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Hello Everyone, If you 've not seen it feel free to take a look and pass it around! CLICK HERE See you soon, Vanessa TKF Training 01484 685114

We have secured funding for some Level 3 Chainsaw Courses. The funding has been made available to TKF Training via DEFRA and the Rural Development Programme for England. A maximum of 60% of the course fee will be claimed through this route and is open to people meeting the criteria and working in the forestry/woodland management industries. City & Guilds (NPTC) Level 3 Award in Fell and Process Trees Over 380mm Cost Before Funding: £433.95 Cost inc VAT with Funding: £233.58 Price is per person. City & Guilds (NPTC) Level 3 Award in Severing Uprooted & Windblown Trees Cost Before Funding: £433.95 Cost inc VAT with Funding: £213.58 Price is per person. City & Guilds (NPTC) Level 3 Award in Preparing & Agreeing Emergency Treework Operations plus Emergency Treework Operations Cost Before Funding: £563.95 Cost inc VAT with Funding: £285.58 Price is per person City & Guilds (NPTC) Level 3 Award in Assisted felling Cost Before Funding: £433.95 Cost inc VAT with Funding: £213.58 Price is per person You will need to provide evidence of working in the industry and places are limited. We do need you to register your interest so that we can try to fit you in!! CALL NOW: 01484 685114 Other courses and more information is on our website, visit now. Hope to hear from you soon, Vanessa

We have secured funding for the Professional Tree Inspection course. This has been made available to TKF Training via DEFRA and the Rural Development Programme for England. A maximum of 60% of the course fee will be claimed through this route and is open to people meeting the criteria and working in the forestry/woodland management industries. LANTRA Professional Tree Inspection Cost Before Funding: £291.67 Cost including VAT with funding: £175.00 Duration 3 days Price is per person. Dates: 3rd to 5th March Venue: TKF Training Centre, Cross Gate Road, Holmfirth, HD9 1SL You will need to provide evidence of working in the industry and places are limited. We do need you to register your interest so that we can try to fit you in!! CALL NOW: 01484 685114 Other courses and more information is on our website, visit now. Hope to hear from you soon, Vanessa

Really well done Harvey ... Next time you are over here feel free to call in to the office and say hi to everyone! As always we're just at the end of a phone or email if you need anything from us Vanessa 01484 685114

Depending on your circumstances you can ask at your local Job Centre Plus. Sometimes the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) will provide funding Good Luck Vanessa

a couple of photos - distinctive landrover and trailer if anyone spots it. They contained everything of value to the family including brand new climbing kit, saws, laptops, camera, tool chest, several ppe kits etc..... They'd be very grateful for any info.

we have funding for people who are facing redundancy/made redundant, in the Yorkshire & Humber region, or who are unemployed in the South Yorkshire region. Various packages of courses are available, most popular so far includes a Lantra chainsaw course, Lantra Brushcutter, Lantra Woodchipper, City & Guilds (NPTC) PA1 & 6a plus ILM Customer Service. Some further information can be viewed on the funding pages on our website, or try the TKF Training Office on 01484 685114.

we had a family travelled from Ireland attend training with us this week doing the new version of CS38/39. They departed today for the ferry and stopped by the Yorkshire Show to kill some time. Their Landrover Crewcab, including box trailer with roof mountent tent, climbing kits, was stolen from the show ground car park this evening. Very distinctive vehicle and trailer, both in dark green. I think the vehicle is on 02 Limerick plate. On the off chance anyone spots it, the family would be extremely grateful for any info. Thanks. Jonny 07795 840428 [email protected]

hello Paul, we can do the Lantra EFAW with a +F. We have a course developed for arborists/utility arborists/foresters including content on the types of injuries we may occur within the industry. Several TKF staff are needing manual handling training, so the scheduled EFAW course on 26th is just the standard Lantra EFAW, but will also include manual handling training. I'll pass on your regards to Tim. All the best. Jonny

Tony, the cost is £82.15 ex vat (£95.55 inc vat). For info attached is the Lantra course description. In addition to the EFAW 6 hour content, we're also including manual handling training. So the cost includes Lantra EFAW with Certificate of Training plus photo skills i.d. card, and TKF Certificate of Training for manual handling. If there's any queries you can reach us at the office on 01484 685114 and we'll be glad to try and help. Lantra Emergency First Aid at Work.pdf

Hi All, it's got to that time of year when the Staff at TKF are renewing their First Aid. If anyone else needs to do this one day LANTRA course it's on the 26th June at the Training Centre and we will also cover Manual Handling and provide a certificate in with the price Let us know if you're interested: 01484 685114 [email protected]

Hi Syd, TKF can offer you Business Start Up Training with and Institute of Leadership Management Qualification. We also run all of the above courses and depending on your location and circumstances we may be able to help with funding!! Feel free to give us a call - 01484 685114

