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This Trade Awareness Course is designed and intended to provide an opportunity for employees working within the ag-ricultural supply trade to gain a fuller understanding of the industry they work in.
The course covers the supply chain from imports/exports via storage, formulations, raw material sourcing, manufacture and finally a visit to a dairy farm to meet with those who use the products supplied to farm
The LCFTA course is being organised in association with BCFTA who have run Trade Awareness Courses for over 20 years.
Attendees will have the opportunity to view a cross section of the Trade along with presentations by people directly in-volved in the agricultural feed/food chain. This allows the individuals taking part in the Course to develop their knowledge by viewing, experiencing other businesses and by discussion with one another.
The Trade Awareness Course is a residential Course and takes place over 2 days.
 

BCFTA Study Tour - Trade Awareness Two: This Course/Study Tour is the result of many requests from members to organise a follow up course to the long established ‘Trade Awareness Course’. ‘Trade Awareness Two’ will take the form of a two day study tour to Ireland with visits to grain and feed trade related businesses and presentations. The Irish Feed Trade is a very dynamic and modern one making use of advanced technology and has strong relationships with its customers. Agriculture is a significant part of the Country’s. Agricultural employment,  as a % of total civil employment within Northern Ireland 2.6%, Southern Ireland 4.5% against the UK 1%,  which demonstrates its value and importance to the country. Attendees will have a first hand opportunity to visit some very progressive companies who have made significant investments within their businesses.  They will be able to share knowledge covering the supply trade and manufacturing in Ireland at perhaps what could be the greatest period of change in modern history. The visit is being arranged in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Grain and Feed Trade Association and will provide the attendees the opportunity to discuss and share best practice.

This course has currently 5 spare places and to enquire about booking please contact the office BCFTA has been running the Trade awareness Course for over 20 years. The course has developed over the years to one that provides the attendees with an opportunity to gain an understanding of the supply trade from Import/Export to supply and use by the farmers.

This course has significant subsidy from BCFTA and is suitable for those who are involved in
presentations to small or large groups.
The course takes place over two days and is being delivered by Richard Edwards who is a
communications consultant who has taught presentation and public speaking skills to over 1,750
people in small groups. Richard was formerly an award winning journalist with the Daily Telegraph,
London Evening Standard and the Western Daily Press.
The course is limited to a maximum of 6 people makes use of state of the art technology that allows
the participant to use ‘Virtual Reality’ to analyse presentation styles.
Richard has pioneered a highly acclaimed new approach to presentation training, which puts
science behind the well-established art of drama-based performance theory.
By incorporating new technology – including vocal pitch and pace analysis, and split screen video
playback – he provides detailed coaching and feedback, supported by data.