The Pasture Management and Grazing course is designed for individuals who want to better manage their pastures and optimise production from their livestock. It provides practical skills and background knowledge about how pastures and livestock interact.
Topics in the Pasture Management and Grazing course include:
* Pasture and animal assessment,
* Feed Budgeting,
* Using fodder crops to increase stocking rate,
* Recognising plant species,
* How pastures grow,
* Fodder conservation,
* Managing weeds with livestock, and
* Achieving livestock production targets.
The Pasture Management and Grazing course is composed of a unit that is part of the National Rural Production Training package. By successfully completing this short course, students accrue units towards gaining a nationally recognised qualification in Agriculture (eg. Certificates I - IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma).
Students should download the application form from NMIT's website, complete and email or post the form to NMIT. Proof of concession benefits should be submitted together with the application form.
The Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) offers a range of innovative, practical Vocational Education Training and Higher Education programmes.
The NMIT courses are designed and developed with industry participation to give the student the best employment outcome. Based across the northern region of Melbourne, NMIT has six metropolitan campuses, Preston, Collingwood, Epping, Fairfield, Greensborough and Heidelberg and a rural campus in Ararat.