TKF has 20 years of experience in the land based sector and have a proven track record for delivering quality training courses. Having been fortunate to access funding by partnering with Barnsley College and via DEFRA we can now make this available to you !! The Barnsley College route is open to people living in the Yorkshire and Humber areas. This has been put in place to provide support to those who are under threat of redundancy, have been made redundant or are unemployed. These packaged courses are fully funded and will include a mix of qualifications ... Click here for more information The funding made available via LANTRA and DEFRA and the Rural Development Programme for England. The scheme is open to people working in the forestry/woodland management industries and will fund 60% of the course fee per person for eligible candidates. Information relating to eligibility can be found at www.lantra.co.uk/RDPE while information on the courses run by TKF are available on our website ... click here. This project is supported by the Rural Development Programmed for England (RDPE) for which Defra is the Managing Authority, part funded (or financed) by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development; Europe investing in rural areas. This is an opportunity not to be missed !! Feel free to call - 01484 685114 or email for more information [email protected]

Jamesd - whereabouts are you? We deliver Business Start Up qualifications, one of our tutors has been a small business advisor most of his career. He advised me last week of a scheme he's involved with, along with Barclays and the Chamber of Commerce. This is a scheme for people in your position where you can access funding for 10 hours of mentoring with an independent business advisor to help you prepare your business plans and assist you working with banks to access loans and/or funding for your business. Whilst he's delivering mentoring in Yorkshire, he told me it's a nationwide scheme.

No, there's no requirement to re-sit anything you already have. The new Level 2 & 3 awards were made available by City & Guilds (NPTC) last month and will replace the 'CS' type qualifications. To our knowledge 'CS' type qualifications will remain available until May 2013. Lantra also have equivalent Level 2 & 3 awards available.

City & Guilds (NPTC) have just released the latest issue of their Outlook Magazine. This issue has information on their new chainsaw awards which are replacing the 'CS' type qualifications. Also information on 'Independent' and 'Integrated Assessment'. http://www.nptc.org.uk/assets/documents/bc8c7429c1f34392b89f0290a71d6b12.pdf Outlook Magazine.pdf

In addition to the City & Guilds (NPTC) option, Lantra Awards recently released a Level 4 Award in 'Through Examination of Arboricultural Lifting Equipment'. The Lantra course is available as Integrated Training and Assessment. Some of their course info attached. TKF Lantra LOLER qualification.pdf TKF Lantra LOLER Training.pdf

City & Guilds (NPTC) factsheet detailing the new Level 2 & 3 Awards, plus their relationship with 'CS' type qualifcations should be attached. These new awards were released last month. To our knowledge CS qualifications will remain available until May 2013. Level 2 & 3 Awards are also available through Lantra. TKF CG Chainsaw Level 2-3 Learner Guide A4 2Pg HR.pdf

Hopefully attached should be the City & Guilds (NPTC) Learner Guide which details the new Level 2 & 3 Awards plus how the current CS type units relate to them. Current CS type will remain available until May next year. If the attachment doesn't work, give us a call at the TKF office on 01484 685114 and I'll email a copy. TKF CG Chainsaw Level 2-3 Learner Guide A4 2Pg HR.pdf

there's some additional options from September Lantra Awards UK - New Forestry & Arboriculture Qualifications and Training Courses

Are there any employers who could be interested in offering utility, arboriculture, forestry, or groundcare work experience and/or employment opportunities to our military service leavers? We'd appreciate any potential opportunities. Thank you. [email protected] 01484 685114

Hi there, Thanks for your enquiry We are still looking at tying dates together to accommodate folk so I need to get back to you on this one. However depending on which course(s) you were considering I have included a link in to this post to ELCAS so that you can see the costs and courses we run under this funding scheme. If you need anything else don’t hesitate to get in touch. Enhanced Learning for the Armed Forces

We are very pleased to announce that we have received confirmation from the MOD that we are now approved to deliver UA1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 through the scheme. We are able to offer UA qualifications as a package of training to allow candidates to make best use of their available funding, and provide them with increased opportunities for employment in the utility arboriculture industry. Service leavers can start their resettlement process two years before their leaving date. If they are still in service, candidates may have 20+ days paid resettlement time to attend training plus have their travel and accommodation paid for by the MOD. The scheme allows for funding ‘credits’ to be accessed up to 10 years after leaving service. We hope our package of courses will prove valuable to employers seeking to recruit military service leavers. In addition the package options will be of benefit to ex military personnel who are already employed within arboriculture industry, and still have access to their funding credits. Package options include: • UA1 – 5 Groundsman/Surveyor Option (CS30 & 31 pre-requisites not included) UA1, UA2.1, 2.2 (includes Lantra Tree Survey), UA3, UA4 & UA5 Duration = 14 days • UA1 – 5 Arborist/Surveyor Option (CS30, 31, 38, 39 and 40 pre-requisites not included) UA1, UA2.1, 2.2, 2.3 (includes Lantra Tree Survey), UA3, UA4 & UA5 Duration = 14 days • UA1 & 5 Surveyor Only Option UA1, UA2.1 (includes Lantra Tree Survey), UA3, UA4 & UA5 (includes Lantra Avoidance of Underground Services & Overhead Lines) Duration = 13 days More information will shortly be available on our website TKF Chainsaw Training Courses, Tree Surgery, Pesticide Training, ELCAS Business Management Courses, throughout Yorkshire, UK and Ireland Alternatively if you have any queries on course options and/or cost, please contact Jonny Ripley at the TKF office on 01484 685114 or [email protected] Our candidates are often seeking work experience and employment. We would appreciate hearing from employers who may be able to offer them opportunities. You can take a look at some of our facilities by downloding the PDF attachment TKF-Training-Venue.pdf

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