Short Courses

Professional Development

Harper Adams Professional & Career Development Services provides a one stop source of information on the education and training currently available to employers in the land based and rural sectors.

The following information sets out the opportunities for continuing vocational education, professional development and high level training offered by Britain’s largest land-based sector college.

What can Harper Adams offer you?

Service

A complete staff development analysis and guidance service for companies and individuals enrolled on programmes.

Flexibility

There is no time frame, fixed route or method of learning.

Accessibility

Learning is not restricted to any particular location and can involve specific projects at work.

Qualifications

Your staff can work towards recognised qualifications and be given credit for previous qualifications and experience.

Working with you

Employers can now negotiate a study programme to suit workloads and business needs. Centre staff are able to determine the training needs of your staff and help you select from the many options available to arrive at the most suitable and cost effective form of staff development to suit your business needs.

This can be through a combination of:

  • Short courses
  • Day release and part time attendance of college modules
  • Work based learning
  • Research modules
  • Tailor made courses
  • Independent study
  • Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)
  • Accreditation of Company Short Courses

This means that your staff development needs can be met in a way which is relevant, flexible - in terms of length of time and place and method of delivery, accessible, and cost effective, with the minimum disruption to workloads.

High Quality Provision

Everyone registering with Harper Adams have access to the expertise of our highly qualified specialist staff and to the extensive range of resources and facilities available to full time students. These include the college library, computer centre, laboratories, machinery workshops and the farm enterprises.

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Short courses coming up in the next three months:

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2010
Course Title
16th February
These courses are all designed to prepare candidates for the Assessment of Professional Competence of the RICS.
17th February
On completion of this course, delegates will have gained, understanding and awareness of the significance and use of farm financial accounts; skills and awareness in assessing/appraising the financial performance of the farm business; awareness of th...
3rd March
On completion of this course, delegates will have gained awareness of human needs and motivations, skills and awareness in designing high productivity jobs and work environments, skills and awareness in applying motivational staff techniques, skills ...
9th - 11th March
This course is available to all FACTS (Fertiliser Advisers Certification and Training Scheme) Qualified Advisers (FQAs) from 2010 onwards. Current FQAs will need to complete this training course by December 2014 if they are to retain their FQA statu...
9th March
These courses are all designed to prepare candidates for the Assessment of Professional Competence of the RICS.
16th March
These courses are all designed to prepare candidates for the Assessment of Professional Competence of the RICS.
17th March
This course is designed for farmers, advisers, bankers, accountants, land agents and managers who are involved in the preparation of plans, budgets and cash flows to monitor and enhance business performance.
18th March
Countryside Interpretation for Community Environments is designed for those involved with the management of small to medium size areas of recreational, heritage or conservation land and who are operating within small budgets. The course aims to stim...
23rd March
This short course is aimed to respond and meet the increasing challenges of a changing rural sector, where positioning your business really does make a difference
12th - 16th April
Following the introduction of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005, enrolments of new SQPs are now being accepted by AMTRA. Most students will find it highly advantageous to undertake an agreed programme of study to enable them to succee...
13th April
This course is designed for farmers, land owners and managers, local authority and conservation organisation staff, prospective woodland owners. On completion of this course delegates will have gained awareness and knowledge of the main UK woodland ...
15th April
These courses are all designed to prepare candidates for the Assessment of Professional Competence of the RICS.
19th - 23rd April
As a result of this course, participants will be able to:Understand the principal husbandry requirements of farm livestock and companion animals; understand basic animal physiology and nutrition and their manipulation; understand the causes and the ...
19th - 23rd April
This course is designed for field, sales and technical staff, professional consultants, advisers and representatives working in the crop protection industry. It will also be of value to managers of crop protection products and farmers of any large ar...
19th - 23rd April
This course is designed for field, sales and technical staff, professional consultants, advisers and representatives working in the crop protection industry. It will also be of value to managers of crop protection products and farmers of any large ar...
19th April
This course is designed for professional consultants, advisers and representatives in the agricultural and the agri-food industries. It is also of value to the managers of crop protection products and farmers. This course has been developed for BASIS...
19th - 22nd April
As a result of this course, participants will be able to: Fully understand the role of fertilisers in food production and make recommendations that are agronomically, economically and environmentally sound.
20th - 21st April
Following the introduction of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2005, enrolments of new SQPs are now being accepted by AMTRA. Most students will find it highly advantageous to undertake an agreed programme of study to enable them to succee...
20th April
These courses are all designed to prepare candidates for the Assessment of Professional Competence of the RICS.
21st April
Risk identification and management is designed for farmers, advisers, land agents, managers, bankers, administrators and academics
27th April
As a result of this course, participants will be able to: Fully understand the role of fertilisers in food production and make recommendations that are agronomically, economically and environmentally sound.
28th April
Care Farming combines care of the land with care of people and uses farms, woodlands and market gardens as a base for promoting mental and physical health through farming activities.
29th April
Equine law for the equine businesses, professional advisers with equine business clients and the keen amateur rider, competitor and event organiser.
6th - 7th May
As a result of this course, participants will be able to:Understand the principal husbandry requirements of farm livestock and companion animals; understand basic animal physiology and nutrition and their manipulation; understand the causes and the ...

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