Operator Training

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of courses both for both City & Guilds NPTC and LANTRA. Training and assessments can be organised at our Evesham depot or offsite at a suitable workplace location.  

LANTRA Level 2 Qualifications

LANTRA qualifications are recognised, industry wide (they are an alternative to City and Guilds) but still a Level 2 qualification. The main differences are, that for Safe Use (equivalent to PA 1), you do a multiple choice question paper assessment, instead of a computer based assessment, and for any of the application units you can be trained and assessed by the same person. City & Guilds require training and assessment to be carried out by different people.

  • Safe Use of Pesticide
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Using Vehicle Mounted Boom Sprayer Equipment
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Using Variable Geometry or Broadcast Sprayers
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Using Granular Equipment
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Using Hand Held Equipment
  • Safe Application of Hand Held Pesticide Stem Injection Equipment 
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Plug Equipment
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Mists and Fogs
  • Safe Application of Pesticide Using Vehicle Mounted or Trailed Wick Type Applicators
  • Safe Use of Aluminum Phosphide for Vertebrate Pest Control
  • Responsible and Effective Control of Commensal Rodents

City & Guilds Level 2 Qualifications

  • PA1 Safe Handling & Application of Pesticides
  • PA2 Safe Application of Pesticides using Self Propelled, Mounted, Trailed Horizontal Boom Sprayers
  • PA 3 Safe Application of Pesticides Using Variable Geometry Boom or Broadcast Sprayers
  • PA4 S & G Safe Application of Pelleted Granular Pesticides
  • PA6 Safe Application of Pesticide using Pedestrian Hand Held Equipment (Knapsack)
  • PA 8 Safe Mixing & Transferring of Pesticides
  • PA 9 Safe Application of Pesticide Mists, Fogs and Smokes
  • PA11 Safe Treatment of Seeds with Pesticides
  • PA 12 Safe Application of Pesticides to Plant Material during a Continuous Flow Process
  • PA SC Safe Application of Pesticides using Specialist Equipment

NROSO Points

All courses attract NROSO points with exception of City & Guilds PA 1 & LANTRA Safe Use.  In addition we run annual NRoSO update meetings, usually in December and January, whereby NRoSO members can top up their points and learn about new techniques and legislation.  Operators have the opportunity to share hints and tips that could work for them and learn about best practice techniques that they could adopt in the future.  Please contact us for details.