Students share in agricultural future
13/6/2017
Students were recently given the chance to examine the agricultural future on the Food and Fibre Careers Day at University of Melbourne Dookie College campus for two consecutive days Thursday and Friday.
Students were recently given the chance to examine the agricultural future on the Food and Fibre Careers Day at University of Melbourne Dookie College campus for two consecutive days Thursday and Friday.The overall participation exceeded 180 students of years 9 to 12, which came to Melbourne from all corners of Australia--even Yarrawonga for this special event.
The day was launched approx. 5 years ago to demonstrate to students that agriculture is a large field with good working prospects and a large volume of career options.
The students were given the option to select between 12 agricultural workshops on campus with educators from various agricultural organisations which shared their knowledge on subjects like plant chemistry and veterinary technology.
Goulburn Murray from Local Learning and Jamie Lea from Employment Network saw this an opportunity for urbanised students to explore other career paths outside the borders of the city.
They added that agricultural studies and careers are highly in demand not just in certain Australian regions but across the whole nation and even abroad.
Corcoran Parker stock representative James Cleeland located at Mansfield, gave a talk to the students informing them of the various different career options he was involved with in the Agricultural field and the contribution of technology in his job.
Among the supporters of this special two day event were the University of Melbourne, Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, NE Tracks LLEN, Charles Sturt University, Rabobank, Greater Shepparton City Council, and a few others.
