Employment Based Training

Using training credits to fund your training

If you are resident in Devon & Cornwall, training credits will be issued by Prosper. Training credits can help you obtain the training you need; they will pay training costs, and will contribute towards travel and accommodation costs. Training is based mainly in the workplace (Employment Based Training), where you will gain the level of skill required by national industry standards, and will work towards a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ). This qualification will be recognised if you change jobs.

NVQ's prove to employers your level of competence to do the job. Employment Based Training will be enhanced by residential block courses held at Bicton College where you will be taught the technical aspects of your NVQ. Your individual training plan, which will be reviewed every few months with your employer in the workplace, will help you plan your training and monitor your progress.

Bicton currently offers the following Employment Based Training schemes (please turn to the appropriate pages to read more about these courses):

Agriculture

Fish Husbandry

Sport and Recreation

Environmental Conservation

Gamekeeping

Service Engineering (agricultural machinery or garden machinery)

Horse Care & Management

Animal Care

Commercial Horticulture

Amenity Horticulture

Floristry

You can start training through training credits at any time of the year.

Modern Apprenticeships

Modern Apprenticeships are an option with training credits and offer an exciting new path for you. They have been devised by the industry in which you work to develop you into the managers and technicians of the future, by providing a framework offering a range of career paths, including access to higher education.

Modern Apprenticeships offer you and your employer a more demanding training option, which includes an NVQ to Level III, as well as training in key skills such as information technology, communication and application of number.

We currently run Modern Apprenticeships in:

Agriculture

Service Engineering

Commercial Horticulture

Floristry

Amenity Horticulture

Others will be available soon, so please contact us for the latest information on what is available.

How do I join Employment Based Training?

If you already have an employer, please return the Application Form to us; we will then contact you and your employer and arrange to visit both of you in your place of work. We will carry out a safety inspection, answer questions and commence your training. If you do not already have an employer, please return the application form and we will help you find one.

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