Established since 1989, Harborough Training are local providers of specialised training to land-based and agricultural businesses around Market Harborough and surrounding areas of the East Midlands.

Our unique selling point is the ability to offer Lantra or City & Guilds on-site training, giving you the flexibility to organise courses around your schedule.

Courses include:-

Equipment and Handling
Abrasive Wheels Bench Mounted and Handheld Electrical
Abrasive Wheels Bench Mounted and Handheld Engine Driven
Brush Cutters/Trimmers
Hedge Trimmers - Flail Arm
Hedge Trimmers - Handheld
Pedestrain Mowers
Ride-on Mowers
Turf Maintenance Equipment
Tractor Electrics
Small Engine Maintenance
Basic Arc Welding

Pesticides
PA1 Foundation Module (Gola)
PA2 Ground Crop Sprayer
PA2 Ground Crop Sprayer (Green-Keepers)
PA3 Broadcast or Variable
PA5 Boat Mounted
PA6 Handheld Knapsack Sprayer
PA6AW Handheld and Water Upgrade
PA4 Granular
Slug Pelleting Seminars

Boundary Management
Headlands and Field Margins
Strained Wire Fencing
Practical Drystone Walling
Hedgerow Planting and Management
Hedgelaying

Health and Safety
Children's Farm Safety
Paediatric First Aid
Equine First Aid
Emergency First Aid at Work
Level II Award in Health and Safety in the Workplace
Manual Handling and Safe Lifting
Working at Heights  - Awareness & Risk Assessments
NPTC Level 2  - Care and Use of Veterinary Medicine - (Stockmans)
NPTC Level 4-Care and Use of Veterinary Medicine - (Managers)
Level II Award in Food Safety in Catering - Safer Food  Better Business
Health & Safety Environmental Awareness (Fencing)
Health & Safety Environmental Awareness (Fencing) for  Supervisors and Managers

Chainsaws Forestry and Arboriculture
(Lantra or NPTC City & Guilds for chainsaw qualications)
CS30.1/CS30.2 Maintenance and Crosscutting
CS31 Felling Small Trees (100-380mm)
CS32 Felling Medium Trees (380-760mm)
CS33 Felling Large Trees
CS34 Sever Individual Windblown Limbs
CS35 Sever Multiple Windblown Limbs
CS38 Climb Trees and Perform Aerial Rescue
CS39 Operate Chainsaw from a Rope and Harness
CS40 Crown Thinning and Reduction
CS41 Tree Dismantling Operations
CS42 Stump Protection
CS43 Felling Utility Poles
CS44 Felling Standing Stems
CS47 Operate Chainsaw from a MEWP
CS48 Pole Pruners
Stump Grinders
Basic Tree Inspection

Plant and Machinery
Off Road 4×4 Driving
All Terrain Vehicles ATV Quad Bikes
Tractor Driving, Trailers and Mowers
Tractor Driving for Beginners
180 Excavators
360 Excavators
Mini Excavator
Towing Trailers
Industrial Lift Trucks
Counterbalanced FLT
Telescopic FLT
Refresher Training-1 day
Loading Shovels - Wheeled
Loading Shovels - Tracked
Loading Shovels - Skidsteer
Dumpers
MEWPS

Vermin Control
Management of Pests in Grain Stores
Mole Control
Rabbit Control
Rats and Mice
Grey Squirrel Control
Management of Flies in Livestock Housing
Domestic Insect Control

Animal Health and Welfare
Animal Footcare
Safe use of Veterinary Medicines
Certificate of Competence-Animals in Transit

Meat Processing
Introduction to Meat Retailing
Basic Butchery Skills
Butchery to Add Value
Bacon Curing
Sausage Making
Basic Marketing for Meat Retailers

Through the Landskills programme managed by Lantra of behalf of EMDA, our Harborough Training division can offer subsidised training courses to eligible businesses.

Contact Harborough Training for more infromation.