Getting started with environmental management in viticulture
Course details
| Name: |
Getting started with environmental management in viticulture |
| Description: |
A workshop to assist wine grape growers improve their environmental management through the use of an environmental assessment tool. |
| Cost: |
After NSW Government subsidy, $380 incl. GST. |
| Course aims: |
To improve awareness of environmental management in viticulture by using a risk assessment tool and developing customised environmental plans. |
| Learning outcomes: |
- Explain what environmental management is, and why it is needed in the wine grape industry
- Use the Viticulture Environmental Assessment tool (VERA)
- Explain the components of VERA and how these are linked to environmental management and environmental management systems
- Define the environmental context and scope of a business
- Identify and assess environmental risks of a business
- Prioritise environmental risks in a business
- Develop a simple environmental action plan
- Identify the importance of reviewing and improving environmental management systems
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| Length: |
One day |
| Course program/structure: |
- Introduction
- Environmental management in viticulture
- Setting the scene - the environment in which you work
- Applying the VERA environmental assessment tool - how to use it
- Applying the VERA environmental assessment tool - practice
- Environmental Action Plans
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| Resources and method of delivery: |
Participants receive a course manual.
This course is delivered indoors. |
| Accreditation: |
This is an industry-based non accredited course.
This course was developed by the Grape and Wine Research Development Corporation. |
Upcoming dates
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