To launch our 2023 Year 7 Cows Create Careers (CCC) unit, we invited WestVic Dairy’s Workforce Attraction Farm Engagement Lead, Samantha Andrews, into the classroom to outline potential opportunities, careers and pathways in the dairy industry. Sam explained that agriculture is central to our region with dairy being the biggest enterprise in South West Victoria. She described the many opportunities both inside and beyond the farmgate as a lifetime career or as an interim job that taught numerous teambuilding skills with lots of potential for careers in STEM right across our industry. Students learnt that dairy farmers take advantage of innovative and sustainable measures to ensure the health and sustainability of their animals, farms, teams and businesses including cow collars, robotic dairies, genomics, sexed semen and recycling water to grow crops. Sam introduced us to Ella and Nellie, two girls who who enjoy the flexibility that dairy offers as they work with her farm team after school and on holidays around their family, cricket and netball commitments. They help rear calves, drive tractors, milk and assist vets while gaining experience for early entry to study Agriculture at university and becoming a physiotherapist respectively. Students were challenged to nominate as many careers in dairy as possible with 7A producing the longest list! Sam left the students with dairy information packs and a much better understanding of the range of flexible careers in agriculture across our region. Thanks Sam! Comments are closed.
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