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Hello:

You are invited to participate in our survey on opportunities for new entrants in the potato sector. By helping provide the fullest possible picture, you’ll be contributing to the development of a new entrants initiative for the potato sector which will form part of a major drive to encourage the best new entrants to join the agricultural and horticultural sectors, providing sustainability for the sector. It will only take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

As stated in the NFU Farming Delivers report farming will need to deliver tens of thousands of new career opportunities over the coming years, if the industry is to fulfil its mission of producing more, whilst impacting less. Figures quoted suggest that there will be a requirement for 60,000 new farmer and farm-worker entrants by 2017. As farming becomes ever more diverse and technologically driven, many of these jobs will be for skilled workers.

Potato Council would like to determine what proportion of these opportunities will exist in the potato sector and what other career prospects exist for new entrants in potato related industries. Our plan is to put together a showcase for BP2013 (27/28 November, Harrogate) and encourage new entrants to attend the event to meet leaders in the potato industry.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact [email protected].

Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.
 
 
 
* Q1. Please provide your position/job title in your organisation/business
   
 
 
 
* Q2. Please indicate how you/your organisation is involved in the potato industry, please select all that apply
 
Merchant
 
Packer
 
Processor- chips
 
Processor - crisps & snacks
 
Processor - other
 
Seed supplier
 
Retailer
 
Independent agronomist
 
Researcher/academic
 
Supply company
 
Other - please specify
 

 
 
 
* Q3. Approximately, how many employees are currently employed in your business/organisation (UK only)?
   
 
 
 
Q4. If your business/organisation buys ware potatoes, please give the approximate tonnage handled last year? (If not applicable, please type 'NA')
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Q5. If your organisation provides agronomic advice to potato growers, please estimate how many hectares of crop this applies to (If not applicable, please type 'NA')
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Q6. Approximately how many new (permanent) recruits do you take on each year?
 
 
* (i) Full time
   
 
 
* (ii) Part time
   
 
 
 
* Q7. How would describe the ease or difficulty you have in securing employees of the right calibre?
 
Very easy
 
Quite easy
 
Neither easy nor difficult
 
Quite difficult
 
Very difficult
 
Don't know
 
 
Q8. Approximately what percentage of your current employees have received the following agricultural training or experience?
20% and under 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100% Don't know N/A
* Agricultural qualification (NVQ Levels 1-3 or equivalent)
* Agricultural qualification (Degree or above,HND/HNC,NVQ Levels 4 or above, or equivalent)
* Continued professional development(e.g.BASIS, technical qualifications)
* Relevant work experience - Under 2 years
* Relevant Work experience - 2 years or above
* Apprenticeship/placement
* Unskilled
 
 
 
* Q9. How important is a highly skilled staff to your business, please choose the statement which you think describes your business the best?
 
Having the majority of staff with agricultural skills is essential to my business
 
Having the majority of staff with agricultural skills is desirable but not essential to my business
 
Having the majority of staff with agricultural skills is not very/not at all important and we not seeking to achieve this
 
Don't know
 
 
 
* Q10a. Do you offer work placements/apprenticeships?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Don't know
 
 
 
* Q10b. In which areas/ kind of roles do you provide placements/apprenticeships?
   
 
 
 
* Q11. Currently, which areas/roles do you find most difficult to recruit for? Select all that apply.
 
Land based
 
Office based
 
Workshop based
 
Technical
 
Agronomy services
 
Other - please specify

 
 
 
* Q12. Looking to the future, how many new employees do you estimate you will need over the next 10 years due to business growth and employee turnover?
   
 
 
 
* Q13. In which areas of your business would these job opportunities be?
   
 
 
 
* Q14a. Do you foresee a staff resource gap in the next 5 years?
 
Yes
 
No
 
Don't know
 
 
 
* Q14b.In which areas/roles do you think these gaps will exist?
   
 
 
Q14c. To fulfil the reseource gaps identified above please state how likely you are to do the following?
Very likely Quite likely Neither likely nor unlikely Quite unlikely Very unlikely N/A
* (i) Recruiting new staff to fulfil resource gap
* (ii) Training and upskilling your current staff
 
 
 
Q15. If you have any further comments, please provide these in the box below.
   
 
 
 
* Q16. We may wish to follow up with respondents to ask for more information. Are you willing to be contacted?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
CON. Please could you provide your contact details below?
* First Name : 
* Last Name : 
* Phone : 
* Email Address : 
 
 
 
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.