Message from Fiona
I've been working to improve career pathways into the land-based sector for over five years. I established Ruralink and Ruralink Veteran as mutually supporting brands to deliver a range of services to tackle the barriers and gaps which were preventing talented, valuable people entering the sector.
Often, a solution can be found by providing better and better-targeted information and we are working to provide better career information in these pages.
Sometimes though there is a training gap.
These courses have been developed to fill identified training gaps and I am very pleased to be able to offer them to you.
If you are not sure which is right for you, please get in touch.
MAXIMUM 4 PEOPLE PER WORKSHOP
Fiona is delighted to be offering her unique coaching workshop to a wider audience.
Now available in online and in-person events, one-day workshops focussed on each individual to help you identify your career change goals and develop a plan to achieve them.
Suitable for anyone considering a career change. Previous courses have included:
- Nurse looking to take a break from frontline duties
- Senior executive looking to find a role where his career expertise could help in the battle against climate change
- Junior financial analyst looking to get out of the City.
Fees
Developing and delivering courses costs money. That's an inescapable fact. However, we have worked hard to keep costs as low as possible through a series of innovative partnerships and by cross-subsidising from other projects.
Standard Learning Credits (SLC)
Military personnel (regular and reserve) who are still serving are entitled to one SLC per year. These can be used to offset the cost of our courses
Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC)
Service-leavers and veterans within 5 years of their last day of service are generally eligible for up to 3x ELCs. If you need support accessing this funding, we can help.
Other funding
Each course is different, but we work with our partners to identify scholarships, bursaries and other means of support. If funding is the barrier to you attending a course, please get in touch and we will help you find a way to get on board..
In Development
The following courses are in development. If you are interested in being kept informed, sign up to receive the Director's BLOG or email Courses@ruralink.org.uk.
Agri-Engineering. This will be suitable for VMs and workshop managers from across the services who wish to transfer their skills to work with farming and industrial fleets.
Food Defence Awareness. This course will be for those wishing to develop their pre-existing security knowledge and apply it in the food chain.
Food Defence Investigator. Aimed at those with service investigations or intelligence experience, this course will enable you to apply those skills in the food industry.
Small-holdings. For those wishing to farm a few acres or hobby-farm.
