Recruiting for the Broads Heritage Skills
Heritage Lottery Funded Training Bursary Placements

The Broads Authority, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is recruiting five individuals who are interested in learning new countryside skills as trainee reed and sedge cutters.

The project aims to provide individuals with practical experience and skills required to work as a Commercial Reed & Sedge Cutter or to obtain employment in the environmental conservation sector. We offer a combination of practical work based training combined with formal training in a College to work towards NVQ Level 2 Environmental Conservation. In addition we offer specific skills based accredited training to enhance your employment opportunities for the future.

Trainees receive a full Training bursary for 83 weeks. During this time trainees will work with professional Commercial Reed & Sedge Cutters and gain experience in the work place as well as the formal training at College in identifying species, habitat management and ecology. The work is physically hard and involves working on sites that are isolated and difficult to access, these facts must be considered before you apply.



Further details along with an application form are available from the
Bursary Application Form (pdf document) [455kb] which can be downloaded here.

All applications and any queries must be made to the Broads Heritage Skills Project Team and applications must arrive by 27 July 2008.

Interviews will take place during August and successful candidates will start in September 2008.