Services
Hantana National Training Centre
The Authority’s national training centre at Hantana, Kandy. Choose a programme from the calendar and apply online in English, Sinhala or Tamil.
Programme calendar
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24 Sep 2026Apply for this programme
Good agricultural practice for tea smallholdings
Three days on field practice: pruning cycles, plucking rounds, shade, weed and pest management, and the leaf standards buyers apply.
Residential Applications close 10 Sep 2026 40 places left
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1 Oct 2026Apply for this programme
Soil conservation on sloping tea land
One day, non-residential: reading a slope, laying out drains and terraces, cover crops, and the conservation conditions attached to replanting approval.
Non-residential Applications close 17 Sep 2026 50 places left
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8 Oct 2026Apply for this programme
Tea nursery management and cultivar selection
Two days for nursery operators and prospective operators: site selection, mother bushes, cultivar purity, propagation and the records the Authority requires.
Residential Applications close 24 Sep 2026 30 places left
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22 Oct 2026Apply for this programme
Society management for office bearers
Two days on running a Tea Smallholder Development Society: the constitution, meetings and minutes, accounts, member records and the Authority’s reporting requirements.
Residential Applications close 8 Oct 2026 35 places left
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5 Nov 2026Apply for this programme
Value addition and marketing for smallholder groups
Three days for society groups pursuing value addition: quality, packaging, certification pathways, costing and routes to market.
Residential Applications close 22 Oct 2026 25 places left