There are 1.5 million workers in the environmental and land-based sector, each with a different stort to tell of how they started their career and developed their skills. Here are just some of those people:
Bob Fiddaman, MBE, Hertfordshire farmer and Chair of Lantra’s Diploma Development Partnership
Caroline Millar, Balkello Farm, Dundee
Ian Patient, Training and Development Manager, Blue Cross Animal CareCharity
Derek Smith, Production Controller, Lighthouse Caledonia
Dr Gordon McGlone OBE, Chief Executive Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and Chairman of Lantra
Ronnie Dawes, show jumping groom for Sophie Tobin, Buckingham
Steve Hewitt, Approved Training Farrier (ATF), Thick Penny Forge, York
Haydn Nelms, Proline Fencing & Landscapes (estd 1993), Bridgend, South Wales
Fred Lockhart, joint proprietor, Murloc Angling Centre, Northern Ireland
Natalie Stanyer, Elizabeth Floral Art, Newcastle-under-Lyme Medallion of Excellence winner at WorldSkills 2007 in Japan
Robert Cottam MBE, Camarthenshire and Wales Game Farm and Rural Pursuits Ltd, Camarthen, Wales
Lee Joy, Aftermarket Training & Development Manager, JCB
Roy Churchman, Groundwork, East London
Sally Cornelissen, Garden Centre Director, of Burley Dam and Gateacre, Merseyside
Paul and Annie Clayton, Clayton’s Ultimate Tree Care, Doncaster
Robin Hargreaves, Small Animal Partner, Stanley House veterinary practice, Lancashire
