Our Agricultural Training Courses

Chainsaw Training Courses

Chainsaws and allied cutting equipment are very versatile tools with a variety of uses. But they are also potentially very dangerous. Serious accidents can and do occur without proper training, or because operators have not kept their skills up to scratch. Click link for more Chainsaw Training Info

Pesticide Training Courses

Pesticides are very widely and successfully used in land-based industries. Pesticides are potentially harmful substances and it is essential that they are handled, applied and stored by people who have received proper training. Click link for more Pesticide Training Info

Tractor Training Courses

Tractors are very versatile vehicles with a wide variety of uses, for business and more recreational users. The ever-wider range of types and attachments now available makes them even more flexible and effective tools in land-based industries. Click link for more Tractor Training Info

Lift Trucks Training Courses

Plant machines such as forklifts, excavators, dumpers, loaders, rollers are workhorses of landbased and construction industries. The different types of machines and attachments now available make them extremely versatile and effective worksite tools. Click link for more Lift Trucks Training Info

First Aid Training Courses

Our suite of First Aid courses have been designed to specifically accommodate workers in any industry and adapted for rural situations if necessary. Courses deliver a complete solution to an employer’s First Aid requirements for candidates of all levels. Click link for more First Aid Training Info 

Abrasive Wheels Training Courses

Lantra Awards courses are delivered exclusively through a network of registered training providers and instructors. So you can be sure that you will be trained by people who are qualified and experienced with abrasive wheels. Click link for more Abrasive Wheels Info

4x4 and Trailers Training Courses

Used correctly, off-road vehicles, or 4x4s, are very versatile vehicles with a wide variety of uses for the business and recreational user. Using them with trailers makes them even more flexible and effective tools for both business and recreation. Click link for more 4x4 Trailers Training Info

About Us

Mike and Dorothy have worked in the landscaping business for almost 45 and 35 years respectively.

Mike started working for KP Sumner in the 1970’s, and worked his way through the ranks. He worked along side Ken until the late 1990’s when he took over. Mike and Dorothy also ran HL Tractors from 1997 until 2005 when they sold it, but KP continues today. It was during his time working with tractors that Mike’s passion for agricultural vehicles and their road use developed, and lead to his work on the book Agricultural Vehicles on the Road.

Mike and Dorothy decided to start One Ash Training in 2008, when they were finding it difficult to source training for their own employees. The first course they ran was Transport of Animals.

Their daughter, Laura joined in 2012. Laura is now Managing Director, ensuring the office runs smoothly and training  is high quality.  As a truly family run company, we’re often visited by Laura’s children who are themselves agricultural vehicle enthusiasts.   

Today we work with a select group of trainers, who we know and trust to deliver high quality, engaging training. We have also adopted Emma and June into the office, to process the vast mountain of certificates that our trainers bring! 

One Ash training offers agricultural training, horticultural training and arboricultural training throughout the North West including Lancashire, Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire and Manchester.