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Location: Broomfield Hall
Years: 1
Weeks: 1
Hours: 14.00
Start: Roll On Roll Off - Contact Us
Days / Times: Contact Us
Tuition (£): 255.00*
Exams (£): 90.00**
Interview: N
Course Summary
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to prepare and use an ATV safely.
Entry requirements
The minimum age for candidates taking this course is 16 years.
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Course Content
The course will cover:
- Comply with legal requirements, with an emphasis on safe practice
- Identify the risks associated with using an ATV
- Understand the main causes of accidents
- Identify the controls and components
- Understand the function of all instruments
- Carry out daily and appropriate pre-start checks
- Identify and report any faults
- Operate an ATV safely on a variety of slopes and terrain
- Identify loading/towing capacities
- Drive with loads and trailed equipment
- Load and secure for transport on the road (if appropriate)
- Understand legal and practical requirements for travelling on the public road
How will I be assessed?
There is a formal NPTC assessment, which is taken on a separate day. Tests are organised by NPTC and can be taken at the College or on your own site.
Are there any additional costs or specialist equipment required?
You will be required to supply your own:
- Overalls or tight fitting work clothes with no dangling drawstrings
- Steel toe-capped boots or wellingtons
- Writing materials
- Lunch/refreshments
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 range 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.”
