Professional olive pruning course | March 2021

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3 days professional course (from 19 to 21 March)

From 19th to 21st march, a professional training course in olive pruning (Olea europaea) will be held in Reggioli by European Tree Worker (ETW) and agrarian expert Michele Speciale from the vocational training center Alberi Maestri.

Cost of the course including full board and accommodation in shared rooms with 2 to 3 beds: 355 € (VAT incl., bed linen excl.). Each participant brings its own sheets, towels and sleeping bag. On request we can provide for sheets, towels, duvet and duvet cover (extra cost 15 €).

3 days professional course + 2 days pruning practice (from 19 to 23 March)

Immediatly after the course we give you the possibility to put the aquired skills into practice for two more days, always under the supervision of the agrarian expert Michele Speciale.

Cost of the course including full board and accommodation in shared apartments with 2 to 3 beds: 396 € (VAT incl., bed linen excl.). Each participant brings its own sheets, towels and sleeping bag. On request we can provide for sheets, towels, duvet and duvet cover (extra cost 15 €).

For this type of experience you must be a member of WOOF Italy (Card fee: 35 € with annual validity)

For more information, please visit the official website: www.wwoof.it

And for those of you who want to fully immerse in Reggioli:

Community experience, pruning course and working camp (from 17 to 31 March)

For those who want a full-fledged experience, we are happy to invite you to spend two weeks with us! From walks in the magic woods to evenings of music and dance, from working in the trees to meals in cheerfulness, from the sweat lodge ritual right at the natural swimming lake to the talking circles… who has already been in Reggioli knows: here you immerse in a parallel world made of relationships, depth and lightness, discoveries and rediscoveries. Are you one of us?

For these two weeks our offer is 426 € (VAT incl., bed linen excl.) including course fee, food and accommodation in dormitory, excluding bed linen. Reggioli can provide you with sheets, towels, duvet and duvet cover at an extra cost of 15 €.

For those who have already made an experience in Reggioli the cost will be 376 € (VAT incl., bed linen excl.).

For this type of experience you must be a member of WOOF Italy (Card fee: 35 € with annual validity)

For more information, please visit the official website: www.wwoof.it

COURSE DETAILS

Duration: 24 hours (3 days: 19 – 21 March 2021)

Course instructor: Michele Speciale ETW European Tree Worker – agricultural expert / Alberi master (www.alberimaestri.com)

Certification: Attendance certificate valid throughout the national territory (teaching material included)

Number of participants: 6 to 15 people

The course will be held in 3 days including front modules (classroom lessons) and practical training modules in the field.

The necessary cutting equipment (pruning shears, scissors, pruning saw, battery equipment) will be brought by us as well as samples of our xylothek.

Students must be provided with Individual Protection Devices (eyes, gloves, boots and appropriate clothing) and personal scissors and jig saw.

PROGRAMME:

● Biology – physiology – response to wounds – the CODIT model

● Anulatory porosity and diffuse porosity

● Angiosperme (latifoglie)

● Biology, morphology and ecology of the olive tree

● Physiological and morphological characteristics of the main fruit plants

● pruning techniques and main breeding forms

● Plant reaction to pruning – secondary regrowth

● Damage from capitulation – wood caries

● The pruning question marks: why – how – when – how much

● Choice of optimal cutting angles

● Recognition and respect of the branch collar

● Cut of branches with bark included

● Cutting of codominant branches

● Techniques: The thinning

● Techniques: cutting the foliage

● Techniques: the return cut

● Young trees – pruning setting

● Mature trees – maintenance pruning

● Senescent trees – pruning of reform

● The pruning of damaged trees

● Tools for scissors, jigsaw, pruning rod, chainsaw, accumulators