PROfarm Course list
PROfarm courses are delivered locally by highly skilled and respected NSW DPI staff. Many of the courses are subsidised to reflect the public benefits provided by the adoption of more sustainable farming practices. On-demand courses, tailored to the specific needs of individual groups, are also available.
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Alpaca care and management
This course is designed for property owners interested in breeding alpacas.
Beef breeder management
A course designed for property owners wishing to learn a range of practical tasks associated with the handling, breeding and caring for cattle on the farm.
Beef care and handling
A course designed for property owners wishing to learn a range of practical tasks associated with the handling, breeding and caring for cattle on the farm.
Beekeeping as a business
A course designed to enable beekeepers to make the transition of keeping honey bees from a hobby to a business.
Bees - Pests and diseases of honey bees
This two-day course provides beekeepers with the skills to recognise, monitor and manage the impact of pests and disease on commercial honey bee colonies.
Beginning in Bees
A practical beekeeping course for new and established beekeepers.
Biological control of weeds
This workshop is designed for land managers and natural resource officers who are involved in the control of weeds.
Certificate IV Training and Assessment TAE40110
The Certificate IV course will enable you to train and assess accredited qualifications in the Vocational Education and Training system. You will learn how to design and develop learning programs, plan, organise and deliver training to groups and in the workplace.
Chainsaw - Fall trees manually (basic)
How to safely and efficiently fall trees taking into account environmental requirements. (Competence in Trim and cross-cut felled trees is a prerequisite to attending this course)
Chainsaw - Fall trees manually (intermediate)
This one day course develops the skills required to assess, plan and safely carry out manual tree-felling operations using a chainsaw in a non-production environment.
Chainsaw - Trim & cut felled trees (Level 1 chainsaw operation)
This course will show participants how to safely operate and maintain a chainsaw for removing a fallen tree using a range of cutting techniques.
Chainsaw operation and maintenance
A practical course for those seeking basic chainsaw cross-cutting (cutting timber on ground) and maintenance skills.
Chainsaw reaccreditation
Trim and Cut Felled Trees OR Fall trees manually (basic) OR Fall Trees manually (intermediate). This one day reaccreditation service is designed to maintain currency of skills.
Develop a whole farm plan - NEW Online course
This online course focuses on describing and managing your natural resources of soil, climate, water and vegetation. It also considers the people, finances and enterprises on the farm.
Develop and review a farm business plan - NEW Online course
This course takes you step-by-step through the process of developing a farm business plan - a plan that will help you measure progress against the plans, vision and goals for your property.
Faecal egg counts for worms
A course for those interested in managing internal parasites and worms in their livestock.
Farm planning
A course for land managers and farming families interested in natural resource management for sustainable farm production.
Farming animals with care and conscience
This two day workshop aims to assist livestock producers to document and plan for animal welfare implementation across their farming businesses.
Farming in a changing climate
A three day workshop spread over 6 weeks to assist landholders prepare and adapt their property for climate risk.
Farming native pastures
Three half-days for land managers with native pastures used for grazing.
Fencing (conventional)
An introductory course for those seeking basic fencing knowledge and skills.
Fencing (electric)
This one-day introductory course is ideal for the small property owner or primary producer who wants to learn how to maintain and construct their own electric fences.
Forklift licence preparation
This 3-day course is to prepare participants for assessment for a WorkCover forklift licence.
Goat care and management
This course is designed for property owners interested in breeding goats.
Heavy horse care and handling
An introductory heavy horse care and handling course for first-time owners or those thinking of purchasing.
Horse care and handling
An introductory horse handling course for those buying their first horse or who are first horse owners.
Humane destruction of livestock
This course is for people working in livestock saleyards and associated industries to improve knowledge and skills in animal welfare, management of injured and distressed animals, making decisions about destruction of animals and the correct procedures of carrying out euthanasia.
Identification and management of native grass pastures
A 1 day course to assist landholders to identify native grasses, understand why these grasses best fit into an agricultural landscape and learn how to manage these grasses for agriculture and conservation.
Identifying environmental weeds
The workshop has been developed to extend participants’ knowledge and skills beyond the basic recognition and collection techniques developed in the Certificate II Recognising Grasses/Water weeds workshops.
Identifying grasses
This workshop has been developed to extend participants’ knowledge and skills beyond the basic recognition and collection techniques developed in the Certificate II Recognising Grasses.
Introduction to organic farming
This course is designed for property owners interested in growing produce organically.
Introduction to pastures
An introductory course that addresses the basics of pasture establishment, pasture varieties for different conditions and management of pastures for livestock production.
Irrigated lucerne for profit
A 2 day course that provides the knowledge and skills required to grow and market irrigated lucerne efficiently and profitably.
LANDSCAN®
This course, held over 5 half-days and 1 full day, farmers and land managers develop skills and knowledge to assess natural resources to better match land use to land capability and to make more informed decisions about managing landscapes and allocating resources to better balance production, profit and sustainability.
