{"id":5438,"date":"2021-05-11T06:09:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2021-05-11T06:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:09:07","slug":"ladies-on-land-women-on-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/ladies-on-land-women-on-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies on Land &#038; Women on Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tocal College<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>These two programs are developed solely for women, with the goal of providing valuable learning opportunities for\u00a0women that are assisting or managing day to day tasks on farm, or women just wanting to further their education and training.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants will undertake accredited training at Tocal College&#8217;s Yanco Agricultural Institute, with funding opportunities for\u00a0eligible participants. Participants can choose to undertake any or\u00a0all of the courses on offer that met your needs.\u00a0\u00a0Details of the two programs are summarised below, with information also available in <a href=\"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Tocal-brochure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this brochure (opens in a new tab)\">this brochure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LOL \u2013 Ladies on Land<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Land and workshop courses, running 12 to 16 July 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To apply for funding, <a href=\"https:\/\/nswtrade.wufoo.com\/forms\/ladies-on-land-yanco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click here (opens in a new tab)\">click here<\/a>. Funding applications close 11 June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Chainsaw Trim &amp; Cut felled trees (2 day course)<\/li><li>Conventional fencing (2 day course)<\/li><li>Welding and Farm workshop skills (2 day course)<\/li><li>Service and maintain small powered machines (1 day course)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WOW \u2013 Women on Wheels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Wheel-based courses, running 2 to 6 August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> To apply for funding,<a href=\"https:\/\/nswtrade.wufoo.com\/forms\/women-on-wheels-yanco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" click here (opens in a new tab)\"> click here<\/a>. Funding applications close 2 July 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courses available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tractors with FEL operations (2 day course)<\/li><li>Quad bike handling (1 day course)<\/li><li>Operate side by side utility vehicles (1 day course) \u2013 Participants must be 16 years or older<\/li><li>Operate 2-wheel motorbikes (1 day course) \u00a0&#8211; Participants must be 16 years or older<\/li><li>Machinery hygiene (1 day course)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accommodation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Accommodation for participants is available onsite at Yanco. For all accommodation enquiries please contact Leonie Napier on 6951 2748, or <a href=\"mailto:leonie.napier@dpi.nsw.gov.au\">leonie.napier@dpi.nsw.gov.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>All courses are fully funded to eligible participants through AgSkilled 2.0.\u00a0Applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AgSkilled 2.0 and Tocal have a strong on-farm focus. Funded training is to those with a genuine interest in NSW\u2019s cotton, grains, production horticulture, viticulture and rice growing industries, such as being a producer, farm staff, contractor, industry professional or those seeking employment in the sector. In addition, participants must\nmeet the standard Smart and Skilled eligibility criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>15 years old or over<\/li><li>No longer in school<\/li><li>Live or work in NSW<\/li><li>An Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, humanitarian visa holder or New Zealand citizen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For all enquiries, please contact Sharon Leach &#8211; 6951 2695, or sharon.leach@dpi.nsw.gov.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tocal College These two programs are developed solely for women, with the goal of providing valuable learning opportunities for\u00a0women that are assisting or managing day to day tasks on farm, or women just wanting to further their education and training.\u00a0 Participants will undertake accredited training at Tocal College&#8217;s Yanco Agricultural Institute, with funding opportunities for\u00a0eligible&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[206],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-education","pmpro-has-access","category-81","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5441,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions\/5441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}