A calibration event is for those currently certified and those whose certification has lapsed within the last 2 years. If your certification lapsed more than 2 years ago you will need to sit an assessment.

These calibration workshops are run by our Calibration Assessors and take place regionally throughout the year.

A calibration event is attendance based (opposed to pass/fail), it will take approximately 2.5hours and will consist of:

• a hands-on component and
• a paddock scoring component
• discussion around the process of body conditions scoring
• participants will submit their average herd scores for the paddock scoring component to the Calibration Assessor and if there is evidence of drift participants will need to repeat the paddock scoring component
• a report comparing participant scores to model scores will be sent within 2 weeks of the calibration event.

The Spring BCS events have now finished and there will be another round in autumn. To express interest in the autumn round of training workshops simply email the relevant team member below. There is a fee to attend these events.

The programme has been developed as part of the Transforming the Dairy Value Chain Primary Growth Partnership programme, led by commercial partners, including DairyNZ and Fonterra, and partnered by MPI.