Pre-apprentices ready to start their placements

Pre-apprentices ready to start their placements

by | Jul 11, 2024 | News

The 2024 Land-based Pre-apprenticeship got underway last month (June) with 28 young trainees completing a four-day block induction at the Scottish Rural College (SRUC) at Craibstone. They are now set to start their six-month employment placements with mentor...
Help needed with first step into forestry

Help needed with first step into forestry

by | Jul 11, 2024 | News

With a vast area of Scottish forests to manage and monitor, there is an urgent need to grow the next generation of skilled foresters. And we need businesses to help young people experience the real world of forestry work and decide to forge a career there. And whether...
Pre-apprentices get into gear with tractor training

Pre-apprentices get into gear with tractor training

by | Jun 17, 2024 | News

This year’s crop of Land-based Pre-apprentices are revving up ahead of starting their training. Despite not formally starting until the end of the month, the budding teenage farmers have already started their tractor driver training in small groups as the programme...
Mentor appeal to offer first step into farming

Mentor appeal to offer first step into farming

by | Apr 23, 2024 | News

“You were young yourself once!” It’s not the only reason Pre-apprenticeship mentor farmer David Smith from Auchnagatt offers placements to promising young people but it’s a good one. Applications are now closed for this year’s Land-based Pre-apprenticeship so...