Duration: 4 - 5 meetings per season
Field walks organised throughout the growing season (8.30 –10.30 am) together with classroom
sessions over the winter period covering soil management, crop nutrition, growth and development of plants. Environmental, bio-diversity and cross-compliance issues.
Who is this course for? Spray operators and farm staff
Instructor/Trainee Ratio: Max: 1:12 Min 1:6
Course Content: Basic principles of weed, pest and diseases control
(Recognition, thresholds and control measures)
-Disease control
-Pest control
-Weed control
Cereal pests and diseases, Oilseed rape pests and diseases, Pea and bean pests and diseases, Soil management, Crop nutrition, Growth and development of the individual plant, Crop growth & development
BASIS + NRoSO CPD Points
