Online training in Wool & Dairy for high school students
Invitation to all High Schools: help students learn so they can earn!
Our videos are perfect to encourage school students to consider weekend, holiday and (perhaps one day!) full-time work in agriculture. So we’ve curated a suite of online training including 50+ videos to give students a head start.
High schools in NZ can sign an unlimited number of their students into a range of introductory wool (WOMOlife) and dairy (Get Milking) online learning for just $1000+gst*
*Valid until 30 November 2024.
Agricademy doesn’t offer qualifications. Our content proudly sits in what’s known as the ‘non-formal learning’ space. We offer quality online training in the practical skills and tasks required for today’s farm roles. All the online training and on-farm follow-up sessions have been created by farmers, trainers and teachers. While not officially accredited by NZQA, we have made sure our content aligns to unit standards – we know it’s very suitable to NCEA level 2.
What’s included?
Each student will have access to online learning with over 50 videos, pdfs and quizzes introducing them to roles on-farm and in-shed. Click on the topics below to see the list of learning.
Each student can watch the videos at any time and from any where, or a school may decide to make the content part of inquiry learning or in a classroom learning.
Quiz questions at the end of each lesson (except there’s no quiz for listening and communication) are self-assessed. A student can attempt the questions again if any are incorrect. All the answers are in the video.
Relief Milker
- cow behaviour and how to keep the cows happy
- the basic terminology used in the milking shed
- how to load the Rotary Shed and row up the Herringbone Shed
- the right way to cup a cow
- how to tell when a cow is milked out
- how to remove the cups and check the udders
- teat spraying and how to use the backing gate
- how to clean the cow shed and yard
Crutching
- how to remove the wool from around the eye, the tail and between the rear legs
- how to safely pen the sheep
- how to safely press the wool (footage on three different types of wool press
Wool Handling
- how to handle wool and remove the oddments from shorn wool
- how to check and skirt the fleece
- how to separate the wool for length, colour and contamination
- how to set up board duties
- how to pick up and throw the fleece
- how to skirt the fleece and roll the wool
Shearing Gear and Grinding
- all about handpiece and gear safety
- about the types of combs and cutters, how to set them up, use, clean and maintain them
- how to set up the Grinder; know the parts and how to use it
Listening and Communication – specific to wool harvesting
- Communicating with different cultures
- Communicating wth people with impairments
- Skills for improving communication
- What makes a good team player
- Bullying
Example Video Lesson – Dairy
Example Video Lesson – Wool
Sign Up Now
To sign up for this offer, email the school name, full address and the name of the contact person for the school to
contact@agricademy.co.nz
Agricademy will then forward an invoice for $1000+ GST to the school.
On payment in full, a school administrator will be given access to the Agricademy site, along with a how-to video showing how to register each student onto the courses.
Once registered, a student will receive an automated email inviting them to sign into the training videos.
A school administrator or designated contact person can also monitor a student’s progress at any time.
(We appreciate that funding for each school is different. Talk to us about payment options!)
Students
If you’re keen for holiday or weekend work and can get yourself to and from a local dairy farm or shearing shed, farmers and contractors are always looking for reliable workers, where you can work part-time and earn good money.
Did you know that as a relief milker on a dairy farm you can earn at least $25+ per hour – even more on some farms?
People who work as a relief milker say no two days are the same. They love getting up early, working, and then having the rest of the day to do other things between milkings. Seeing the sun rise is a bonus too.
Shed hands, shearers and wool handlers who are good at their jobs have the opportunity to earn good money and to travel the world to work; Australia, or further afield to the States, UK and Europe. Work is seasonal. You need to eat well and move well and look after yourself as the work is physically demanding. There’s also the opportunity to be competitive – there are world records to be attempted!
Let your parent, caregiver, teacher or department head know if you’re keen to be enrolled in Agricademy’s online training.
Parents and Caregivers
If you’re a parent or caregiver of a high school child/teenager, Agricademy online videos provide the perfect platform for students to get a sense of what life is like on a dairy farm and in a shearing shed.
If you are keen for your child to sign up for online training independently from the offer to schools, please get in touch via contact@agricademy.co.nz
Terms and Conditions
Payment is an annual fee enabling an unlimited number of students from a school to have access the online training, as listed on this page.
The offer is only available to registered students of a school, and is not extended to family members, ex-students or the general public.
Payment is required in full by a school before any access is granted to the online content, unless a payment plan agreement in writing has been made between a school and Agricademy.
There are no age restrictions for access to the online content.
Students must provide a individual email address to enable them to access the content.
Certificates of completion are automatically sent on completion of the training.
While access to online content is valid for one school year, this has been extended to 30 November 2024.
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