• 10 people passed their Certificate of Competence Stage 1 on-farm and nine of them want to progress to Stage 2 straight away
• Nine people on the Stockman Development Scheme all want to register for Stage 2
• 75 people in Yorkshire will be starting a practical in-house training scheme in the next couple of months. Managers will be trained as trainers to deliver the modules on farm.
• The Eastern Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Award programme started last week and was received very positively.
• The Yorkshire ILM Award programme has nine potential bookings – with a maximum of 10, it is almost fully booked!
• The college lecturer club held its first meeting with a lot of enthusiasm from members teaching pig-related topics at colleges around the country
• The first aid training course went down well with pig producers in the East Midlands

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