Kyle Ross from Wyevale Nurseries has successfully completed a competence exam to become an Associate on the Plant Health Professional Register . He joined the registry organised by the Royal Society of Biology , which aims to develop plant health accomplishment and create a community for plant health professionals .
The 25 - twelvemonth - old explained : “ I am beguiled to have been accept as a register Plant Health Professional . I submitted a competence test of some 10,000 words , which covered a wide range of subject on the biosecurity spectrum .
“ I go for that this achievement will show our customers and other horticultural business sector ’ that , at Wyevale Nurseries , we are 100 % consecrated to plant health .
“ I will use this weapons platform to raise our already robust biosecurity protocols even further and develop the plant health skills of our on - web site faculty . I would extremely recommend other raiser in the UK to have a representative on the Plant Health Professional Register if possible . ”
The Plant Health Professional Register was established in 2016 in reply to the Department of Environment , Food and Rural Affairs ( Defra ) and Government Office of Science reports recommending development of plant health skills and make opportunities for a wider residential area of trained plant wellness professionals .
The Plant Health Professional Register demonstrates skills against the GB Strategy for Plant Health and Biosecurity and further continued professional maturation in plant health . There are three levels of the register – Associate , Registered and Senior .
The register acknowledges an individual ’s competence and aid signpost education and life history development opportunities . It provides the Chief Plant Health Officers with information on plant health expertness in the UK , for speedy responses to disease outbreak . Together this helps protect the UK and business from the harm that pesterer and disease can cause to plants .
In 2018 , a pilot utilisation engaged with the Horticulture sphere to extend the register to all relevant horticulturalists and is now being incorporated into the plant wellness assurance outline being developed by the Horticultural Trades Association .
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