hello all.
worzel - i completely understand your concern and no offence whatsover has been taken, you made your point very diplomatic way.
the student in question isn 18 and has just begun a agriculture NVQ level 2, after completing level 1. I agree with you that only those with sufficient training should be taking on such a task, and the amount of people I would trust to work with my sheep can be counted on one hand.
accidents do happen, and we can only make sure we learn from them.