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£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...
Lucy Taylor
 

Women and Work 2011-12: Supporting Women’s Skills Across the UK

6/27/2011 5:46 AM EST  -   Lantra
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Five hundred women working in land-based industries across the UK will continue to benefit from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project, as it has been extended for a fifth year.

Women and Work has already helped 1212 businesses and 3,250 women to increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Not only that, for the first time ever, this project is open to...
Joshua Bunton, winner of the Game and Wildlife Learner of the Year award
 

Crieff Gamekeeper wins award

3/7/2011 5:19 AM EST  -   Lantra
Joshua Bunton was named as ‘Game and Wildlife Learner of the Year’ at the eighth annual Lantra Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year awards ceremony, and was among the winners who met the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead.
Nominated by the North Highland College, 18 year old Joshua from Dowald in Crieff is studying for a Higher National Certificate in Gamekeeping...

Time is ticking for Land-based and Aquaculture Learner nominations

11/1/2010 6:17 AM EST  -   Lantra
With only two weeks left, Lantra Sector Skills Council is calling you to nominate your top Scottish Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year.
These special awards aim to recognise and reward those learners who have demonstrated a real commitment to training and professional development – anyone can put forward a candidate: employers, training providers, colleges, schools and universities and can you...

Gunning to be a game and wildlife apprentice

10/28/2010 5:42 AM EST  -   Lantra
Crossing the border to become a game and wildlife apprentice is now a thing of the past as colleges in Wales are now running this Apprenticeship.
Previously only available at colleges in England, apprentices can now get this training at Llandrillo’s Glynllifon campus.

Game and wildlife apprentice Mark Casey from Anglesey Shooting and Fishing at Glynllifon College said: “I’m very happy with the Apprenticeship...

Search begins for Scotland’s top Game and Wildlife Learners

9/8/2010 2:53 PM EST  -   Lantra
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries is calling for nominations for its eighth Scottish ‘Lantra Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year’ awards.
Lantra is urging employers, training providers, colleges, universities and schools to nominate employees or students who have shown outstanding commitment to training through their hard work and determination.

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Teaming up to learn about game and wildlife employer needs

8/18/2010 10:10 AM EST  -   Lantra
Lantra staff recently accompanied Danny Logue from Skills Development Scotland on a tour visiting employers across Scotland to see first-hand the skills issues facing both employers and employees in the sector.
Willie Fergusson, Lantra’s Director for Scotland said: “Skills Development Scotland work with Lantra on many different levels, and are the main sponsor of Lantra’s Land-based Learner of the Year Awards....

COMPETITION SEEKS TOP LEARNERS FROM THE GAME AND WILDLIFE WORLD

8/9/2010 9:44 AM EST  -   Lantra
The best students drawn from the game and wildlife world are set to compete in Lantra’s Welsh Land-based Learner of the Year Award.
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based industries, has called for nominations for its annual awards to recognise those developing their skills.

Kevin Thomas, Lantra’s National Director for Wales, said: “These awards honour the best gamekeepers Wales...

REVISED GAME AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT APPRENTICESHIP FRAMEWORKS LAUNCHED

8/3/2010 8:34 AM EST  -   Lantra
Lantra Sector Skills Council has announced today (3 August) that revised Apprenticeship frameworks for game and wildlife management have been published and are now available to use.
Over the past year, Lantra has undertaken an extensive review with businesses, other industry professionals and training providers to review the game and wildlife management Apprenticeships and ensure they are kept relevant and...

OPENING DOORS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

7/7/2010 9:27 AM EST  -   Lantra
Current economic conditions are tough on businesses everywhere, so to help those working within Wales’ environmental and land-based industries, Lantra Sector Skills Council is throwing open the doors of its Builth Wells office during the Royal Welsh Show (July 19-22).
Industry experts, training providers and staff from the Farming Connect Skills Development Programme are working together so that the show’s...