{"id":58831,"date":"2022-12-21T13:50:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=58831"},"modified":"2022-12-21T13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:50:44","slug":"countryside-skills-course-aims-to-help-career-paths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/countryside-skills-course-aims-to-help-career-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Countryside Skills course aims to help career paths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A six-week “Countryside Skills”<\/a> course will be held next month for unemployed people interested in working in the environment and countryside management sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course, which starts on Tuesday 10 January, has been developed by community interest company Running Deer<\/a> and is funded through our Natural Capital Challenge Fund (NCCF), which was created to stimulate the county\u2019s post-Covid recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is one of six projects funded through the NCCF to support job and skills creation in the natural capital sector, while improving and safeguarding the county\u2019s environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course will be delivered from locations near Moretonhampstead, with some practical sessions on Dartmoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will cover a number of subject areas including practical training in environmental conservation, woodland management, hand tool use and maintenance, establishing and protecting habitats, woodland and field surveys and tree planting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jo Winterburn, Managing Director of Running Deer, said:<\/strong> \u201cOur Countryside Skills project is providing opportunities for so many people who are facing barriers to work, which is exactly what the Nature Capital Challenge Fund was intended for. This course is enabling people to train in countryside skills and gain valuable qualifications, and it\u2019s great to receive positive feedback that it\u2019s giving them a purpose and drive again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Cabinet Member for Economic Recovery and Skills, said: <\/p><\/div>\r\n \t\t

\u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see these practical skills being taught in such a vital sector. It\u2019s more important than ever that our countryside and environment is well cared for and well managed. Hopefully this Countryside Skills course can help participants to carve out a new career for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n

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\r\n Councillor Rufus Gilbert, Cabinet Member for Economic Recovery and Skills<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n <\/figure>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\n\n\n

The course is suitable for participants over the age of 18 and is available to people who are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 unemployed workers from the leisure, tourism, food, or farming industry who have been displaced by the Covid-19 pandemic;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 aged between 18 and 24 and not in education, employment, or training (NEET);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 aged 25 and over and have been unemployed and actively seeking work for more than 12 months;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 struggling with other barriers to work such as living in rural isolation, mental or physical health difficulties;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 part of a resettlement programme from the armed services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants in the scheme could gain qualifications in First Aid in the Workplace (Level 3), Health and Safety training (Level 2) and Chainsaw License to Practice 974 & 976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The course times (10am to 3pm) have been designed to coincide with timings of the regular 359 Country Bus from Exeter to Moretonhampstead<\/a> for those who don\u2019t drive. Arrangements can be made to collect students from the bus station in Moretonhampstead and transported to the course locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Natural Capital Challenge Fund supports the wider aims of Team Devon\u2019s Economic Recovery Prospectus and the Devon Carbon Plan; boosting our economy while realising Devon\u2019s Net Zero ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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