Keeping chickens has become a popular past time for many people, particularly over the last year as more time is spent at home.
This course is great if you have recently bought some chickens or are thinking about buying some, or perhaps you would just like to learn about keeping your chickens.
You will learn how to choose the right type of chicken for your requirements, how to look after them ensuring their needs are met and they have good welfare and what type of environment they should be kept in.
This course will run from 09:30-16:00
This course is for those who are 19+ and who would like to learn the basics of keeping chickens.
Many people own animals and their welfare can often be unintentionally compromised simply through a lack of understanding and/or knowledge.
This course will help you to identify when an animal may be subject to poor welfare, why animal welfare is important and how we can apply frameworks to enable welfare assessment.
This course will run from 09:30-16:00
This course is for those who are 19+ and who would like to learn the basics of animal welfare.
Preparing your horse for a competition - Like a pro!
No Qualification • Part-time • Bicton College
This course will guide you to either learn about, or improve your plaiting and show preparation skills.
Getting that perfect competition look is an art form and is all a part of the competition experience. We all want to be proud of our skills and our ability to make the horse look its best, this takes practice and to do it well, you need to understand the basics.
This course will help you to learn how to create a polished look and will give you hints and tips on what the pro's do to perfect your skills.
This course will run from 09:30-16:00
Please note: this course is suitable for applicants aged 19+
Animal enrichment is important for both mental and physical stimulation, allowing animals to express their natural behaviours.
It is essential for their well-being and welfare ensuring a better quality of life. Enrichment can come in several forms; habitat, food, toys/activities, cognition and sensory all designed to stimulate each specific species.
This course will run from: 9:00-16:00
Please note: this course is for applicants ages 19+ only.
This course will focus on habitat management techniques with a view to enhance foraging and habitat connectivity for UK bat species. There will be a classroom element and a site visit to look at a range of ‘bat friendly’ habitats.
The course is aimed at those in the conservation and land management sectors interested in bat conservation at the habitat and landscape scale. A basic understanding of land management will be beneficial but not essential.
Please note: this course is for those aged 19+
Time: 09:00am-16:00pm
This course will focus on the management and restoration of semi-natural grassland. There will be a classroom element and a site visit. A variety of management techniques will be covered as well as a range of restoration techniques.
The course is aimed at those in the conservation or land management sectors looking to gain more of an insight into grassland restoration or non-professionals with an interest. A basic understanding of habitats will be beneficial but not essential.
Please note: this course is for those aged 19+
Time: 09:00am-16:00pm
This course is suitable for horse owners wishing to learn about horse behaviour and how to apply that knowledge in practice.
Throughout this course, students will learn how to recognise different behaviours in horses and how they can impact the horse-human relationship.
Often horse owners miscommunicate with horses, keeping instructions clear is important to avoid conflict and cause fear or unwanted behaviours.
We will explore the underlying causes of behavioural issues and how we may resolve them.
Please ensure that you come wearing suitable clothing and yard footwear.
This course will run from 09:30-16:30
Please note: this course is suitable for applicants aged 19+
No Qualification • Distance Learning • Bicton College
Equine breeding is a vast and rapidly evolving industry and horses are often bred with a variety of sporting purposes in mind, ranging from racing to dressage. The equine breeding industry is worth millions to the UK economy through revenue from horse sales and those employed in a range of different roles to support breeding.
This course is designed to give learners an overview of equine reproduction, providing an insight into breeding horses and the industry.
In this course we’ll be exploring basic home-growing know-how and techniques, helping you to learn the ‘whats, whens, and hows’ to make the most of your vegetable patch throughout the year. Based indoors, and outside - around the walled garden and greenhouse at Bicton, these informal fortnightly sessions will give ideas and inspiration for your plot, and support your veg-growing -whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, and whatever garden space you have at home.
You will learn about year-round vegetable-growing; soil care including fertility-building and weed management; pest and disease problem-solving; and organic principles; with practical sowing and growing fun, discussions, and group activities.
This course will take you through the season on site at Plotgate Community Farm in Barton St David, Somerset. The informal fortnightly sessions, based undercover and in the gardens at Plotgate, will give ideas and inspiration for your plot, to support your veg-growing whether you’re a beginner or have some experience; whatever garden space you have. You will learn about year-round vegetable-growing; soil care – including fertility-building with compost and green manures; propagation; glasshouse and polytunnel-growing; weed-management; and pest and disease problem-solving to organic principles: with practical sowing and growing fun, discussions, and group activities around running a thriving and productive vegetable plot.
Plotgate Community Farm: www.plotgatecommunityfarm.org is a co-operative, in the hands of its members, committed to truly sustainable food produced with a spirit of low-carbon innovation and supplying boxes of seasonal produce to 100 households every week all year round.
This course is an opportunity to learn in and around the Plotgate gardens with activities and discussions around all the techniques and skills involved – adaptable to any size of veg plot.
No Qualification • Part-time • Cornwall College Camborne
At this workshop you will learn how to set up and use equipment to give high quality close-up and true macro images (a range of alternatives will be available to try – Close-up filters, extension tubes, bellows, macro lenses and reversing rings).
Also covered will be the theory and practice of lighting a variety of subjects, the use of focus stacking to extend depth of field, processing of RAW images off-camera to give highest quality results and preparing the best image for printing.
You will need your own camera for this workshop which is for DSLR camera users only.
This is a FREE workshop - apply for a place now.
This workshop runs on a Saturday from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Venue:-
Cornwall College Camborne
Trevenson Road
Pool
Redruth
TR15 3RD
No Qualification • Part-time • Duchy College Stoke Climsland
This intensive one-day course will introduce you to wildlife and ecology by exploring the beautiful woodland within the Duchy College, Stoke Climsland grounds.
In the morning you will discover and identify the local wildlife by carrying out a survey, lunchtime will take place (weather permitting) around a campfire , giving us the opportunity to discuss the mornings discoveries. In the afternoon you will be taught safe wood craft skills to assist with woodland management to support habitats.
Delivered by experienced and friendly tutors, you will be inspired to further develop your knowledge and skills within wild conservation, whether learning for leisure or wishing to consider a career in the industry.
This course will run from 09:00-16:00pm
Please note: this course is for applicants aged 19+ only.
No Qualification • Part-time • Cornwall College Camborne
If fast, competitive, small-sided and skilful football is your thing, then you might be ready for 5-a-side. 5-a-side can be a great way of getting an intense ‘after work’ work-out with a bunch of friends; and despite the official name, it’s often played by four or seven players on each side, so however many participants there are, you can still get involved.
Why Functional Training Is Essential For Everyday Living
No Qualification • Distance Learning • Cornwall College Camborne
The discussion surrounding health and wellness is growing at a rapid pace in today's society with the growing obesity epidemic. Training no longer relates soley to professional athletes, but to humans of all ages and abilities: functional training has been growing in popularity over the past decade and we need to be utilising this methodology to improve everyday living. The more you train functionally, the better you will become at working your entire body as one system.
Functional training also gives you an excellent kinesthetic awareness (awareness of how your body moves) and teaches you how to move safely.
All of these skills are pretty important in everyday life and in the gym, allowing us to move purposefully and confidently and helping us stay sturdy, strong, and safe.
