Available courses

This course is for Education and Admin/Bookings teams to explain the purpose and actions of the central Wellbeing Project. This will give you information and guidance for your role, and reassurance about expectations and what we are providing to our customers.

An introductory course for all staff exploring the benefit and value of outdoor learning. It includes the thoughts of some of our FSC colleagues, outlines why teachers visit our centres, highlights evidence and information from partner organisations and looks at two case studies illustrating successful outcomes in the outdoors.

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An introductory course for all staff including details about FSC values and vision, governance and structure, and introducing some essential documents and information for your job.

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A course forming part of your FSC induction, for all staff including details about governance and structure, and introducing some essential documents and information for your job.

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This course is designed to introduce you to GIS and how it can be used when teaching fieldwork and follow-up sessions

This course is designed to introduce the common statistical tests used when delivering fieldwork. It covers when to use which stats test, how to do the stats test and best practice for teaching.

A brief outline of useful teaching skills and how to get the most from a teaching observation.

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An introduction to the FSC Education Quality Scheme and the processes involved in ensuring we continue to deliver outdoor learning of the highest standard.

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The selection and contractoing of external contractors to work within FSC properties.

Essential: HoLL, Maintenance/Estate

Discretionary: all FSC staff
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Guidelines on safely operating a camping and or caravan site at a location.

Essential: HoLL, Maintenance/Estate

Discretionary: all FSC staff


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An outline of the FSC Incident reporting system and details of how to use it.

Essential: All Staff

Discretionary: n/a
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The FSC uses generic risk assessments for educational activities at FSC teaching locations, supported by Site Specific Risk Assessments (SSRA) and Site Working Information Cards (SWICs).

Essential: HoLL, Education,

Discretionary: all FSC staff
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The documents contained within this OCoP outline FSC procedures for managing groups.

Essential: HoLL, Education

Discretionary: all FSC staff
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The documents contained within this OCoP outline FSC procedures for managing groups.

Essential: HoLL, Education

Discretionary: all FSC staff
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The documents contained within this OCoP outline FSC procedures for managing groups.

Essential: HoLL, Education

Discretionary: all FSC staff
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Outlining the FSC reponse to Covid-19.

Essential: all FSC staff

Discretionary:

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Welcome to FSC Millport

Please use this moodle to keep track of your induction progress. 

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Woodland Plant Identification

In this course, you will be introduced to our much-loved garden birds. The course will arm beginners with an introductory overview of all bird biology and ecology. It will also look at specific species found in gardens within the UK, how to identify them and their song.

This course is comprised of 4 topics, which will be completed 1 topic per week over a 4 week period. 

This course is aimed at adults and covers the following topics and objectives from the Eco-Skills Birds Learning Framework:  

  • Birds01 Bird Biology
  • Bird02 Bird Ecology
  • Bird03 Identifying UK Garden Birds
  • Bird04 Types of Bird Song

For each topic, there will be a number of resources and activities for you to work through in your own time, as well as an end of topic quiz. Each topic will end with a 45-minute live session delivered over Zoom with the course tutor, which will consist of discussions and exercises that reflect on the learning of the previous week.  

In this course, you will be introduced to the basic biology of amphibians and reptiles. The course will arm beginners with an introduction to Amphibian and Reptile taxonomy, anatomy, and their main ID features. It will also allow you to identify the key differences between them and some of their conversation issues. 

All course content has been created and accredited by our partner organisation, ARC.  This course is comprised of 2 topics, which will be completed 1 topic per week over a 2 week period. 

This course is aimed at adults and covers the following topics and objectives from the Eco-Skills Amphibians and Reptiles Learning Framework:  

  • AMP01 Introduction to Amphibians
  • REP01 Introduction to Reptiles

For each topic, there will be a number of resources and activities for you to work through in your own time, as well as an end of topic quiz. Each topic will end with a 45-minute live session delivered over Zoom with the course tutor, which will consist of discussions and exercises that reflect on the learning of the previous week.  

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Basic Bushcraft, Ipsum Lorem...

This free course is designed for anyone who wants to use the Moodle learning platform as a Course Administrator supporting FSC Courses

Think of it as a meta course, learn about the Moodle learning platform by using Moodle!



This free course is designed for anyone who wants to use the Moodle learning platform as a Tutor teaching FSC Courses

Think of it as a meta course, learn about the Moodle learning platform by using Moodle!



This free course is designed for anyone who wants to use the Moodle learning platform to undertake FSC courses

Think of it as a meta course, learn about the Moodle learning platform by using Moodle!


Test bed for the coming Irecord course