Dog lane Farm, Malpas, cheshire
Apprentice Equine Groom
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Closing date: 31/01/16
Archive for month: June, 2015
Ruth Elliot Smith, Cuddington, Cheshire
Apprentice Agricultural Assistant
To find out more about this vacancy and apply online visit the National Apprenticeship Service vacancy matching site.
Closing date: 21/06/15
Garden designers prepare for RHS Flower Show Tatton Park
Our horticultural students are busy preparing for RHS Flower Show Tatton Park (July 22 – 26). Instead of designing and building their customary show garden, undergraduates studying for their Foundation Degree in Garden and Landscape Design will exhibit an eye catching show feature depicting the elements within the structure of a leaf.
Nigel Barber and Matthew Kent prepare planting for RHS Tatton
Supporting the RHS in its efforts to inspire the younger generation into careers involving horticultural science and viable food production, the show feature will link with an educational marquee where visitors can learn more.
A giant aphid sculpture, 1.8 metres high, will provide the focus of the show feature. It will be surrounded by a leaf section showing cells, systems and pathways. The students have been busy collecting thousands of plastic and glass bottles which they will convert into walls and sculptures. The planting scheme will demonstrate examples of edible and medicinal plants and will be recreated after the show at Reaseheath’s £8.5 million National Centre for Food Futures and the Environment, which is due to open next Autumn.
Undergraduate Matthew Kent, who has led the design and build of the show feature along with fellow students Nigel Barber, Sam Lawton and Andrew Degg, said: “We wanted to step outside the box with something which is young and interesting. We’re looking forward to seeing the reaction of visitors when they view the garden.”
Reaseheath will also be one of the partners on the ‘Cheshire Gardens of Distinction’ exhibit. Students will also contest the WorldSkillsUK semi-finals and the floristry competition at RHS Tatton.
Talented landscaper to represent GB in world finals
Talented Reaseheath College trained landscape gardener Matt Beesley is to represent Britain in the WorldSkills finals in São Paulo, Brazil.
Matt, who heard of his selection last week, joins the GB squad to contest the global, Olympics style final, which runs from 11 – 16 August.
WorldSkills runs the competition bi-annually for students aged 23 and under to showcase the skills and value of young professionals in worldwide industries ranging from construction, engineering technology and transportation to IT and communications and social and personal services.
Off to Sao Paulo: Matt Beesley
Matt, 21, completed his Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture in 2012. He now runs his own successful business, Beesley’s Landscapes in Winsford, and employs two apprentices. He first competed in the British selection rounds for WorldSkills while a Reaseheath student and has continued to train intensively as a potential squad member, narrowly missing selection for the world finals in Germany in 2013.
In São Paulo he will be one of two British landscapers who will test their skills and stamina in hard landscaping, plant knowledge and management against the world’s best.
The former Hartford High School pupil said: “Competing and training on the WorldSkills programme has been a fantastic experience for me. I have learned so much and gained such a lot of confidence. I’d particularly like to thank my hard landscape instructor at Reaseheath, Jason Hinks, for his support. I’m now totally focused on the world finals. It would be awesome to bring back a medal.”
Said Jason: “I’m really proud of Matt and how he’s developed as a professional landscaper through WorldSkills. This programme is all about benefiting the students through training and helping them to realise their potential.”
Talented landscaper to represent GB in world finals
Talented Reaseheath College trained landscape gardener Matt Beesley is to represent Britain in the WorldSkills finals in São Paulo, Brazil.
Matt, who heard of his selection last week, joins the GB squad to contest the global, Olympics style final, which runs from 11 – 16 August.
WorldSkills runs the competition bi-annually for students aged 23 and under to showcase the skills and value of young professionals in worldwide industries ranging from construction, engineering technology and transportation to IT and communications and social and personal services.
Off to Sao Paulo: Matt Beesley
Matt, 21, completed his Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture at Reaseheath College in Nantwich in 2012. He now runs his own successful business, Beesley’s Landscapes in Winsford, and employs two apprentices. He first competed in the British selection rounds for WorldSkills while a Reaseheath student and has continued to train intensively as a potential squad member, narrowly missing selection for the world finals in Germany in 2013.
In São Paulo he will be one of two British landscapers who will test their skills and stamina in hard landscaping, plant knowledge and management against the world’s best.
