Whether it's a career in agriculture or countryside management, we provide expertise and practical training within a unique working farm environment.
Our newest building, the £1.9m Livestock Technology Centre, provides opportunities to use the latest developments in agritech in state-of-the-art facilities.
It could be helping with lambing, calving and farrowing, or using the high-tech Shearwell electronic tagging and ID systems to track live data in the Livestock Technology Centre.
There's a lot of work to be done around the rearing and selling of the production animals at the farm, including visiting local farmers and livestock markets; you'll be involved at every stage, gaining a better understanding of the whole process.
If countryside management is more your thing, gain the fundamentals behind undertaking wildlife surveys, setting up camera traps and pond dipping, and how to use estate maintenance equipment like strimmers and ride-on lawnmowers.
Dreaming bigger? Then learn how to drive tractors and hitch-up trailers or earn your chainsaw ticket for a future as a tree surgeon.
Agriculture Research Officer
Conservationist
Estate Manager
Farm Manager
General Farmworker
Livestock Manager/Worker
Tractor Operative
Wildlife Warden
School Leaver EFCP100P
This one year, full-time Level 1 Landbased course combines practical agriculture, countryside and environment and animal experiences on the Common Leys farm along with theory to cover key concepts. You will get to work with a range of animals to incl...
School Leaver EFCM116P
This is a one year, Level 2 course designed to give you an excellent introduction to working in agriculture. The course has a good balance of theory and practical modules to help you learn and practice the skills needed to work in the farming industr...
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