Rural Trades Network - supporting rural skills and trades in Craven and the Yorkshire Dales

Register an Interest

If you are interested in joining the register once it is launched, please complete the form below to register an interest. The Register Manager will then contact you again once the full web site is available. Please answer as many of the questions as you can as these responses will be invaluable in helping us to address your particular needs.

If you have a query or would like to know more, please contact us.

Please note that fields marked with an asterisk are required.

Personal Information
Title

First Name *

Surname Name *

Company Name

Address *

Postcode *

Telephone

Fax

Email

Nature of Interest
I am interested in:

receiving details of existing or planned training courses in rural trade skills
receiving details on tutoring opportunities for people with rural trade skills
registering on the Register as a contractor and/or employer in one of the target sectors outlined below
seeking employment as a skilled or semi-skilled labour on projects in these sectors
advertising my business support service to local contractors in these sectors
advertising my material/equipment/machinery supply business to local contractors in these sectors

Description of Trade or Skill

We are particularly interested in locating skilled people in the following and related trades:

building construction, services, maintenance, repair and restoration skills, such as brickwork, stone masonry, plumbing, electrical, roofing, carpentry and joinery;

land-based/farming skills, such as boundary and access maintenance, woodland management, landscape and horticulture;

with particular emphasis on built and natural heritage and conservation skills.

To be eligible to join the Register you must:

live or work within the Craven District, the Yorkshire Dales, Nidderdale AONB and their immediate surroundings;

or if you are a contractor/employer you are also eligible if you regularly employ people in these areas or have an existing in-area client base.

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Trade or nature of business *

Which of the following categories best describes your primary trade or skill?
Building construction, services, repair and restoration skills
Land-based skills
Engineering or mechanical skills
Other (please state)

Do you have any skills or experience in specialist areas such as those listed below (tick any that apply):
Training others in rural trade skills
Stone masonry and carving
Boundary maintenance
Timber frame building or repair
Green timber use
Lime mortar/render/plaster/lime wash
Traditional stone/slate roofing
Access maintenance
Habitat management
Historic metalwork repair and replication

Your Privacy

Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, Old Post Office, Main Street, Clapham, North Yorkshire, LA2 8DP
T: 015242 51002 F: 015242 51150 E: info@ruraltrades.org.uk W: www.ydmt.org