TBA Working To Help Staff Shortage

[Wandering Eyes]

Thorougbred Breeders Australia is behind a new industry Fast Track training programme that will see the first batch of 15 trainees enter the workforce across Australian stud farms next week. The group has spent the last three weeks at TAFE, Scone, one of Australia’s largest vocational education and training providers, learning about the theoretical side of the business and on Monday they will commence full time positions on major farms. The next step will see the trainees return to TAFE in late November for another three-week training block as they work towards achieving a Certificate III qualification in Horse Breeding.

“Farms across the country are finding it increasingly difficult to find good workers so we felt TBA should take a leadership role in recruiting these people,” commented TBA chief executive Tom Reilly. “The course was designed to create a career pathway for those who already had a background with horses but maybe didn’t know that breeding could provide them with a job.”

Sledmere, Godolphin, Kitchwin Hills, Davali, and Holbrook in the Hunter Valley, as well as Victoria’s Three Bridges and Mill Park in South Australia are among the farms taking trainees and John Kelly of Newhaven Park, who was involved in the selection process, thinks the course will prove invaluable for the breeding industry. “I’ve no doubt that Fast Track has been able to attract youngsters by creating a pathway and the TBA has ensured all participating farms are going to make an effort to develop these trainees and bring them along so that they stay in the industry for the long term,” he said.

 

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