Training Staff | DairyNZ

Regular and ongoing training is beneficial for you and your farm business, but there can be a lot to remember.

We have developed the following resources with farmers to help you teach, train and record progress with your farm team. These simple and effective resources can be pinned in the dairy and used in the paddock.

Training courses

Resources

Staff Orientation Checklist and Staff Records
Compliance Toolkit templates help farmers work towards their legal obligations under employment legislation and the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Top Tips for Effluent Irrigators Poster
This effluent tool has been developed with the help of farmers all around New Zealand. It provides the top tips for effluent irrigators.
A Staff Guide to Operating Your Effluent Irrigation System
Understanding how to operate your effluent irrigation system properly is an essential task on farm.
This booklet helps take farm staff through the important parts of operating and maintaining a travelling irrigator effluent system.
Irrigator Run Sheet
This effluent tool has been developed with the help of farmers all around New Zealand. It is designed to take some of the headache out of training staff and managing your effluent system. You may print this off and use as a template or copy our design to make your own template which may better suit your farm system.
Effluent Management Plan Poster
This effluent tool has been developed with the help of farmers all around New Zealand. It is designed to take some of the headache out of training staff and managing your effluent system.
Effluent Pump Maintenance Hazard
Effluent management is a particularly hazardous task which has resulted in fatalities and serious injuries.

The Department of Labour have produced a factsheet outlining safety considerations relating to the design and maintenance of effluent pump pontoons.