• Initiate inappropriate responses to climate change such as low flow pumping and excessive on farm water storage.
• Provide training in strategies to improve rainfall utilisation which do not significantly impact catchment flows.
• Provide training tailored to landscapes and soils that will allow landowners to improve the resilience of their properties to climatic impacts.
• Promote measures that contribute to carbon sequestration and soil health.
• Integrate training with the Community Support Officers and available incentive funding to promote the maximal conversion of plans into on ground works.

• Access seasonal forecasting services.
• Estimate water storage needs.
• Recognise the differential impacts of dry seasons on the landscape.
• Measure soil properties affecting moisture storage
• Discriminate between important ground cover and indicator species.
• Understand basic plant nutrition and
• Be able to interpret soil tests.
• Be aware of benchmarks for important soil nutrients.
• Identify the limitations to soil moisture in your paddocks.
• Recognise the impacts of landscape on moisture retention.
• Mark areas on a property plan according to soil quality and moisture retention.
• Plan targeted actions for each paddock to improve dry or wet season performance.
• Prioritise and schedule targeted actions.
• Locate sources of funding to support targeted actions.

• Impacts of Climate Change
• Soil Structure and texture
• Plant Available Water fractions
• Factors limiting root depth
• Assessing your soil

• Interpretation of soil test results
• Soil Carbon Fractions
• Carbon cycling
• Management for Organic Carbon
• Incorporating data into property plans.
• Drying order in the landscape
• Targeted strategies for soil moisture

• What works best in different soils and locations
• Selecting your priority action
• Planning windbreaks.
• Planning and costing your priority action.
• Applying for incentive funding.

This course is delivered using indoor and out door instruction.