Chris Shore Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture competing
The former Hartford High School pupil said: “Competing and training on the WorldSkills programme has been a fantastic experience for me. I have learned so much and gained such a lot of confidence. I’d particularly like to thank my hard landscape instructor at Reaseheath, Jason Hinks, for his support. I’m now totally focused on the world finals. It would be awesome to bring back a medal.”
Said Jason: “I’m really proud of Matt and how he’s developed as a professional landscaper through WorldSkills. This programme is all about benefitting the students through training and helping them to realise their potential.”
Another team of Reaseheath horticulture students have begun the selection process for the GB squad for WorldSkills 2017, which will be held in Abu Dhabi.
Level 3 Extended Diploma in Horticulture first year students India Hill and Finin Talbot and second year student Christopher Shore have got through two elimination rounds which were run by the Association of Professional Landscapers. They will now compete at the three day semi-finals at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in July, in hopes of selection for the national final at The Skills Show, NEC Birmingham, in November.
British Wool Shearing Course
RADA Knowledge Transfer Facilitator Lesley Innes arranged a two day sheep shearing course which was delivered by British Wool Marketing Training Ltd(a growing area of Wool Board activity). The course, which was held last week on the Reasheath sheep unit saw the delegates work toward the internationally recognised qualification in Blue, Bronze, Silver or Gold Seals, which were awarded depending on their ability.
This course will now be running on an annual basis.
Contact Lesley for more information-
Lesleyi@reaseheath.ac.uk
Picture Caption: Left to Right British wool trainer Richard Schofield, Ollie Bagley (Reaseheath Flock Manager)-SILVER, Richard Petford-BRONZE and Callum Lewis-BLUE (external delegates), British Wool Trainer Bill Jones, Erica Bower (Subsidiary Diploma in Agriculture)-BLUE and front row Miriam Howarth (Reaseheath Farm Secretary)-BLUE and Emma Ferneyhough (Level 2 diploma in Agriculture)-BLUE
From food student to successful bakery lecturer
Alumnus Sam Copeland took her passion for baking back to the classroom on completing her food technology degree at Reaseheath. Here’s a little insight into her journey into teaching…
Said Sam: “My passion for baking began at an early age, all starting whilst working as a trainee chef. With my culinary knowledge growing, a friend asked if I could create an engagement cake and I jumped at the opportunity. Gaining some excellent feedback on the cake caught, I the bakery buzz and spent the next few years continuing to learn new techniques and tips before setting up my own cake decorating business, working from home to fit around my ever growing family.”
Sam, now mother of three, balanced her career and family life working full-time as a Catering Manager alongside her own business. When expecting her third baby, Elisabeth, at 20 weeks into the pregnancy she was given the unfortunate news that her baby would be born with Spina bifida.
Sam went on to say: “Before Elisabeth was born I made the decision to become a full-time mum, a stark change from running my own pub and various roles in the catering industry. However, despite her disability, Elisabeth defied the odds and proceeded to attend mainstream nursery and is currently excelling in a mainstream school, Brierley Primary, which is in Crewe.”
Sam Copeland and family
With a little unexpected time on her hands, Sam set her sights returning to education to broaden her knowledge and skill-set in her passion, food. On researching various courses, Sam found that Reaseheath’s food technology foundation degree fitted the bill for her perfectly.
Sam further commented: “I fitted my studies around attending Alder Hey Children’s Hospital with Elisabeth for her appointments and operations. Sometimes I would even take my assignments to do by her bedside whilst she recovered from surgery.”
Excelling during the course, Sam went on to achieve a distinction in her Foundation Degree in 2010 and as a result chose to continue her studies at Reaseheath, graduating with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) Food Technology in 2012. 10 months after graduating, Sam was thrilled to be offered a role within the Food Department at Reaseheath. She now course manages Level 2 bakery and patisserie students along with teaching bakery theory, and her favourite – the cake decorating modules!
Sam Copeland on her graduation day in 2012, with daughter Elisabeth and her husband
Said Sam: “The encouragement and pastoral support I received from my tutors gave me the confidence to truly believe I could achieve my degree, it made me realise just what a special place Reaseheath really is.”
If you’re inspired by Sam’s story and interested in finding out more about studying food related degrees at Reaseheath, take a look at our website.