Bee Farmers Association

What Will You Learn?

Apprentices are used on a bee farm in britain.

You're going to be using your workplace (also known as the number trainer) for the majority of the year, getting working experience while you make. There could be possibilities to work with various bee facilities through the entire country and visit various businesses to get breadth and number of experience.

Underpinning understanding will be delivered by our expert industry trainers in 2 blocks each year, all of two weeks. Could study:

• introduction to beekeeping
• equipment
• woodworking and fundamental woodworking abilities
• seasonal management
• queen rearing and stock enhancement
• botany and forage sources
• pollen and diet
• honey bee physiology
• honey bee diseases
• incorporated pest administration
• microscopy
• processing hive products
• bottling and presentation
• establishing a small business
• company structures
• finance
• marketing and advertising
• the competitive environment
• the industry all over the world
• safety and health
• first aid
• food safety.

These domestic study obstructs, and training and go to times and online forums, offer the possibility to fulfill and communicate with other apprentices and develop friendships and connections for future years.

Assessment

Each apprentice is allocated an assessor. Apprentices must record their particular activities in a regular log that will be finalized down by their number instructor and reviewed because of the assessor to confirm work satisfies the criteria needed. The wood is preserved on a specially-designed e-learning platform; training is offered at the start of the course on how to make use of this system. The team delivering and managing the programme fulfills regularly to make certain assessment is standardised and high-quality distribution is maintained.

Support

And expert assistance given by the host trainer and expert industry trainers, each apprentice is assigned a coach just who provides support on pastoral dilemmas. This ensures any possible troubles that'll arise are managed effectively and efficiently.