Pig handling course

[Barleymow]

Why do they have to waffle on so much at the beginning just want to get the dam thing done. Been working with pigs for 45 plus years ffs

 

[Dry Rot]

You need a course (at a fee) for everything these days. I want to snare a fox, in Scotland I need a licence and have to go on a course. I've been setting snares for nearly 70 years!

 

[JP1]

Why do they have to waffle on so much at the beginning just want to get the dam thing done. Been working with pigs for 45 plus years ffs

Bet it's one of those 1/2 hr courses crammed in to 5 hours jobs

I'm always amazed the tutor has the neck to conduct these things as most of the participants have been doing the thing all their life

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Bet it's one of those 1/2 hr courses crammed in to 5 hours jobs

I'm always amazed the tutor has the neck to conduct these things as most of the participants have been doing the thing all their life

has anyone ever read "Wilt", he was a social studies tutor in a tech college (for those who haven't read it, very funny comic novel) and when he had to teach the apprentices their one hour a week of general studies, he used to raise a controversial subject and then just let them all argue about it for an hour!

 

[Barleymow]

Bet it's one of those 1/2 hr courses crammed in to 5 hours jobs

I'm always amazed the tutor has the neck to conduct these things as most of the participants have been doing the thing all their life

You can't fail have to keep going till you get the right answer , which is mostly obvious. Complete waste of time ,but then that's what red tractor is all about

 

[Flatlander]

Bet it's one of those 1/2 hr courses crammed in to 5 hours jobs

I'm always amazed the tutor has the neck to conduct these things as most of the participants have been doing the thing all their life

And the instructor took the coarse three weeks ago passing the third time but he has the piece of paper that says he’s an expert lol.

 

[Lowland1]

Do they teach you how to band a Sow. They must have a weaner catching competition to mark as well.

 

[Jon]

Why do they have to waffle on so much at the beginning just want to get the dam thing done. Been working with pigs for 45 plus years ffs

Is that the on line one, based on Canada, I think ?

 

[Barleymow]

Yes

 

[Paddington]

We would show people around our pigs, usually couples, who wanted to "go into pigs". We would give them a cup of tea and a biscuit, never charged, happy to help. After a few weeks we were told they had bought two weaners. After a few months we would receive an email saying that Tarquin and Jonquil were now offering pig keeping courses for only £50/hr. We never went.

 

[Hilly]

You need a course (at a fee) for everything these days. I want to snare a fox, in Scotland I need a licence and have to go on a course. I've been setting snares for nearly 70 years!

They want us all to be 100% reliant upon government for everything .

 

[Jon]

Yes

Well it ticked a box I suppose.
It asked for my thoughts at the end, i was disappointed it was based on a foreign unit.

 

[SteveHants]

I think I did one like that when I was at PIC - whoever wrote it seemed to only have a passing familiarity with pigs and even less idea about how they might behave....