Countryside management courses

...2. Course description This course is ideal if you are new to arboriculture and countryside and want to learn new skills, either for employment in these industries or to prepare for further training...

...but no formal qualifications are necessary. Assessment of suitability is likely to be based upon interview...

...City & Guilds Level 2 Diploma Countryside and Environment Course Length: 1 year Venue: Myerscough College (Preston) Blackburn, Witton Course Content...

...Our Level Two Diploma in Countryside and Environment provides good grounding in the key aspects of countryside management. As well as performing practical activities associated with the countryside you will develop your academic skills through learning more about wildlife habitats, machinery... Learn about: Full Time...

...The World is facing a number of global crises – biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, climate change and threats to food and energy supplies. The Environmental Management and Sustainability programme is built around the water, energy and food nexus. Expertise in areas including climate... Learn about: Environmental Survey, Environmental Quality, Wildlife Conservation...

...Access courses are designed as a stepping stone to enable motivated, enthusiastic people to progress on to Higher Education. This is ideal for those who want to re-train or re-direct their lives into Land Based careers or who want to take a degree in Land Management related subjects...

...On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: Outline the key issues - both theoretical and practical - underpinning the countryside resource (history, ecology and species/habitat/site management) and its key actors (state, statutory agencies, NGOs and people/communities). Discuss...

...for all of our students. Our recent Ofsted inspection highlights our success and strong focus both on students and on meeting industry needs... Learn about: Quality Training, Skills and Training, Full Time...

... in managing the countryside in a business context, including countryside and environmental management, estate management, agriculture and diversification. You will be assessed partly on coursework and applied work such as solving real-life client problems. The final year dissertation will allow you to develop... Learn about: IT Law, IT Management, IT Development...

... practices.You'll also study the concept of sustainable land management through a greater awareness of the environment... Learn about: IT Management...

...On successful completion of this course, you should be able to: Outline the key issues - both theoretical and practical - underpinning the countryside resource (history, ecology and species/habitat/site management) and its key actors (state, statutory agencies, NGOs and people/communities). Discuss...

... farmed landscape within the College grounds, together with a variety of conservation protected areas in the surrounding countryside, form important...

.... The course addresses issues concerned with sustainable use of the countryside. It examines habitats, wildlife, landscapes, and the natural and human factors influencing them. The course also examines how economic activities such as farming and forestry can be managed in an environmentally acceptable way, and how human... Learn about: Conservation and Land Management, Land Management, Insect Pollinators...

... and resource economics. You'll also have a wide choice of elective subjects, including energy and the environment, marine environments: management and protection, sustainable tourism in rural communities, leadership in countryside activities and ecological surveying... Learn about: IT Management...

... Management students include reserve managers, education officers, countryside rangers and advisers on land management. The Foundation Degree is designed... Learn about: IT Management...

... education. What materials are required? An enquiring mind and an interest and respect for the countryside! How will I be assessed? Written assignments...

...field signs, architectural terms and assessment of roosts...

...) and emerging land uses (environmental and conservation activities, countryside access and leisure, steading conversions, telecommunication masts and wind turbines) is combined with an understanding of the business skills necessary for successful decision-making and rural business management...

...Prices available on request and dependent on the number of attendees. The minimum training we would recommend for prospective 'appointed' first aiders... Learn about: Training First Aid, Health Ed, Health Visitor...

...As environmental concerns become ever more pressing, there is an increasing need to understand how we can effectively conserve wildlife and manage our countryside. This course course gives a theoretical grounding in how populations and ecosystems work and a practical understanding of the issues... Learn about: Environmental Conflict, Ecology and Evolution, Principles of Conservation...