careers

Get training from outside of your employer to reach your career goals, say farmers who proactively sought to improve their skills and career development. Jez Fredenburgh reports.

This month’s #FarmingCAN campaign theme shows how the industry can deliver rewarding careers. Emily Ashworth and Hannah Binns find out more.

John Deere and training provider ProVQ are to open new apprentice training centre this autumn, at a farm site near Nottinghamshire.

With the 2021 fruit and vegetable season already underway a cross-party committee has criticised the UK Government’s ’last minute approach’ to finalising of its recruitment scheme for overseas seasonal workers.

Farming can plug the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills gap, helping inspire children to take up crucial roles and careers through the lens of food production. 

A vet tech is a herd healthcare paraprofessional, trained to efficiently carry out a range of on-farm tasks, such as administering vaccinations or monitoring youngstock performance.

As British agriculture faces its biggest changes in decades, Tim Price asks what role education will have in shaping farming’s future.

Chloe Hayes, a rural chartered surveyor at Stephensons Rural, explains why she chose her career path and what a typical working day looks like.

Skilled staff are vital to farm business success, but training does not have to mean endless expensive courses for employers to fund. Jez Fredenburgh speaks to a training consultancy specialist to find out what options are out there to benefit both parties.

With Graham’s the Family Dairy one of Scotland’s most iconic food and drink brands, Alex Black spoke to Robert Graham about building the business up from a village milk round