Course Status
Please note our intakes for the 2022/23 academic year are now full, applications for the 2023/24 intake will open in Summer 2023.
To register your interest for the new prospectus, please email parttimecourses@Sparsholt.ac.uk and we will notify you via email once applications open for the 2023/24 academic year in Summer 2023.
What will I learn?
Candidates will learn how to maintain and safely operate a manually fed wood chipper. This course includes assessment for the NPTC Certificate of Competence in Manually Fed Wood chippers.
Entry Requirements
Applicants need to be over 17 years of age.
Further Information
All tools and safety equipment provided free for the duration of the course.
Fee Details 1
Free if unemployed or low wage (if aged 19-23 must have Full L2 or above to be eligible)
Fee Details 2
Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England, isn’t a UK resident^ or who lives in the local authority areas^ of:
Cambridge and Peterborough
Greater London Authority
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
North of Tyne Combined Authority
South Yorkshire
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire
Will be unable to apply for fee remission and may be subject to higher course fees than those published.
^go to this page on our website to check if your postcode is in a Devolved Funding Area or to check eligibility if you are a non-UK resident https://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/the-college/fees-and-funding/
If you don’t live in England or are not a UK resident or live in any of the above local authority areas and wish to enrol on the course, please contact us for information on tuition fees.
Fee Code
C
Fee Remission
For further information on fee remission
details linked to the above Fee
Code – refer to our PT Application form on
our Website
Here