Resources for HR Advisors
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As a human resource advisor in the dairy industry, your insights help shape resilient, profitable and sustainable farm businesses. These resources are designed to help you deliver clear, data-driven advice that empowers farmers to make informed decisions. Use them to strengthen your impact and support sustainable farm success.
Your go-to tools and resources are here
If you are short on time, start with these quick links to the most used resources.
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Workplace 360
Workplace 360 is a self-assessment tool, designed to help farmers build and lead a great workplace.
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Job competitiveness calculator
Use the calculator to assess how competitive current farm assistant roles compare to other jobs.
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Find the right role for each person
The different on-farm roles recognised in the sector and the job description for each one.
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Insights for building a great team
Stay up to date with annual insights from employees about their job satisfaction and what drives engagement.
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Dairy farm career pathways
Help establish clear, consistent role expectations for both employers and employees.
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DairyBase
Benchmark farm performance and gain insights into financial and physical data to support strategic decision-making.
What's timely
Help farmers wrap up the season with stronger people decisions — fast.
As staff change over and farms head into the winter/dry period, it’s a great time to run consistent performance reviews and capture lessons from exit interviews, and turn those insights into a practical training plan for the team staying on.
Save farmers prep time with ready-to-use tools, run more structured conversations, and support farmers to tackle people‑management jobs. Position yourself as the person who makes the “hard HR stuff” doable.
Guide farmers to suitable training opportunities
Dairy Training offers farmers practical learning opportunities to build their business skills, giving human resource advisors a great platform to grow their confidence on farm.
Explore more tools to strengthen your advice and support farmers
Discover workplace research to drive on-farm success
Stay up to date with the latest research to help you support stronger, safer, and more productive farm teams. From improving workplace productivity and reducing sprains and strains, to shaping future workforce strategies and understanding tech adoption, these projects offer valuable knowledge to guide your advisory work and strengthen people capability on farm.
Know a farmer keen to try some new milking times?
Help explore options that support team wellbeing, farm performance, and work-life balance with flexible milking. These resources offer practical insights to guide confident conversations and planning:
Succession planning
Navigate the complexities of farm succession with resources that support conversations, planning, and smooth transitions across generations with confidence. Discover key resources below to help facilitate conversations around succession planning:
Unlock insights shaping decisions with these podcasts
A curated selection you'll find both relevant and thought-provoking for your role.
See on-farm success in action with these flexible and efficient milking case studies
A winning story on how to improve milking efficiency for a better workplace environment
Frustrated that milking wasn’t more enjoyable for his team, Bay of Plenty farmer Gordon McFetridge decided it was high time to seek help from milking expert Josh Wheeler.
A great example on how to boost staff retention with new milking times
This case study covers John Totty's experience with a flexible milking schedule, milking 10 times in seven days (10-in-7), which has led to improved animal health, profitability, and staff retention.
Looking for something else?
Explore the links below to return to the Rural Professional Hub, contact your local area manager, explore current research, or sign up for updates on upcoming events, resources, and insights to support your work with farmers.
