Supporting Farm Practice Change

This micro-credential is ideal for a wide range of agricultural practitioners and extensionists. You may be working in livestock, grains, horticulture or viticulture. Or you may work for a government body, environmental group or land management organisation that interacts with farmers.

To be eligible for this course, you must have already completed the first micro-credential in the Agricultural Extension series: People and Change in Agriculture.

You must have also completed:

• An undergraduate degree in agricultural or a related field, eg natural resource management, science

or

• Two years of work experience in agricultural science, natural resource management or associated fields.

This micro-credential is open to both domestic and international participants.

This micro-credential has been developed in close consultation with industry to ensure your knowledge is contemporary and industry-aligned. It will equip you with the skills and advanced knowledge needed to influence sustainable innovation and change within agriculture.

If you're a member of the Agricultural Institute of Australia, this series of micro-credentials may contribute to 'certified practising agriculturalist’ professional development hours.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of how to drive farm practice change. You'll be able to:

• Understand delivery strategies for farm practice change and how they interact
• Provide expert analysis of strategies and the relevant success and risk factors for a specified farm practice change
• Apply strategies to a variety of farm change contexts.

This course runs over 11 weeks.

Your total time commitment is approximately 40 hours, which includes:

• 7 hours guided learning
• 20 hours independent study
• 13 hours assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Delivery strategies peer interview (30%)
• Farm practice change proposal (70%).

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Supporting Farm Practice Change micro-credential. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your micro-credential digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Supporting Farm Practice Change is part of the Agricultural Extension series of micro-credentials, which is designed to be taken sequentially, in the order below.

It also offers a pathway – otherwise known as advanced standing – into the Master of Agricultural Sciences. To use it in this way, you need to complete all four micro-credentials in the Agricultural Extension series, then apply for credit towards the masters.

This series includes:

• People and Change in Agriculture
• Supporting Farm Practice Change
• Evaluation in Agricultural Innovation

In our innovative online environment, you'll learn alongside a diverse range of industry professionals, and be guided by leading practitioners. You'll review relevant case studies, theories and frameworks, and engage in exploratory discussions with your peers in the online forum, gaining new perspectives on your agricultural practice.

There is no set expiry date.