Tocal College's Yanco Campus is situated in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area at Yanco, just 10 minutes drive from Leeton and 20 minutes drive from Narrandera. It shares the site and resources with Yanco Agricultural Institute (YAI).
A wide range of short training courses for primary producers, owners of small farms, new entrants to agriculture and horticulture, and to those thinking of investing in a rural enterprise is provided at the Yanco Campus.
Yanco Campus operates the highly regarded Aboriginal Rural Training Program, and provides coordination of skills training programs across NSW and interstate.
Since 2006, Yanco provided the only large-scale accommodation and conferencing facility in the region. It provides for visiting school groups, conferences, and educational courses and there is the potential for ever-expanding use for one-off events as well as residential short courses.
Tocal Skills Training
The Tocal Skills Training program is delivered from Yanco Campus to meet the needs of industries, organisations and their staff throughout the Riverina and across New South Wales.
Participants have the opportunity to engage in accredited and non-accredited training to develop skills and knowledge that can immediately be applied on the job.
Traineeships
Yanco Campus Rural Traineeships offer sheep, beef, cropping and irrigation specific electives.
Facilities
Yanco Campus has specialised training areas with the latest equipment and facilities to deliver customised training under real conditions to industry and community groups.
Tocal College's Aboriginal Rural Training Program (ARTP) has delivered training to Indigenous people in NSW and other states since 1989. The ARTP designs, develops and delivers VET training in Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management, Cultural Sites Assessment and Cultural Awareness.
These courses are delivered across NSW to communities, schools, the Indigenous Land Corporation, the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Local Land Services. Most of the instructors delivering training are Aboriginal.
The ARTP offers training in:
SMARTtrain develops and delivers resources and online courses for training in the use of agricultural chemicals from beginner level through to advanced users. These resources are used nationally by Vocational Education and Training providers to deliver accredited training from Level 2 to Level 4.
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