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Short Course on Caring for Horses
As wonderful and rewarding horse ownership can be, it takes immense amounts of time and dedication – owners should prepare to spend more time caring for their horse than actually riding it. This short course covers the basics in 20 hours and covers a range of essentials such as feeding and watering; grooming and the provision of health care; cleaning of their living environment and equipment and of course, exercise.
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Telephone & Online Counselling Course
In the modern world, telephone and online counselling is becoming increasingly popular. The skills required in telephone and online counselling are similar to face-to-face counselling, but they are also different. We cannot rely on people’s non-verbal communication, but we may pick up cues from their tone of voice, their speech and so on. This 20-hour self-study course focuses specifically on the skills involved in good telephone and online counselling.
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Ecotherapy (Short Course)
Ecotherapy is the practical application of ecopsychology. Provides individuals with the opportunity to explore their relationship with nature Ecotherapy (Short Course). Learn to provide this skill with animals, plants, indoor activities, creative activities and more.
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Short Course on Improving Your English Grammar
This course can help English speakers to improve their grammar, punctuation and control of language elements, particularly in written communication. For speakers of English as a second language, it will help to clarify some of the rules to follow in both written and spoken language.
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Short Course in Addiction Counselling
This short course is designed to appeal to anyone who works with people who have problems with addictive behaviours from drugs and alcohol through to shopaholics. Many types of addiction are covered and the process of addiction is explained both behaviourally and physiologically. A variety of counselling methods and techniques are also reviewed so that students should be able to develop different solutions to help those whose lives are affected.
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Call Center Training: Sales and Customer Service (Short Course)
This call centre training short course will teach students the nuances of body language and verbal skills; aspects of verbal communication such as tone, cadence, and pitch; questioning and listening skills; how to deliver bad news and say ‘no’; effective ways to negotiate; the importance of creating and delivering meaningful messages; tools to facilitate their communication and more.
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Learn to Prune Plants Course (Short Course)
This short course is aimed at everyone who may need to prune plants, whether occasionally or regularly. It will teach you how to prune properly and when not to prune. Learn all aspects of pruning from using different equipment to pruning hedges, creating topiary, establishing espaliers and cordons, and even starting a bonsai.
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Short Course in Fruits and Vegetables
Love fresh veggies? Want to grow them at home? Then the Fruit and Vegetable short course is for you! This course should take you approximately 20 hours and will give you the confidence and the knowledge to start your own fruit and vegetable garden at home. Get to know all of the in’s and out’s of growing fruit and vegetables at home, including the right plants to grow in your region.  This short course covers growing fruits, nuts, berries, vine crops, vegetables and mushrooms as well as the many techniques and expertise knowledge that you will be able to apply to your garden to ensure that you get the most out of your garden.
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Aquaponics (Short Course)
This course gets you started, providing a sound foundation from our team of academics who have decades of experience with aquaculture and hydroponics. You will learn about plants and fish species for aquaponic systems, media, setup and much more.
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Short Course in Animal Behaviour and Psychology
In this course, you’ll study the biological foundations of how animals think and act. Learning the differences between innate, native, and conditioned behaviours, you’ll build a solid understanding of how to work with your animals rather than against them. Understanding animal communication — and the differences between communication and language — will also help you interpret emotional responses, needs, and more. Excellent for wildlife workers and rehabilitators, trainers, agriculturalists, vet assistants, pet care workers, and more.
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Health Psychology (Short Course)
Learn health psychology in this online course. This course provides a foundation for understanding how health is linked to a person’s state of mind; and in doing so, how health issues might be at least partially addressed by attending to a person’s broad attitudes and psychological health. This course is for anyone who is interested in the relationship between the mind and physical health. All you need is an internet connection, a device and a mind ready to learn!
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Short Course on Medicinal Herbs
This self guided course covers the following areas – getting to know medicinal herbs, the chemicals in medicinal herbs and their effect on the human body, the different ways in which herbs are used for medicinal purposes, a guide of over 50 herbs and different ways in which you can find work or make business opportunities using medicinal herbs.
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Short Course on Food and Nutrition (Introduction)
Learn to determine how to eat for better health. This will help you to improve your own well-being, and advise others as well. You may simply be a parent or spouse wanting to improve the health of your family; but you might also be someone who works in a health food shop, a fitness club, as a food manufacturer or in some other capacity where you have a need to better understand food and nutrition.
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Short Course on Animal Health and Welfare
This course was developed for anyone who owns animals or works with animals; from pet owners and farm workers, to zoo keepers and staff in animal shelters. Learn animal first aid, a range of potential health issues across different species, injury and illness prevention and much more.
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Anxiety Management (Short Course)
This Anxiety Management short course helps you to understand anxiety and gives you tools to deal with anxious people. It was developed by psychologists, for anyone who encounters people with anxiety. It will allow you to explore and understand the subject and better appreciate the variety of ways it might be managed.
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Human Resources Training: HR for the Non-HR Manager (Short Course)
This Human Resources Training short course is designed for teaching the essential HR tasks and scope of responsibilities for people who are new to a management role.  Human Resources Training: Training HR for the Non HR Manager covers the following topics: The basics of HR Management, including orientation, compensation, and benefits, Understanding job analysis, Planning training, Legally defensible terminations, and more.
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The Brain Function, Damage, and Recovery (Short Course)
Discover what makes your brain tick in this short course on Neuroscience – from understanding how the human brain functions, how it recovers from damage, to its anatomy and biology. Learn about brain chemistry, structure, anatomy, assessments, treatments and much more.
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Learn Gardening Skills Course (Short Course)
Gardening can be a lot of fun, a hobby or a job. Without an understanding of the basics though, mistakes are easily made. Time and money can be wasted doing gardening tasks incorrectly, or with the wrong equipment and materials. This short course can be studied in your own time and is great way of learning all of the gardening essentials.
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Plant Taxonomy Course (Short Course)
This plant taxonomy course is a great primer to become proficient in understanding the essentials in plant taxonomy. 20 hours self-paced study. Learn plant anatomy, identification and taxonomy.
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Sales Success (Short Course)
This comprehensive sales course will help you enhance key sales skills, including communication, product positioning, marketing strategies, upselling techniques, sales ethics, and more. By mastering these essential skills, you’ll boost your confidence, increase your sales performance, and close more deals.
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Short Course on Bees, Beekeeping, and Honey
Through this course you can discover so much more about bees, beekeeping, honey production and using bee products.
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Statistics (Short Course)
Whether you’re headed into the social sciences, looking to work in IT, or just really love studying maths, studying statistics is for you! Statistics is used to underpin investigations, create, collate and test data, examine theories and demonstrate patterns. It is used in any job that depends on data, and is a useful skill to add to an existing qualification.
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Choosing Sheep Breeds (Short Course)
Choosing Sheep Breeds – a perfect introduction to help you become more familiar with sheep species. This course is a great place to start learning about keeping sheep, or starting your career in sheep farming or husbandry. This choosing sheep breeds short course provides a foundation for understanding what breed of sheep to raise for farming, and how to raise them.
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Become A Blogger (Short Course)
Lean the step by step process of becoming a blogger. If there is a story or something you want to write about in a Blogging Short Course, this short, online course will help you understand not only tips for writing your blog, but also promoting and marketing your blog. This short course will take you through all the necessary steps to set up your blog and make it a success.