 1 Personal Development Plan The Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a fully funded service for all clients registered with Farming Connect. Completing a PDP enables you to make a plan to strengthen or introduce new skills which can help you find more efficient ways of working, saving you time and resources. The PDP can help individuals to: ➔ Set long term objectives and short term goals ➔ Identify ways of developing key skills or competencies ➔ Provide you with information on training courses ➔ Record current qualifications and skills ➔ You can review your PDP at regular intervals to monitor progress and achievements ➔ The PDP is the baseline and starting point for your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) record. To complete a PDP you must be registered with Farming Connect, receive your BOSS confirmation email from the Service Centre and sign into the Business Wales BOSS website. For more information please visit Farming Connect - https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/face-face-training 2 | Farming Connect Continuous Professional Development – CPD recording system Why is CPD recording important? Regular completion of training courses and attendance of knowledge transfer events can add to the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that you already have within your business. Individuals who take a planned approach to skills development tend to move up the career ladder more quickly and are more confident to take businesses in a direction of their choosing. What is the CPD record? ➔ The completion of any training, attendance at events or meetings through the Farming Connect Programme is automatically recorded on your behalf within the CPD record found within your BOSS account ➔ All accredited certificates you obtain through Farming Connect will be uploaded for you, so that you can access them at any time ➔ You also have the opportunity to upload non Farming Connect activity that you complete ➔ The record provides you with CPD evidence that can be downloaded and used for a variety of purposes, including supporting your CV for job applications and if applicable, can be used as evidence to satisfy regulatory requirements. Training Booklet | 3 E-learning Finding it hard to find the time for training? Why not try some of the free e-learning courses found on the BOSS website, these courses can be completed in your own time from the comfort of your own home. Some of the courses available include: ➔ Dairy Herd Nutrition ➔ Heat Detection in Dairy Cattle ➔ Johne’s Disease in Cattle ➔ Beef Herd Fertility ➔ Seasonal Reproduction in Ewes ➔ Sheep Lameness ➔ Piglet Survival Farrowing ➔ Quarantine Units ➔ Using Recommended Grass Lists ➔ The Benefits of Using High Sugar Grasses ➔ Farm Finance ➔ Business Planning ➔ Health and Safety Each course takes around 30 minutes to complete and all include a multiple choice quiz, giving you the opportunity to test how much you have learnt. The e-learning courses can be found on the Business Wales BOSS website. https://businesswales.gov.wales/boss/ 4 | Farming Connect Funding for accredited training courses Before you can access the funding available for completing training courses you must be registered with Farming Connect. You will need to complete the online Personal Development Plan before you can submit an application for funding. This 1 process can be done at any time, this does not have to be within the application windows. If you are applying for funding for a Category 3 course – 2 Machinery & Equipment Use, you must complete the online Health & Safety (H&S) Course before submitting an application. Speak to your chosen training provider about courses and obtain 3 course costs. YOU MUST ENSURE THAT YOU PUT THE CORRECT COURSE COST ON THE APPLICATION FORM. Apply online for the funding during an open application window 4 using the online Application Form. You will be notified if your funding has been approved or not, 5 you must receive funding approval in writing before commencing the training. Once you have received funding approval you must pay the 6 training provider the agreed contribution. Training courses must be completed within 9 months of receiving funding approval, if you do not complete the course 7 within this timeframe, you can not apply again for funding for the same course. Clients can only receive funding for one Category 3 Machinery 8 & Equipment Use course per annum. Businesses can only receive funding for one pesticide related 9 training course per annum. For eligibility criteria guidance for funding, please read the User Guides found on the Farming Connect website or the BOSS website. Training Booklet | 5 APPROVED COURSE DELIVERY LIST CATEGORY CATEGORY TITLE COURSE TITLE Project Management Leading & Managing Getting the best out of your people Developing people to perform Managing casual and seasonal teams Planning your business for the future Business Financial Recording & VAT 1 Improvement Understanding and using your accounts Managing your cash flow Business planning and development Marketing your business Introduction to agricultural business planning Planning a diversification or new enterprise on a farm DIY AI Cattle Foot Trimming Advanced Cattle Foot Trimming Better livestock handling for increased profitability Machine Sheep Shearing Advanced Sheep Shearing Lambing Techniques Safe Use of Sheep Dip Safe Use of Vet & Med Mastering Medicine Course The Safe Use of Aluminium Phosphide for Vertebrate Control 2 Technical Responsible and effective control of Commensal Rodents Rodent Control on Farms Grey Squirrel Control Mole Control - Trapping Techniques Rabbit and Mole Control - Trapping Techniques Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace Level 3 Award in Supervisory Health & Safety Preparing For IPPC Regulations (Poultry Industry) Environmental Awareness Site Safety Awareness Working safely in Agriculture / Horticulture 6 | Farming Connect CATEGORY CATEGORY TITLE COURSE TITLE Working at Heights Awareness and Risk Assessment Manual Handling 2 Technical Emergency First Aid at Work First Aid at Work Practical Hedge Laying Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) & Safe Application of Pesticides Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment (PA2) Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) & Safe Application of Pesticides Using Hand Held Equipment (PA6) Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) & Safe Application of Pesticides / Granular Applicators (PA4) Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides (PA1) Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Hand Held Equipment (PA6) Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment (PA2) Level 2 Award in the Safe Application of Pesticides Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment (PA2F) - Weed Wiper Level 2 Award in the Safe Use of Pesticides / Machinery & Granular Applicators (PA4) 3 Equipment use Rough Terrain Telescopic Lift Truck Tractor Driving - Front End Loader Tractor Driving and Arm Mounted Cutting Equipment Tractor Driving Tractor Driving on Slopes Chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting Chainsaw maintenance, cross-cutting, felling and processing trees up to 380mm Felling and processing trees over 380mm Felling and Processing Trees up to 380mm Severing Uprooted or Windblown Trees using a Chainsaw Brushcutters & Trimmers Wood chippers Sit-in ATV Conventional Steered Sit-Astride ATV’s including loads and trailed equipment Training Booklet | 7 11 10 Darparwyr Hyfforddiant wedi eu lleoli yn Lloegr ond yn gweithredu yng Nghymru. 12 Training providers3 map 11 10 Darparwyr Hyfforddiant wedi eu lleoli yn Lloegr ond yn gweithredu yng Nghymru. 24 12 3 20 2 24 15 7 17 16 20 2 15 17 16 17 21 5 22 14 1 9 15 23 22 5 17 21 4 22 14 6 8 1 20 9 23 22 4 6 8 7 Embryonics Ltd 18 NFU Mutual Risk Management Services Ltd 7 Embryonics Ltd Training Providers based in 13 Training18 ProvidersNFU Mutual Risk based in England but deliver in Wales. Harper Adams University Management Services Ltd Training Providers based in England but deliver in Wales. 19 13 NorEnglandth Shropshire but delivCollegeer in Wales. Harper Adams University 19 North Shropshire College 25 XL Vet Training Services Ltd 25 XL Vet Training Services Ltd 8 | Farming Connect TRAINING PROVIDERS TRAINING PROVIDER CONTACT Arcswood CIC 01646 686804 1 The Rural Skills Training Centre, Pembroke School, [email protected] Pembrokshire, SA71 4RL www.arcswood.org.uk British Wool Marketing Board 01686 626811 2 Unit 21, Dyffryn Industrial Estate, Pool Road, [email protected] Newtown, Powys, SY16 3BD www.britishwool.org.uk Coleg Cambria 01978 267417 3 Coleg Cambria, Kelsterton Road, [email protected] Connah’s Quay, Flintshire, CH5 4BR www.cambria.ac.uk Coleg Gwent 01495 333642 4 Usk Campus F Block, The Rhadyr, Usk, [email protected] Monmouthshire, NP15 1XJ www.coleggwent.ac.uk Coleg Sir Gar 01554 748344 / 01554 748394 5 Gelli Aur Campus, Llandeilo, [email protected] Carmarthenshire, SA32 8NJ www.colegsirgar.ac.uk Creo Skills Ltd 07943 707837 6 Regus House, Malthouse Avenue, Cardiff Gate [email protected] Business Park, Cardiff, CF23 8RU www.creo-skills.co.uk Embryonics Ltd 01606 854411 7 Mere House Farm, Station Road, Weaverham, [email protected] Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 3PY www.embryonicsltd.co.uk Engage Training / Bridgend College 01656 302302 - Ext 637 8 Bridgend College, Queens Road South, Bridgend [email protected] Industrial Estate, Bridgend, CF31 3UR www1.bridgend.ac.uk