Perhaps that bloke who advised your dad was getting tutor/trainer muddled up with Guest Speaker
He would have been fine appearing as a one off guest speaker but yes if you actually want to teach a syllabus effectively you have to be a qualified lecturer, so will need a PGCE or similar teaching qualification. It's not that they don't value his skills, it's just that you have to be able to demonstrate the ability to teach those skills properly.

Couldn't your dad volunteer to work at a nursing home or something where they'll have grounds that need maintaining?
( h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega.., Fri 16 Mar 2012, 9:23, 1 reply)

I hear you....but....
Ignoring the muppets comments above, he has skills in regards to cultivation and such that are dying out and should be preserved, IMHO anyway.

I'll ask him if he asked about being a guest speaker, but I expect people want to be paid for that usually do they?.....which is maybe why the guy he spoke to never mentioned it.

He's not short of things to do, he has his own garden and it's not work he's looking for it's just a forum to pass on what he knows. There are other ways to do this I know......
(repooc, Fri 16 Mar 2012, 10:28, closed)