Livestock welfare and handling (Masterclass)
This course is for people working in livestock saleyards and associated industries to improve knowledge and skills in basic animal handling techniques with emphasis on minimising stress.
Maintain farm safety - NEW Online Course
This online course covers implementing and maintaining processes on a farm or related enterprise to comply with the requirements of OHS Regulations.
Manage soils - NEW Online Course
This online course covers the process of monitoring and managing soils in an agricultural or horticultural enterprise.
Manage staff - NEW Online course
This course focuses on how a farm business can develop a positive workplace culture that is characterised by vision, values and effective communication.
Management of trunk disease and young vine decline
This course will give participants an understanding of the impact of trunk disease on vineyard health and assets
Managing climate risk - NEW Online course
This online course explains how to develop a climate risk management strategy for an agricultural, horticultural or land management enterprise.
Managing land for carbon
This one day workshop is suitable for land managers wanting to learn practical skills and techniques to reduce the impacts of climatic extremes.
Marketing agricultural products and services - NEW Online course
This course is designed for those interested in exploring concepts associated with marketing of agricultural products and services.
Off-road four wheel drive (4x4) training
This 2 day course will teach you how to safely operate a four wheel drive vehicle off-road and use vehicle recovery techniques.
Operate two wheel motor bikes
This one day course aims to develop skills in the safe off road use and maintenance of two wheel motor bikes.
Paddock plants - field day
This course will assist landholders identify plants commonly growing on their properties, their attributes and associated management options.
Performance management and MERI training
This workshop is designed to lift understanding of project management and to meet the Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement requirements for outcomes based projects. It will provide participants with the skills and knowledge to develop a MERI plan.
Photography for fieldwork
This course covers the fundamentals of digital photography. It teaches users to understand the functions and settings of their cameras.
Planning for pest management
This course is designed for land managers and natural resource managers involved in weed or vertebrate pest control.
Pole saw operation
How to safely operate and maintain a mechanical pole saw for trimming high branches in a range of situations.
Pork industry stockperson training
The 2 day course aims to refresh and upgrade participants basic knowledge to care for the health and welfare of pigs; the quality assurance aspects of pig keeping and maintenance of a safe, compliant and practical working environment.
Poultry care for the home flock
A basic introduction to poultry and the management of the home flock
Prepare budgets and financial reports - NEW Online course
This unit takes you step-by-step through developing a farm business plan forming part of the online business plan module.
Private Native Forest Awareness Field Day
A field day to provide participants with an awareness of the opportunities and regulatory obligations of good private native forestry (PNF) management and operations on their farm.
Prograze abridged
An intensive two day course to develop skills in assessing pasture and animal production and to develop pasture and livestock management plans.
Prograze Plus
This workshop series builds on the skills and knowledge learnt in Prograze, leading to the development of a whole farm fodder budget.
Prograze®
Run over 8 half-days in the field, this course provides skills for participants to assess pasture characteristics influencing pasture and animal production and to develop pasture and livestock management plans.
Promoting vine health
This course is designed for people with a direct involvement in pruning and disease control in vineyards.
Property management planning (PMP) for natural resource management
A 6 day course designed for land managers and farm families interested in natural resource management for sustainable farm production.
Property-to-property transfer - National Livestock Identification System (NLIS)
This course suits stock agents, saleyard operators, Rural Lands Protection Board rangers, NSW DPI regulatory staff, transport operators and cattle producers.
PROwater® Benchmarking and water budgeting
This half-day workshop is designed for those in the irrigation industry wanting to improve or develop their benchmarking and water-budgeting skills. Benchmarking and water budgeting allows you to evaluate your performance in relation to water efficiency, productivity and profitability.
PROwater® Centre pivots and lateral moves
To ensure irrigation systems reach their full potential in adding to the farm business, they need to be properly designed, installed, managed and maintained. This 2-day course is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series and examines these aspects of centre pivots and lateral or linear move (CP/LM) systems.
PROwater® Drip irrigation (introduction)
This course is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series and is designed for irrigators and those in the industry considering drip irrigation. It covers the factors to consider before investing in a drip-irrigation system.
PROwater® Irrigation pumps
This half-day course is designed to improve irrigators’ knowledge and understanding of common irrigation pumps so they are better able to select, operate and maintain their pumping equipment.
PROwater® Low-level sprinkler irrigation (advanced)
This is an advanced workshop expanding on the principles introduced in the Irrigation Management Course, as well as introducing more advanced topics. It is specifically written for irrigators already using low-level sprinkler irrigation.
PROwater® Pressurised irrigation systems
This half-day module is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series and is primarily designed for irrigators using pressurised irrigation systems such as travelling irrigators, rotating booms, spray lines, side roll, end tow and hand/bike shift systems.
PROwater® Scheduling irrigation
A half-day course consisting of speaker presentations, group discussions, calculation exercises on paper and practical demonstrations.
PROwater® Soils and irrigation
This module is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series and introduces you to techniques for assessing the irrigation characteristics of soil and water quality.
