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Rural Training Services
- providing opportunity for those wishing to work on the land

Westden Services also acts as a training provider of land based courses. We assist a wide range of people living in rural areas to learn and develop new land based skills. Offering practical training, we aim to broaden skills and knowledge and so enable trainees to earn a viable living in the countryside.

As members of the LANTRA Professional Register we can organise a variety of courses for individuals and businesses that will lead to certification and accreditation and be used as proof of expertise. As a training provider we have organised, among others, the following courses and further details for each course can be accessed by clicking on the information button next to the course name:

 

Why do I need training?
Training is a legal requirement. The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 (PUWER) require employers to provide adequate training and to ensure that employees have received appropriate training. If you are self employed the regulations still apply.

Prices:
Westden Services is a flexible training provider and as a consequence we are able to offer competitive prices.

 

 

Information Button Chainsaw:
Chainsaw maintenance, cross-cutting, safety and felling and small trees.

Information Button 180°/360°/Mini Digger:
Operator safety, excavating controls, bucket operations, driving and 4 in 1 bucket.

Information Button Practical Hedgelaying:
Use of billhooks, pruning saws, bow saws and general maintenance procedures.

Information Button Drystone Stonewalling:
Maintenance techniques, use of materials and legislation.

Information Button Fork Lift/Telehandler:
Operation, maintenance and safety procedures for fork lift and telehandler use.

Information Button Strimmers/Brushcutters:
Maintenance, safety, operator safety and operation techniques.

Information Button Dumpers:
Operating with and without loads, loading procedures, discharging loads

Information Button Pesticides:
PA1, PA2 and PA6 - knapsack sprayers and tractor mounted sprayers

Information Button Emergency First Aid:
Short course identifying and addressing dangers arising in everyday life

Information Button Tractors:
Driving with and without loads, safety procedures

Information Button Ride on Mowers:
Pre start checks, fault reporting, cutting techniques and general operation
Westden, 20 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AY~ Tel: 0845 3455077 - email: info@westden.co.uk
Charity No. 1109617 - - Company No. 4932319
updated April 2008
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