PCLT

Green practical training par excellence

PCLT is known in Roeselare and by extension throughout Flanders for its extensive range of on-the-job training in agriculture and horticulture, private and public green spaces and industry (mostly logistics training). With the first branch, the PCLT gained its fame. But the GREEN sector has since become just about the most important.

There is an ever-increasing demand from public boards, landscapers, garden architects and developers of urban projects for high-performance green education.

Many courses are green and machinery related. The machinery sector in the green sector today is experiencing not an evolution but a true Revolution.

PCLT has unique machinery for private and public green spaces

PCLT has extensive machinery with about 200 chainsaws, hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, brush cutters ...

PCLT aims to have the most innovative machines available to the trainee. Virtually the entire fleet of machines is battery-powered and 2-stroke gasoline-powered engines are being phased out. The advantages of the new machinery are clear:

Lower energy consumption
Much less noise pollution
Safer working
Big step forward in terms of ergonomics
Less maintenance required

Some key figures from PCLT (2021)

Number of courses: A total of 170 (partial) training courses, 70 of which are in the GREENSECTOR.
Number of employees including freelance teachers: 136
Number of hours of practical classes per year: 14,000 hours
Number of training hours per year: 100,000 training hours

Modern forms of training

Teaching online

By Corona in 2020 and 2021, distance learning has taken a quantum leap. It is an excellent means to have correct knowledge transfer without much travel. However, practice has shown that physical teaching combined with the digital way is most appropriate. PCLT is indeed a center of practice. So physical teaching at and around the machine and letting the student work with it will always be central.

E - learning

Currently we have a good Dutch-speaking, French-speaking and English-speaking forklift training elaborated. This is the first of a whole series of training courses to be rolled out in e-learning formula in the coming years.