Countryside Studies (Land & Wildlife)
Want to work outdoors as a Ranger, Wildlife Conservation Officer, Woodland Manager or Gamekeeper? This course will allow you to develop the specific technical and professional skills that you will need to start your career in the land and wildlife industry or progress to University.
Based on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, our rural College campus will give you access to estates, national parks and leisure facilities through our extensive and well-established employer links. Our facilities include horticulture greenhouses, ATV’s, drystone walling centre and machinery workshops. You will explore a wide range of industry areas including countryside management, environmental conservation, game and fisheries.
Our expert tutors have experience of working with the National Trust, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Skipton in Bloom and Harrogate Flower Show. With their knowledge and contacts, you will be able to visit relevant exhibitions and demonstration grounds as well as gaining inspiration from guest speakers from a variety of agriculture, countryside and environmental sectors.
In addition to work placements, your programme of study may include additional qualifications such as Brushwood Cutter Usage, Dry Stone Walling and ATV Handling. All our Level 3 students have the opportunity to gain additional qualifications such as Pesticide Application and Chainsaw.
If you are aged between 19-24 and currently do not have a Level 2 or Level 3 qualification, you could receive funding for this course. Speak to our Admissions team for further details when making your application.
Entry Requirements
- Level 3 – 5 GCSEs grade 9-4 or equivalent including English & maths
- Level 2 – 4 GCSEs grade 9-3 or equivalent including English & maths
- Level 1 – 3 GCSEs 9-1 including English & maths
What you will study
See ‘Access to FE’ course for further details on the Level 1 course
The bespoke programme is focused on preparing students for land based and rural trades by studying several of the units below, combined with two NPTC industry tickets from our suite of courses at Tyro Training – View the courses
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Countryside Estate Maintenance
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Habitat Maintenance
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Introduction to Game Management
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Land-Based Machinery Operations
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Countryside Work Placement
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Introduction to Plant and Soil Science
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Introduction to Working in Land-based Industries
The bespoke programme is focused on preparing students for land based and rural trades by studying several of the units below, combined with two NPTC industry tickets from our suite of courses at Tyro Training – View the courses
- Principles of Health & Safety
- Work-related Experience
- Land-based Industries Machinery Operations
- Population Surveys, Ecology & Conservation
- Countryside Recreation
- Undertake Estate Skills
- Farm Habitat Management
- Heathland Habitat Management
- Working Dogs
- Undertake a Specialist Project in the Land-based Sector
- Urban Habitat Conservation
- Aquatics Welfare & Breed Development Remove
- Principles of Physical & Biological Environmental Processes
- Woodland Habitat Management
- Ecological Concepts & Application
- Environmental Interpretation in the Land-based Sector
- Fresh Water & Wetland Management
- Principles of Tree Felling and Chainsaw Use
- Plant & Soil Science
What's Next?
Further Study
- Wildlife & Conservation Management FdSc
Careers
- Conservation Woodland/Wildlife Officer
- Forestry Officer
- Countryside Ranger/Officer
- Gamekeeper
