pitchcare TRAINING & education Dale Valley Training - a Pitchcare Training Partner
Jill Heal founded Dale Valley Training in 2005 on a part time basis, never imagining that just over two years later the business would be far from part time! Since then she has built a strong reputation for always going the extra mile to ensure that her customers’ training requirements are met in a manner that best suits their business and within their often limited budget.
The company is a LANTRA registered training organisation and takes prides in offering quality training courses to horticultural, amenity and agricultural companies in the South of England, with an emphasis on compliance with Health and Safety legislation. Courses can be held on site, which reduces travel costs for the customer. Often businesses do not have the resources to allow all of their staff to attend a course at the same time so Jill will source external candidates to enable the course to be held twice, so that the hosting company only loses a percentage of their staff during each session,
thereby reducing their costs.
Dale Valley
Training instructor, Richard Keast, ensures
the candidates are armed with, not just the knowledge they need to pass their assessments, but a well-rounded understanding of how the use of pesticides affects their every day working lives, as well as the land to which
they are applied. He always ensures that candidates understand their duties under the law and the need for everyone involved with pesticide use to work to the very highest standards of health and safety. This includes the handling, storage and application of pesticides and, if necessary, supervising others to do the same. The candidates who attend Richard’s course have an impressive pass rate, and as you will see in our photograph, they also enjoy Richard’s intensive but informative style.
It is a legal requirement for operators to have a certificate of competence. Operators are not able to use spray equipment until they achieve the PA1 Safe Use of Pesticides qualification plus the appropriate module relating to the equipment that they will use, eg PA6 for Hand Held
Applicators, PA2 for Boom Sprayers etc. All Dale Valley Training pesticide and vermin control courses are registered with the National Register of Sprayer Operatives (NRoSO), a voluntary central register of sprayer operatives, which promotes
Above: Richard Keast, Dale Valley Training's chief instructor, with a group of Safe Use of Pesticides PA6 candidates. Richard makes sure that candidates take the course seriously and dress in their PPE as if they are actually spraying, even when they are training.
professional development and best practice. The scheme can also provide operators who spray using “Grandfather Rights” with a record of training. Members of NRoSO can claim 12 CPD points per training course towards the required 30 necessary to maintain membership over a 3-year period, which is particularly useful for operators using their Grandfather Rights.
The cost of pesticide training and loss of man hours whilst the employee is off site is more than outweighed by the benefits of formal training. The employer has a record of the training undertaken to demonstrate that the company has a responsible attitude regarding health and safety, a legal requirement when your operatives are using spraying equipment. A trained operator will reduce spraying costs though efficient spraying and will complete his tasks with confidence and speed. The employer can be confident that their operators understand the risks associated with the storage of chemicals and spraying and therefore avoid environmental damage or an industrial accident.
HEALTH & SAFETY AND RISK ASSESSMENT Calling all Lantra instructors…
The next Lantra Awards Health & Safety and Risk Assessment training course for Lantra instructors will be held in Yorkshire from 30 June to 3 July 2008 inclusive.
With the ever increasing demand for quality assurance standards to be raised this course is an excellent way for Lantra Awards instructors to ensure they are up to date and refreshed in all round health and safety, targeted specifically at the land based sector and related sectors. The course offers dual certification: ITA and Vocational Qualification. There are 2 parts to the VQ, including a work based assignment which can be applicable to your own workplace. Lantra Awards provides a fully comprehensive package of resource materials. There is a practical day of risk assessment on the fourth day. For those instructors who may wish to go on to teach Health and Safety at Level 2 or above this course and the qualification is an essential requirement by Lantra Awards.
Excellent hospitality and food in Yorkshire awaits you, the venue is easy to find and there are some very reasonable B & B’s nearby.
The cost of the course will be £715.00 + VAT for the integrated training and assessment.
The vocational qualification fee will be £156.00 + VAT including (£30) centre administration fees.
For those instructors who have not recently updated their own manual handling skills there will be an optional extra day of manual handling training. This is offered to all instructors as we are aware that everyone is involved in activities which include manual handling. We would encourage instructors to take up this opportunity for their own benefit as
well as for the well-being of those whom you instruct. To book your place, e-mail
chris@pitchcare.com as soon as possible to help with organisation of this event, and by 20th May latest.
‘EARLY BIRD’ OPPORTUNITY!
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