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Location: Broomfield Hall
Years: 1
Weeks: 1
Hours: 7.00
Start: Roll On Roll Off - Contact Us
Days / Times: Contact Us
Tuition (£): 160.00*
Exams (£): 90.00**
Interview: N
Course Summary
This one-day course aims to prepare participants for the NPTC Certificate of Competence in the ‘Safe Use of Pesticides’ qualification. The course also includes assessment, to be arranged on a separate day.
Entry requirements
You must have passed your PA1 Foundation module.
The minimum age for a candidate taking this course is 16 years. You should also be proficient in the use and operation of a tractor.
Course Content
The course will cover:
- Development of knowledge and understanding of current legislation
- Applying pesticides safely with a field crop sprayer fitted with nozzles
- Identifying and selecting attachments, preparing machinery and calibrating
- Operating equipment and conforming with current legislation/codes of practice
- Disposal of unwanted pesticides/containers and cleaning equipment
- Identifying faults and conditions when spraying is not advisable and may cause harm to oneself/others
How will I be assessed?
There is a practical assessment, lasting approximately two hours, which is taken on a separate day from the training. Tests are organised by NPTC.
Are there any additional costs or specialist equipment required?
You will be required to supply your own:
- Steel toe-capped boots/wellingtons
- Spray suit
- Rubber gloves approved for pesticide use
- Writing materials
- Lunch (there will be facilities available on site if you wish to purchase your lunch here)
What can I do after this course?
Derby College Group offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to Agriculture and a wide variety of other land-based topics - please see the Derby College Group Part-time Prospectus for a full list and details.
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* Tuition - This figure is the tuition fee to be paid - There are no concessionary fees available.
** Exam - This fee is to cover the cost of registration with the relevant awarding body.
Daniel Wall
Trainee alpaca shearer Daniel sets out on his next life adventure
Trainee alpaca shearer Daniel Wall says the teaching and mentoring he received at Broomfield Hall has prepared him for his next adventure in life.
Daniel, who is 20, recently left DCG after completing his level 3 Agriculture course with distinction. He is now working alongside an experienced specialist alpaca shearer near his hometown of Redcar, with his job taking him to alpaca farms all over the UK.
Shearing alpacas – unlike shearing sheep – is a two-person job, and at around 15 minutes per animal, it takes five times as long. The shearing method is also quite different – alpacas have to be rolled onto their sides – and Daniel is grateful to Broomfield Hall for letting him practise his shearing technique.
He said: “The Broomfield Hall college and facilities are lovely and my lecturers have been great. They helped me achieve the best grade I could. They never failed to teach us something new every lesson and gave us valuable life knowledge. I’m lucky to have had them teaching and mentoring me as they’ve enabled me to start my next adventure in life.”
Daniel is keen to return to College to talk to students about his time there and has offered to help shear Broomfield’s alpacas next year.
As well as two “brilliant” college trips to the Zetor tractor factory in the Czech Republic, Daniel also listed the “togetherness” of the agriculture students as one of the highlights of College life.
He added: “Although we were taught separately, students doing levels 1, 2 and 3 mixed with each other. Broomfield Hall felt like one big family and I think that’s important in an education establishment.”
“The Broomfield Hall college and facilities are lovely and my lecturers have been great. They helped me achieve the best grade I could. They never failed to teach us something new every lesson and gave us valuable life knowledge. I’m lucky to have had them teaching and mentoring me as they’ve enabled me to start my next adventure in life.”
