KWS are hosting the following event at Thriplow on 26th March. Please contact us for details of cost and further information. (12 Basis points)
• Practical impacts of the European Parliament decision on
pesticide authorisation.
• Implications of the High Court decision in favour of Georgina
Downs V's DEFRA regarding the protection of neighbouring land users from
pesticide drift, and the subsequent decision by DEFRA to appeal the
against the ruling.
• New NVZ rules and forthcoming Revised RB209 - the implications
for fertiliser use.
• Agronomy and crop protection challenges of the 2008/9 season so
far.
• Spring crop protection decisions in combinable crops.
Time will also be allowed to cover other issues that arise from
individuals.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Do You Need a Database?
When I started with CATraining 3 years ago a new "Training Database" had just been purchased. It was supposed to be the answer to all our problems.
Three years later and we are emerging from the nightmare of our database. As some of you may have discovered certificates for courses have arrived late and notifications have been inconsistent.
I apologise but the reason is quite simple. We were trying to let the system run us rather than vice versa. While I have been grappling with the database from hell, Su has diligently been sorting out the paperwork in the time honoured way.
We now have a solution, the customer and paperwork drives the computer, not vice versa! Make no mistake we need the computer to do the number crunching and remind us when we need to let you know about certificate expiry or where that missing certificate is but all this comes from the efficient filing of course paperwork.
So looking to the future we now have a system that works on all levels and for your benefit. We also now understand databases and Microsoft Access back to front so if you think you need to understand databases or that your Excel speadsheet doesn't do quite what you want it to do call us we might just be able to help.
Three years later and we are emerging from the nightmare of our database. As some of you may have discovered certificates for courses have arrived late and notifications have been inconsistent.
I apologise but the reason is quite simple. We were trying to let the system run us rather than vice versa. While I have been grappling with the database from hell, Su has diligently been sorting out the paperwork in the time honoured way.
We now have a solution, the customer and paperwork drives the computer, not vice versa! Make no mistake we need the computer to do the number crunching and remind us when we need to let you know about certificate expiry or where that missing certificate is but all this comes from the efficient filing of course paperwork.
So looking to the future we now have a system that works on all levels and for your benefit. We also now understand databases and Microsoft Access back to front so if you think you need to understand databases or that your Excel speadsheet doesn't do quite what you want it to do call us we might just be able to help.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Working at Heights Course Relaunch
Another busy week for us with news of developments we will be bringing you over the coming weeks. Thinking about it, where has the week gone??
What I want to talk today about is our relaunch of the Working at Heights Course Package. For the last 18 months we have been running courses to complement the Lantra Awards Working @ Heights Risk Assessment Certificate. With the experience of those 18 months we have redesigned our presentation and materials. We can also target the course to particular customer requirements through the development of a number of specialist modules. Utilising animations, new graphics, video and revised handouts we now have a product that we feel really delivers the important bits about Working at Heights in an entertaining and practical way.
Oh, and to deliver this and our other materials we have upgraded our presentation system to include a High Definition Projection system so our customers can see and benefit from the improved presentation we have designed to go with this course. All this at the same cost as last year - remember if you are a member of CATraining your discount has increased from 5 to 10% for the course, (certification excluded)
(We can provide this as a CATraining course (Lantra Awards registered) or provide it as a course c/w Lantra Awards registered instructor to other training providers - see dates opposite for our own Lantra Awards registered courses)
What I want to talk today about is our relaunch of the Working at Heights Course Package. For the last 18 months we have been running courses to complement the Lantra Awards Working @ Heights Risk Assessment Certificate. With the experience of those 18 months we have redesigned our presentation and materials. We can also target the course to particular customer requirements through the development of a number of specialist modules. Utilising animations, new graphics, video and revised handouts we now have a product that we feel really delivers the important bits about Working at Heights in an entertaining and practical way.
Oh, and to deliver this and our other materials we have upgraded our presentation system to include a High Definition Projection system so our customers can see and benefit from the improved presentation we have designed to go with this course. All this at the same cost as last year - remember if you are a member of CATraining your discount has increased from 5 to 10% for the course, (certification excluded)
(We can provide this as a CATraining course (Lantra Awards registered) or provide it as a course c/w Lantra Awards registered instructor to other training providers - see dates opposite for our own Lantra Awards registered courses)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
New Course announced -Practical Risk Assessment
New for 2009. CA Training Ltd - Practical Guide to Risk Assessments.
After talking about accident prevention in our last post here is one of the ways we hope to help in our aim to reduce injury and accidental death at work.
We already run a 1 day Health and Safety at Work in Agriculture and Horticulture (Lantra Accredited) Course. We are now launching our own One Day Practical Guide to Risk Assessment Course.
This consists of a morning outlining what you need to know and how to perform basic Risk Assessments. The afternoon is then a practical session where you undertake a Risk Assessment based on your own business using your knowledge and the information supplied in the morning.
Ideally suited to small businesses both landbased and others. Coupled with the Lantra 1 day Health and Safety Awareness Course this provides the ideal start to a good grounding in meeting your Health and Safety responsibilities at work.
Next Course dates:
Tuesday 20th January
Thursday 12th February
After talking about accident prevention in our last post here is one of the ways we hope to help in our aim to reduce injury and accidental death at work.
