Education the key to Career Growth

Coming from from the little village of Mount George in Manning Valley Dwayne Schubert explains how his career has jump-started...

For Dwayne Schubert, education is a very time-consuming pursuit, he explained on his call with Aaron Goddard, a landmark agronomist. 

Even though Dwayne is currently employed as a consultant in Tasmania, he often exchanges ideas and knowledge with his ex boss, who has mentored him since his Landmark Graduate Program. 

He revealed that the moment he completed his studies, he went straight to Gunnedah and begun to evaluate cotton for Landmark.

Dwayne-coming from from the little village of Mount George in Manning Valley said his career was jump-started the moment he was admitted to the graduate program he had applied to after he finished his Bachelor of Agricultural Science studies at Charles Sturt University.

Aaron has disclosed that University graduates are specially selected by Landmark which then hands them a store or a branch in any Australian region in their area of specialty.  

Arron and Dwayne's father Mark begun collaborating with each other on their business which has provided sprays, fertilisers, and produce equipment and tools to regional farmers. When Aaron become a part of Landmark in 2008, Mark was quick to accompany him.

Dwayne explains that his dad has been his source of inspiration through their own business "Goddards".

Dwayne of course fully recognises the value of Aaron and his father Mark in his growing career.  He added that both from personal and professional perspective, these two have embraced him and did everything they could do to help him grow. He explained that Aaron and his father showed him what goes on the real world and were very patient and allowed him to make his own choices. 

Dwayve is now utilising all the things  he learned in practice in the Huon Valley region where he is employed by Serve-Ag, a private Tasmanian agricultural firm that supervises cereal, pastures, fodder crops as well as livestock like sheep, cattle, and dairy farms. 

Dwayne expresses his concern that in today’s world, where information is available with a click of a button, spreading the word about the people behind the scenes and the food that comes in our plates is now scarce. He emphasised the importance of grabbing every opportunity that arises to interact with people beyond the industry and reveal their goals to achieve more productivity and sustainability. 

With this vision guiding his path, Dwayne was picked to join the Young Farming Champions program  in 2014. This particular program allows members to learn and practice media and communication skills as well as career development skills that will help them grow their career in the future. Dwayne also tours with the Archibull prize, as a part of the program