Careers - videos

Agriculture - livestock production

The following videos from the SkillsOne website are about careers in agriculture, particularly livestock production. All were filmed at Tocal College, CB Alexander Campus, which is located at Paterson near Maitland, NSW.

• 'A husband for horses'
  Teachers Lyn Walsh and Warwick Lawrence chat about what is taught in their Horse Husbandry course.
• 'Crops for cows'
  Kevin Watts, Technical Dairy Assistant, helps to grow the pastures that provide feed for the farm's 320 dairy cows.
• 'Up with the cows'
  Donna Nichols, Dairy Manager, gets up at 3:30am every morning to milk the farm's 170 cows.
• 'Beef skills @ Tocal'
  Mal Bourke, Farm Manager, looks after cattle, sheep, horses and the farm generally.
• 'Holy sheep!'
  Teacher Bill Buckley goes through his hands-on lessons with some of his students, training them about how to care for and manage sheep.
• 'Heifers up the duff'
  James Hooke, Traineeship Coordinator, helps run Rural and Dairy courses. James and some of his students perform a herd health check, including pregnancy testing, under the guidance of vet Ian Gollam.

See more information on Tocal College from the Industry & Investment NSW website.

Agriculture - dairy industry

Get a taste for dairy careers by visiting the People in Dairy website. Watch an animal nutritionist, chemical engineer, cheese maker and many more professionals at work.

Forest, timber and paper industries

The ForestWorks website (www.forestworks.com.au) features a range of videos and information about careers in the forest, wood, paper and timber products industries.

Agriculture - vegetable industry

The AusVeg website (www.ausveg.com.au/careers) features a range of videos and information about careers in the vegetable industry.