EKT 2010

TEAM LEADER COURSE
When: 21-23 February 2012
Where: NAC, Stoneleigh
Cost: £450 + VAT

This 3 – day interactive Training Event is designed for Team Leaders and Supervisors who may take responsibility for a small team of workers and need to improve their skills and confidence. Suitable for all levels of experience.

BENEFITS
Participants will be able to:

• Appreciate the responsibilities of a Team Leader and Supervisor
• Use assertive communication skills with improved confidence
• Improve communication within the team
• Give feedback to staff on areas for improvement
• Identify their own preferred leadership style and its impact on performance
• Apply principles of motivation
• Induct and instruct new staff
• Plan and organise their own and other’s work
• Use time management techniques to improve their efficiency

CONTENT

• The role and essential skills of a Team Leader
• Communication barriers, the communication loop, using questions and listening
• Aggressive, non – assertive and assertive behaviour
• Giving constructive feedback with confidence
• Setting clear objectives; what needs to be done, why and to what standard
• Introduction to time management – 25 ways to make better use of your time
• Systematic planning, prioritising tasks, checking progress
• Understanding motivation and applying practical techniques
• Leadership styles; assessing your preferred style and the need for flexibility
• Induction and instruction; what the new worker needs to know

CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE and BASIS "WILDLIFE AWARE" COURSE AND ACCREDITATION
When: 21st March 2012
Where: Lenham
Cost: £175 + VAT

One-Day Course for Pest Control Technicians

CRRU and BASIS have established a new training course, and associated accreditation scheme, for professional pest control technicians, and other competent users of rodenticides, under the title "Wildlife Aware".

The course and accreditation is aimed at those who offer a service of rodent pest management to farming enterprises and other businesses in rural areas. Those who attend the course will have already attended training courses in rodent pest management so that they are competent in the use of anticoagulant rodenticides. "Wildlife Aware" accreditation is offered to all those who attend the "Wildlife Aware" course and pass the examination. This accreditation is intended to indicate to customers for rodent pest control services that those who hold the accreditation will work to the highest standards in order to achieve effective pest control with minimum adverse effects on wildlife and the wider environment.

Five modules will be presented during the one-day "Wildlife Aware" courses:
1. Why Control Rodents.
2. Rodent Species - identification and behaviour.
3. Effective control rodents on farms and farmland.
4. Environmental Impacts of Rodenticides.
5. The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use

CRRU is offering this course to those who wish to become "Wildlife Aware" Accredited Technicians. The cost is £175 and this includes catering, course materials, license to use the "Wildlife Aware" logo, the BASIS examination fee and the first year of "Wildlife Aware" accreditation.


£20 MILLION FOR FARMING, FORESTRY and HORTICULTURAL BUSINESSES
A new £20 million fund to help farming, forestry and horticultural businesses to become more efficient at using resources has been launched. The scheme aims to help businesses to become more competitive and more profitable, whilst reducing the impact of farming on the environment.
Farmers, foresters, woodland owners, agricultural contractors and horticulturalists can apply for grants of up to £25,000 to invest in green projects, new machinery and improvements to animal health and welfare so their businesses can grow in an environmentally friendly way.
The Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme will fund projects that:

• save energy and reduce carbon emissions;
• reduce dependence on artificial fertilizers through better use of manures;
• improve soil quality;
• improve animal health and welfare;
• save and recycle water; and
• promote woodland management by processing timber more efficiently.

For more information go to http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/funding-sources/farm-and-forestry-improvement-scheme

or download the leaflet HERE


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