HEALTH and safety and employment legislation feature in the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association’s summer education programme for breeders. A total of 10 courses will be staged in the ITBA’s offices in Kill next month.

The series starts on Monday, July 3rd with a one-day course on employment legislation. Supplied by PA Solutions, the course will address all aspects of general legislation requirements including an employment contract workshop.

On the morning of Tuesday, July 4th, a Simplify Your Equine Admin module will cover managing vaccination schedules, sales schedules and online foal registrations.

The afternoon session is entitled Internet Made Easy and will assist breeders in making the most out of websites and social media.

Safety statements are the focus on Monday morning, July 17th. The afternoon session is devoted to safety induction for breeders and stud farm staff.

On Wednesday, July 19th there is a morning module on fire awareness training. Risk assessment will be tackled in the afternoon module.

Training in manual handling will be given on the morning of Thursday, July 20th. Chemical awareness training will be given that afternoon.

A three-day First Aid Responder course will run from Wednesday, July 19th to Friday, July 21st.

All morning modules start at 10am and finish at 1pm. The afternoon sessions run from 2pm to 4.30pm. A place on any of the courses costs €20 for ITBA members and €30 for non-members.

Lunch will be provided for attendees completing two modules on the same day.

Places can be reserved by calling the ITBA on 045 877543.

The ITBA also has information on a chainsaw training course.

The ITBA Educational Programme is co-funded by the Department of Agriculture’s Equine Technical Support & Equine Breeding Schemes.