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Short Training Courses (10
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All courses available as a downloadable
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Practical Countryside Skills
Typical courses include:
drystone walling, hedging, coppicing etc.
Practical training in using and maintaining machinery eg chainsaw and
specialist dirving courses are on another page. Courses looking at the theory behind
and reasons for employing these practical techniques
are another page.
First aid and health and safely type courses have a
separate page.
September 2010
13/09/2010 Dry Stone Walling
2 days
Monmouth, Gwent Wildlife Trust. Contact: 01600 740600,
info@gwentwildlife.org,
www.gwentwildlife.org
19/09/2010 NCFE Introduction to
Dry Stone Walling 2 days
Werneth Lowe, BTCV. Contact: 07740 899539,
k.lowry@btcv.org.uk,
http://bit.ly/bmrUSp
2nd Day 26/9/10
22/09/2010 Tree Survey & Inspection (LANTRA Awards)
1 day
Essex,
Writtle College. Contact:
01245 424286/7,
www.writtle.ac.uk
October 2010
03/10/2010 NCFE Introduction to
Dry Stone Walling 2 days
Werneth Lowe, BTCV, Contact: 07740 899539,
k.lowry@btcv.org.uk,
http://bit.ly/bmrUSp
2nd Day 10/10/10
04/10/2010 OCN Level 2 Hedge
Laying 5 days
Coalbrookdale, Telford, The Small Woods Association.
Contact: 07964 961556,
groundsforconservation@hotmail.com,
www.smallwoods.org.uk
£400. Covering all aspects of hedge laying. The course identifies
different hedge laying styles, suitable hedge species and all techniques
required to lay a hedge of different sizes types and ages.
17/10/2010 NCFE Introduction to
Dry Stone Walling 2 days
Werneth Lowe, BTCV. Contact: 07740 899539,
k.lowry@btcv.org.uk,
http://bit.ly/bmrUSp
2nd Day 24/10/10
25/10/2010 Dry Stone Walling
Workshop 2 days
Woolacombe, North Devon, National Trust. Contact: 01598
763402,
northdevon@nationaltrust.org.uk,
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/morte
Learning the traditional skill of dry stone walling at Woolacombe.
Set in a stunning location, with knowledgeable and experienced staff you
will leave the course with the confidence to tackle your own projects.
Course costs £30
26/10/2010 Introduction to
Coppicing 4 days
Pembrokeshire, Coppicewood College. Contact: 01239
881394,
www.coppicewoodcollege.co.uk
27/10/2010 Hedgelaying Workshop
2 days
Hartland, North Devon, National Trust. Contact: 01598
763402,
northdevon@nationaltrust.org.uk,
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events
Learn the skills and traditions of Hedgelaying set in a stunning
location and with knowledgeable and skilled staff you will leave the
course with the confidence to tackle your own projects. Course costs
£20, booking expected.
29/10/2010 Practical Hedgelaying Skills
3 days
FSC Flatford Mill,
Field Studies Council. Contact:
0845 330 7368,
enquiries.fm@field-studies-council.org,
http://www.field-studies-council.org/2010/courseinfo.aspx?id=193
Introducing techniques for laying hedges using traditional tools &
materials to create effective & aesthetically pleasing boundaries &
barriers & valuable wildlife resources as well.
30/10/2010 Introduction to
Hedgelaying 2 days
Cockington Country Park, Torbay Coast & Countryside Trust.
Contact: 01803 606035,
www.countryside-trust.org.uk
9am – 3pm £30 for two-day course. Learn the ancient art of
hedgelaying and help to restore a Devon hedge bank whilst gaining new
skills. Booking essential.
November 2010
01/11/2010 OCN level 2 Coppicing
5 days
Coalbrookdale, Telford, The Small Woods Association.
Contact: 07964 961556,
groundsforconservation@hotmail.com,
www.smallwoods.org.uk
£400. The course promotes coppicing as a sustainable woodland
management system which provides a
wide range of benefits.
The course includes felling, re-stocking techniques, pest control,
identifying and selecting different coppice products, and coppice
restoration.
13/11/2010 Hedgelaying
1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£70 inc. lunch. Spend a day on the farm learning how to lay hedges in
the traditional (Suffolk) manner.
Leader: Alan Adcock
14/11/2010 Coppicing Woodland
1 day
Assington, Suffolk, Assington Mill. 01787 229955,
info@assingtonmill.com,
www.assingtonmill.com
£65 inc. lunch. Spend a day in a beautiful Suffolk wood learning a
traditional way of managing woodland with SWT officer Kerry Vaughan.
25/11/2010 Hedgelaying
2 days
FSC Epping Forest, Essex,
Field Studies Council Contact:
020 8502 8500,
enquiries.ef@field-studies-council.org ,
http://www.field-studies-council.org/2010/courseinfo.aspx?id=103
Cover the history, ecology & management of hedgerows, providing
knowledge of the techniques & traditional tools used for hedgelaying.
27/11/2010 Coppicing 1
day
Ashford, Kent, AJS Crafts. Contact: 01233 820461,
info@ajscrafts.co.uk,
www.ajscrafts.co.uk
27/11/2010 Hedgelaying
1 day
Usk, Gwent Wildlife Trust. Contact: 01600 740600,
info@gwentwildlife.org,
www.gwentwildlife.org
December 2010
06/12/2010 OCN
Coppicing
5 days
Hampshire,
Sustainability Centre. Contact:
01730 823166, courses@sustainability-centre.org,
www.sustainability-centre.org
Learn the theory & undertake the practice of coppice management.
Coppice trees, hand tools use & maintenance, assessment & planning,
health & safety products, restoration & pests will all be covered.
Non-residential £350 Residential £428
18/12/2010 Introduction to
Hedge-laying 1 day
The Water's Edge Country Park, Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire
Wildlife Trust. 01652 637055,
ewilmotshwap@googlemail.com,
http://www.lincstrust.org.uk.
£25 Learn about the tools & techniques of the ancient art of
hedge-laying a technique vital for the health of our native hedgerows.
Full training, instruction & Certificate of Attendance provided.
To Be Arranged
Hedgelaying
Goxhill, N Lincs
Protected Species Projects Ltd Contact:
01469 535049, angie.neave@pspl.co.uk,
www.pspl.co.uk Practical course enables the candidate to learn different skills &
styles of laying hedgerows for habitat management & wildlife
conservation.
Ad Hoc
Working Horses in Woodland
5 days
Childer Wood,
Heavy Horses Ltd. Contact: 01531 640 236,
www.heavyhorses.net
Working Horses in Woodland - Individual Tuition
1 or 2 days
Childer Wood,
Heavy Horses Ltd. Contact:
01531 640236,
www.heavyhorses.net
Horse Logging
1 or 2 days
Okehampton,
Forest Crafts. Contact: 01837 811123,
benmay@forestcrafts.co.uk,
www.forestcrafts.co.uk
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