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NIAB FODDER & OILSEEDS RETEST INSPECTORS TRAINING COURSES AND APHA EXAMINATIONS 2025
Fodder & Oilseeds Course Licensed & Official Part I & II
The training course for returning Fodder & Oilseeds Seed Crop Inspectors will be held on 23rd September 2025.
Intensive training is provided by experts in fodder and oilseed variety identification, aided by demonstrators who are experienced official crop inspectors. The course is designed to provide the appropriate refresher training for candidates sitting the Part I examination for an APHA Fodder & Oilseeds Crop Inspector’s Licence, Category 'K' which is held at the end of the training. To retain a full licence, candidates must pass the Part II examination in the same calendar year as the Part I. In 2025, candidates can attend the Part II exam on 8th October 2024. Further training will be available in the morning before the examination.
The training course will concentrate on the botany, classification and identification of fodder and oilseeds, and will also cover the theory and practice of crop inspection.
Candidates should note paragraph 5 of the Crop Inspectors Licence. This states that a crop inspector may charge a reasonable fee for making an inspection but otherwise shall not derive any private gain in carrying out his/her functions.
Features of the retest course include:
- Detailed instructions of crop inspection techniques.
- Comprehensive literature.
- Identification of major oilseeds crop species and fodder species.
The fees are:
Retest Pt I and II training (zero rated VAT) = £466.00
Pt I and II APHA examinations (zero rated VAT) = £209.00
Total = £675.00
It is a requirement under the Seeds Marketing Regulations 2011 that a person applying for a crop inspector’s licence has “completed an appropriate training course relating to the inspection of seed crops of that species and category”.
Cancellations received up to 14 days before the course are refundable, less a £80 administration charge. After that, cancellations are subject to the entire course fee (but substitutions can be made at any time). (Fees cannot be carried over to the following year under any circumstance).
To book your place on the course, please click here to pay via BACS, you will be directed to a form to fill in. Please note, this form is for both Retest Candidates and Initials. Once you have been registered, NIAB's finance department will then send an invoice.
Applications will not be accepted after 02/09/2025.
If you have any queries please contact:
cert.training@niab.com
Note:
Your contact details will be included in Apha’s online register of Crop Inspectors unless you indicate otherwise. You should inform the Seeds team, Apha 1st Floor, Eastbrook, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8DR. Email:seed.cert@apha.gsi.gov.uk if you do not want your details released.