P8: Farmer Capability
The P8 project is an online staff training tool that farm managers could use with their team to share their processes (SOPs) for on-farm tasks.
Signposts to a broad range of formal industry training programs such as Cups on Cups off, Rearing Healthy Calves. Also provides staff with a record of completion of professional development activities.
Dairy UP’s P8 project involves four areas of work:
- Supported employee and dairy farm manager registration will be made available to all NSW dairy farm businesses (following on from the previously funded pilot phase in Victoria during mid-late 2020).
- Through a re-designed user interface, Dairy Passport users will be able to build their digital CV which is transportable between dairy employers.
- Farm Capability Dashboard will be released to provide an inclusive view of activity to enable informed decision making in relation to risk, capability and managing people.
- Standard Operating Procedures will be made available via video or QR code with concurrent automated compliance reporting and can be aligned with NSW DPI resources.
Project Update (April 2024)
Australian dairy businesses face ongoing challenges in sourcing and keeping people with the skills needed to work on farms.
P8 Lead/co-ordinator:
Paul van Wel
Regional Manager | Dairy NSW
Project Team:
- Ash Black (Dairy Australia Project Manager)
- Charmaine Beauchier (Dairy Australia – Industry Talent and Capability Manager)