Land, Agricultural and Environmental Task Group
The Land, Agricultural and Environmental (formerly Land-Based Industries)Task Group will adopt a core and subgroup approach to enable employers to focus on their subsectors:
- horticulture, growing, gardening, forestry
- food and wine production
- animals, livestock.
Priorities 2019 to 2021
There are links with other task groups.
The Engineering Task Group will address the engineering elements of land-based sector.
The Visitor Economy Task Group will address the hospitality element of the land-based industries.
Upon relaunch, the areas that the group will focus on will include:
- Future skills – automation, digital skills and clean growth within the sector
- Careers East Sussex – the careers campaign for East Sussex that is running over the next two years
- Curriculum development
- Careers advice in schools
- Apprenticeship provision
- Adult upskilling and retraining.
For the Careers Campaign 2020 to 2021 the group will promote the following roles:
- Gardener, horticulturalist
- Veterinary nurse.
Task group update Spring 2022
- There has been a delay in the restructuring of the Land-Based group due to the pandemic. Work from recent curriculum advisory panels at Plumpton College will help in the restructuring.
- The Task Group is still likely to adopt a subgroup approach managed by Plumpton College. This will allow employers to focus on their subsectors:
1. horticulture, growing, gardening, forestry
2. food and wine production
3. animals, livestock. - The Engineering Task Group will address the engineering elements of land-based sector. The Visitor Economy Task Group will address the hospitality element of the land-based industries.