Lantra is driving forward the new skills and business development agenda for the UK environmental and land-based sector.
Lantra represents the skills and business development interests of 17 related industries clustered around:
- Land management and production
- Animal health and welfare
- Conservation and management of the natural environment
In Wales, Lantra represents the interests of over 15,600 businesses with a total workforce in excess of 70,000 employees and 11,000 volunteers, representing 7% of the total land-based workforce.
Learning Zone at the Royal Welsh Show 2008
The sector is vital to our economy; tourism associated to the Welsh environment amounted to £821million and supports 23,600 jobs. As well as this, another 117,000 jobs are required to manage our natural environment in Wales.
Lantra is bringing together training providers, as well as Further and Higher Education Establishments to create our first ever Learning Zone at this years Royal Welsh Show.
The Learning Zone will demonstrate how we can all work together cohesively and effectively to develop peoples skills, encouraging people into, and to remain within the sector.
The Royal Welsh Show is held on the Royal Welsh Showground in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells 21st -24th July 2008.
Click here to find out more about the Royal Welsh Show.
Farming Connect Funding Success
"Lantra are delighted with the level of support offered towards training for farmers and growers in Wales, through the Farming Connect programme" says Richard Thomas. "In testimony to this, over 4,000 course places have currently received support, demonstrating the commitment of the industry to keep their skills up to date".
Farming Connect was supported by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, delivered by the Welsh Assembly Government and partners including the Forestry Commission, Countryside Council for Wales, Environment Agency Wales and Welsh Local Government Association..
Funding support towards training under this phase of Farming Connect ended on the 31st May 2008.
For queries relating to skills development after this date, please contact the Farming Connect Service Centre on 08456 000813 who will be able to advise on how to proceed. Information on Farming Connect services will be available via the Gwlad publication issued to all holdings in Wales.
Sector Skills Agreement for Wales
Our Sector Skills Agreement (SSA) is an agreement between employers, governments, partner organisations and Lantra to deliver agreed action plans for each of our 17 industries to meet the priority skill needs of the sector.
Follow these links for the Sector Skills Agreement for Wales and for the report in Welsh.
Volunteer survey
Thank you to everyone who took part in our volunteer survey. We have been delighted with the response. The findings of the research will be published on the website by the end of May 2008. The five winners of the prize draw will be notified by 14 March 2008.
