StockPlan®
Course details
| Name: |
StockPlan® 3 days |
| Description: |
A course for graziers and agribusiness advisors interested in developing their drought management skills. |
| Cost: |
After NSW Government subsidy, $425 GST-free.
Includes a copy of the Decision Support Tools and StockPlan Resources CD, StockPlan User Manual plus the StockPlan Producer Manual and Home Study Guide. |
| Course aim |
To assist producers and advisors develop flexible drought management plans.
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| Learning outcomes: |
- Describe and review your drought experiences
- Identify climate patterns that increase the likelihood of drought and dry spells
- Complete a feeding exercise using Drought Pack software
- Identify key factors in managing risk and drought planning
- Develop a drought management plan for your business
- Operate decision support tools and software
- Map farm resources
- Develop sustainable land and water use strategies
- Maintain animal welfare in drought
- Review your drought management plan
- Manage financial risk in drought
- Maintain family health and well-being
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| Length: |
3 days |
| Course program/structure: |
- Introduction
- Experiences from droughts
- When will it rain?
- Overview of StockPlan
- Decision support software
- Key risk factors
- Development of drought plans
- Evaluation of drought plans
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| Resources and method of delivery: |
Participants receive a StockPlan manual and CD-ROM.
This course is delivered indoors.
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| External study option: |
This option, which will include a home study guide, will be available in late 2006.
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| Accreditation: |
This course has been mapped to these national units of competency:
- RTE3136A - Comply with industry animal welfare requirements
- RTE4104A - Develop livestock feeding plans
- RTE5516A - Develop a whole farm plan
- RTE5523A - Develop climate risk management strategies
- BSBCMN402A - Develop work priorities
- BSBCMN416A - Identify risk and apply risk management processes
- BSBMGT512A - Manage relationships in a family business.
This course was developed with support from Australian Wool Innovation Limited.
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