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Hard Landscape Training Group

Training to improve quality and professional standards in your business

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Welcome to the Hard Landscape Training Group

We are an employer-led group of businesses committed to training our staff at all levels from basic skills to management.

Formed in 2005, the members are nationally based Landscape Contractors and Manufacturers whose businesses carry out hard landscape works and who recognise the need for updating both their own and their employee skill levels to cope with an ever changing industry.

Many of the courses are recognised by CITB or Lantra, these are sector skills councils - one for the Construction industry the other for the Land Based industry.

Benefits of Membership

Being a member of the group has the following benefits:
  • Help with legislative compliance
  • Training available from basic skills through to a recognised proficiency such as Construction Industry or Amenity Horticulture S/NVQs and the Modern Apprentice Scheme
  • Access to a wider range of courses, run more frequently at a realistic cost!
  • Tailored courses to meet member's needs
  • Access to a professional organisation that can provide help advice and guidance on your industry
  • Employers are encouraged, where appropriate, to participate in the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) and the National Proficiency Test Certification (NPTC)

ConstructionSkills Grants

In the current economic climate, it is even more important than ever to retain skilled, qualified staff to give you the competitive edge to win contracts and stay in business.

CITB-ConstructionSkills offers grants to support a wide range of training and qualifications, from Health & Safety Tests and Apprenticeships, to Training and Development Plans for your whole business.

To claim grant, you have to be registered for CITB-ConstructionSkills Levy and be in-scope to the Industrial Training Act 1982)

Start thinking about your training needs for the year ahead. Visit http://www.cskills.org/levy-grant/index.aspx for more information.

Or contact your local Construction Skills Area Office on 0844 844 0046

Alternatively contact: Oliver Farrell – Specialist Training Adviser

E-mail: oliver.farrell@cskills.org     Mobile: 07771 542 431


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The Training Group offers a wide choice of courses in a range of subjects, from practical skills, health and safety, supervisor or team leader and management training.

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