Our Six Principles

These are the six principles identified for building a sustainable world class workforce.

1) Adopt Good HR practices.

2) Aim to keep the core team employed throughout the year.

3) Find innovative ways of managing peaks in demand.

4) Be imaginative in finding new blood for the industry.

5) Take responsibility for developing our own training.

6) Promote the industry as a good place to work to educators, career advisers and the public.

New training programme for land based industry managers

New training programme for Managers

Concordia has introduced a new training programme starting in early November aimed at middle managers in the land based sector.

In conjunction with Plumpton College, Concordia is offering Management and Leadership Training (MALT) for busy managers who want the knowledge and skills for a successful career in 21st century [...]

October 3rd, 2011 | Category: New training courses | Leave a comment

School of Fruit Growing

As demand for UK fruit increases the need to supply fruit over a longer season requires a good understanding of the influence of the picking date and storage conditions on fruit quality. FAST have created a 4 day course covering the fundamentals of fruit growing [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Category: New training courses | Leave a comment