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Horticultural Course - Fast Track
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Horticultural Course - Fast Track

Cumbria
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Short Course In person

Overview

Fast Track Horticultural Course. This course is designed for someone who would like a career in the horticultural industry and it is designed to give you a great start into the horticultural world. Most of your training & assessments in one go without wasting months or even years waiting for the next training course or assessment.

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Horticultural Course - Fast Track

We will train you to over and above the following NPTC standards and will provide successful candidates with 6 City & Guilds/NPTC awards and 3 Lantra awards:

At a glance

  • LANTRA First aid + Forestry Certificate
  • LANTRA Chainsaw Cross-cut & Maintenance
  • LANTRA Pedestrian Lawn Mowers
  • NPTC Safe Use of Brushwood chipper
  • NPTC Safe Use of Brushcutters and Trimmers
  • NPTC Safe Use of Handheld Hedge Cutters
  • NPTC Safe Use of Powered Pole Pruner
  • NPTC Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides (PA1)
  • NPTC Safe Application of Pesticides using Hand Held Equipment (PA6)
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