Booking your training.
Focus on Forestry First works with agreed training providers across Wales to deliver the Skills Development scheme.
On this page, you will find information on how you as a beneficiary book your training course and secure your Skills Development funding.
To find an Agreed Training Provider near you please visit our Training Provider Directory and filter by region or course category.
Step 1
Booking Courses.
Book your course with one of our agreed training providers. Let them know you have a training agreement, they will require the information to complete their notification form and submit this to Focus on Forestry First for review.
Training Providers: The information within your notification must correspond with a valid training agreement. If the beneficiary does not have the course title listed on their training agreement they must contact FFF to amend this before you can notify us.
Step 2
Course Notification.
The agreed training providers will submit the notification form via our Training Provider Portal to let us know you are booked onto your course.
Training Providers: A notification form must be submitted at least 28 days prior to the course start date but be no further than 3 months away. This will ensure a fair and efficient distribution of funds during the final year of the scheme.
Step 3
Contribution & Securing Funding.
When the notification form is approved, FFF will send an invoice by email to you, the beneficiary for your contribution fee*. If an invoice is not received within 5 working days, please email info@focusonforestryfirst.co.uk.
This invoice must be paid by you, the beneficiary at least 3 working days before the start of the course. Upon payment, a Purchase Order confirmation will be sent to the agreed training provider. This secures the funding for your course.
Step 4
Purchase Orders.
Failure to pay your contribution fee* will result in funding not being secured & you, the beneficiary will be liable to pay 100% of the course costs to the training provider.
Training Providers: It is your responsibility to know the funding is secure before training commences. If you have not received a PO Number before the course takes place then the beneficiary has not secured funding and therefore no payment can be made to the training provider by FFF. There will be no exceptions.
Step 5
Attendance & Evidence.
Training Providers Only:
After a Purchase Order confirmation has been provided, please ensure that you keep Focus on Forestry First updated with any changes to planned training, including date changes, cancellations, or non-attendance by emailing info@focusonforestryfirst.co.uk.
After the training event, please upload your claim invoice and supporting evidence on our Training Provider Portal within 6 weeks of the course end date. Invoices without all required evidence will be returned until all evidence is submitted together.
All invoices must contain:
PO number, Business ID & Name, Trainee ID & Name, Event Date, and the Course Title. Invoices received without this information will be returned for correction and not paid.
Non-Attendance & Cancellations: Our current guidelines for Cancellation or Non-Attendance on FFF Funded Courses can be found here.
*all current fees can be found within the Skills Development Scheme Rules