PROwater® Storage and distribution
A half-day course designed for those in the irrigation industry wanting to maximise the efficiency of their storage and distribution systems.
PROwater® Surface drip irrigation (advanced)
This is an advanced workshop expanding on the principles introduced in the Waterwise Irrigation Management Course, as well as introducing more advanced topics. It is specifically written for irrigators already using drip irrigation. It is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series.
PROwater® Surface irrigation systems
This half-day module is part of the PROwater® irrigation training series is designed for irrigators and those in the industry who wish to improve their management skills in surface irrigation systems (furrow, border check and contour).
PROwater® Water metering
This half-day course will assist you in selecting, installing and maintaining a water meter. It also provides background information on flow hydraulics and water measurement principles.
Quad bike handling
A one day course for those wanting to develop their skills in the safe use of four wheeled motor bikes.
Queen bee breeding
A 3 day course for beekeepers and people interested in entering the queen bee industry.
Recognising grasses
Participants will learn to recognise common weedy, native and desirable introduced grasses within an area and understand what they may indicate about the environment and management of a site.
Recognising water weeds
This workshop is designed for weed professionals or other natural resource managers who require knowledge of water weed species and how to distinguish between native look-a-likes.
Safe tractor operation and maintenance
A 2 day course covering safe operation of tractors and appliances and basic maintenance and care.
Service and maintain small powered machines
This one day course teaches you to carry out your own servicing and adjustments to small powered machines - Ride on Mowers, Hand Mowers, Line Trimmers, Brush Cutters, Mulchers and Chainsaws in a safe manner to OHS standards and to manufacturer’s specifications.
Sheep care and husbandry
This course is designed for property owners interested in breeding sheep.
SMARTtrain® chemical application (Level 3)
A 2 day course for people who use pesticides with powered and hand-held application equipment.
SMARTtrain® chemical risk management (Level 4)
This one day course is suitable for training supervisors and managers with risk management skills to manage the transportation, storage, application and record keeping of agricultural chemicals (including biological pesticides). Participants must be accredited at Level 3 to achieve competence at Level 4.
SMARTtrain® fumigation on farms
A one-day course designed to instruct participants in how to identify and understand the life cycles of stored grain insect pests; manage stored grain more effectively, and work effectively with fumigants for stored product protection and vertebrate pest management.
SMARTtrain® Level 3 reaccreditation
This 1 day course is suitable for reaccrediting people previously accredited in a Level 3 chemical usage course. People who use pesticides in their business must be reaccredited every five years.
SMARTtrain® Level 4 reaccreditation
A one day course suitable for reaccrediting people previously accredited in a Level 4 chemical usage course.
SMARTtrain® weeds and their control
A training and assessment resource for the scoping, documenting, planning, control and monitoring of weeds.
Soil life management
This one day practical workshop gives an introductory understanding on how soil organisms contribute to soil fertility, resilience and stablility and what landholders can do to stimulate their benefits and easily monitor on-farm.
Soils and fertilisers
A practical course for those seeking a better understanding soils and fertilisers.
Stock Assess
This 2 day course for new entrants to the beef industry will assist producers to develop skills in assessing and selling methods, assessing cattle for markets and to understand markets and differences in markets.
Stock Safe - safe responsible livestock handling
A 2 day course to improve safe handling skills of stock on farm and reduce the risk of injury of those working with livestock, and to raise awareness of animal welfare as an issue of public concern.
StockPlan®
This online course guides you through the process of developing a drought risk management plan.
Topfodder silage - an introduction
New information and technology on the making and use of silage and hay will be presented in this one day overview of the Topfodder successful silage course.
TopfodderTM silage
This 3 day course covers the science of silage, crop selection, making, storing and feeding high quality silage. The program includes hands-on inspection and assessment of silage on farms using both bulk and baled silage.
Vegetation survey and assessment
This workshop is developed for land managers looking to accurately define the scale of a weed problem and determine its impact on the surrounding vegetation.
Vertebrate pest management
A course designed for people implementing vertebrate pest management for agricultural protection and conservation.
Wean more lambs
This 1 day course presents a complete package of best practice management technologies aimed at optimising sheep reproductive performance.
Weed movement - Machinery inspection and cleaning
The workshop has been developed to increase the awareness of how weeds and other pest organisms can be spread via contaminated machinery and what can be done to reduce the risk of this occurring.
Weed officer induction
The Weeds Officer Induction Program provides recently employed staff with a well rounded appreciation of their roles and responsibilities as well as familiarising them with the support network available within the weeds industry.
Weed risk management
This course has been developed to increase participant's ability to assess the relative importance of weeds in their area.
Weeds and their control
A course developed for land managers looking to lift their capacity to effectively control weeds in a sustainable manner.
Wine making and the industry - (Introduction)
This two-day practical workshop is designed for participants who wish to start their own vineyard either on a personal or commercial basis.
Working dogs
This two day course is for owners of working dogs or those looking purchase a dog who wish to train them for either general farm use or for competition.