We already run a 1 day Health and Safety at Work in Agriculture and Horticulture (Lantra Accredited) Course. We are now launching our own One Day Practical Guide to Risk Assessment Course.
This consists of a morning outlining what you need to know and how to perform basic Risk Assessments. The afternoon is then a practical session where you undertake a Risk Assessment based on your own business using your knowledge and the information supplied in the morning.
Ideally suited to small businesses both landbased and others. Coupled with the Lantra 1 day Health and Safety Awareness Course this provides the ideal start to a good grounding in meeting your Health and Safety responsibilities at work.
Next Course dates:
Tuesday 20th January
Thursday 12th February
Sunday, November 2, 2008
No, not more statistics!
You will probably have heard or seen in the media the latest figures on injuries and deaths in the workplace. Land based industry achieves another record as making it one of the most popular places to kill or injure yourself. If you want the actual figures you can click HERE for the HSE summary and further link to the detailed statistics. What I want to write about today is not statistics but people. Behind all those numbers, trends and graphs are people who have lost a member of their family or been involved in an accident themselves.
One of the sad things for us is that we are often contacted after an accident to train others in a business to prevent further accidents. This isn't the sort of training we enjoy. Most accidents as the HSE will tell you are in a number of key areas - there are only so many ways to kill yourself.
So that is great - we've talked about it. What are we going to do? Well over the coming weeks we are starting an overhaul on the information on our web-site. The first stage will be to detail the main safety related courses. We will be looking at who they are aimed at, what they cover and most importantly what we see as the benefit to you of each of those courses and why you should attend.
Maybe between us we can kick a hole in those statistics.
One of the sad things for us is that we are often contacted after an accident to train others in a business to prevent further accidents. This isn't the sort of training we enjoy. Most accidents as the HSE will tell you are in a number of key areas - there are only so many ways to kill yourself.
So that is great - we've talked about it. What are we going to do? Well over the coming weeks we are starting an overhaul on the information on our web-site. The first stage will be to detail the main safety related courses. We will be looking at who they are aimed at, what they cover and most importantly what we see as the benefit to you of each of those courses and why you should attend.
Maybe between us we can kick a hole in those statistics.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
How we help our members
This week I have been visiting a number of our members and helping them access the Women in Work training scheme (£400 funded out of £650 training per person). We have accessed potentially £6000 for our members this week. Not all that training will be supplied by CATraining Ltd. We just do not have a breadth of access to cover everything - and when that is the case we will say and try and point people in the right direction.
We are also asked why, if we are not getting the business are we putting effort into this project. To confirm, we do not get any commission or referral fees. The reason we do it is quite simple we are historically the organisation that landbased industries in the area should come to about their training needs. We hope that by charging a nominal membership fee we can cover the cost of researching identifying and helping our member customers on an impartial basis.
To follow on from that we are trying to see what benefit their is from the latest government statement on training- see this statement - we hope it may make Train to Gain easier for you to access but at present we don't know. We will announce any news we find out here first.
If you want to hear our latest news and you understand these things then subscribe to our RSS feed at the bottom of this page.
Chris
We are also asked why, if we are not getting the business are we putting effort into this project. To confirm, we do not get any commission or referral fees. The reason we do it is quite simple we are historically the organisation that landbased industries in the area should come to about their training needs. We hope that by charging a nominal membership fee we can cover the cost of researching identifying and helping our member customers on an impartial basis.
To follow on from that we are trying to see what benefit their is from the latest government statement on training- see this statement - we hope it may make Train to Gain easier for you to access but at present we don't know. We will announce any news we find out here first.
If you want to hear our latest news and you understand these things then subscribe to our RSS feed at the bottom of this page.
Chris
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
October - back from the fields
Judging by the amounts of e-mails and telephone calls a lot of our customers are catching up with work outside and thinking about training programmes for the winter and spring. With the recent events and uncertainty in the financial world it seems that many people are taking the view that a well trained team will mean they are better placed for the future.
We have been taking a look at some of our traditional courses and updating the materials used to present them. Those attending our Manual Handling and Forklift/Telescopic courses will start to see a fresh look as we move away from some of those older training films. Despite going to industry for sponsorship we have had to fund this directly ourselves and we offer a big thank you to those businesses that have allowed us access to their premises to film. We like to think that by providing modern up to date situations for our courses we are helping present training that is relevant to your business in 2008 not 1988!
Our printed newsletter has just been mailed out along with a letter for our members updating on what we have and what we plan to get up to.
For the most up to date information on course availability we are continuing to update the list to the right of this post. When I have sorted out the technology we will have a full calender available on line as well to show which courses are available and when.
We have been taking a look at some of our traditional courses and updating the materials used to present them. Those attending our Manual Handling and Forklift/Telescopic courses will start to see a fresh look as we move away from some of those older training films. Despite going to industry for sponsorship we have had to fund this directly ourselves and we offer a big thank you to those businesses that have allowed us access to their premises to film. We like to think that by providing modern up to date situations for our courses we are helping present training that is relevant to your business in 2008 not 1988!
Our printed newsletter has just been mailed out along with a letter for our members updating on what we have and what we plan to get up to.
For the most up to date information on course availability we are continuing to update the list to the right of this post. When I have sorted out the technology we will have a full calender available on line as well to show which courses are available and when.
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