Tuesday, Nov 5, 2019 Since Sept 27, 1879 Retail $2 Home delivered from $1.35 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY 140 YEARS Flying high FULL STORY P24 PHOTO HEATHER MACKENZIE 031119-HM-0228 Dinner club P3 New agri college for Mid Canty BY SUE NEWMAN “Having dealt with thousands of cli- be required to undertake a four-week
[email protected] ents and potential candidates who were residential training course. A new agricultural training college, one looking to be placed within the prima- Study would be at two levels – a two- that will offer a combination of study ry industries, I can see from both sides year diploma in agriculture with the op- and on farm work, will be established in the skills that are desperately needed tion of a further two years of study to- the Ashburton District next year. by employers and in demand by candi- wards a diploma in agricultural finance The new college will be based at what dates. I knew the industry was looking management. was previously Winchmore Research for something different,” Jones said. Unlike other training courses, the Station and is the brainchild of New While there are a number of training Ashburton agri training programme Zealand Dairy Careers director Matt courses focused on specific areas of ag- will be run under City and Guilds rath- Jones. It will be guided by a six-person riculture, the new college would cover er than being measured against NZQA Melbourne board of industry representatives. every facet of the industry, he said. standards. The college had been a long time and It would offer training from the most a lot of research, in the making, Jones basic level for school leavers through to said and it was designed to produce those already in the workforce wanting Cup sweep graduates with the grassroots skills the to gain a qualification.