To maintain your Certified Body Condition Score Assessor status you need to attend a calibration event annually after passing the BCS assessment. 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.
Body Condition Scoring App
Our new and improved Body Condition Scoring (BCS) App makes scoring your cows faster and easier. Designed with farmer feedback and testing, the app helps you record, track and anlyse BCS data with ease.
A calibration event is attendance based (opposed to pass/fail), it will take approximately 2.5 hours 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 are here. See below for event dates and registration details. There is a fee to attend these events, which your assessor will advise you of on registration.
| Region | Location | Date | To register email |
| Northland | Whangarei | Autumn held event only | Luke Goodin: lukegoodin@hotmail.com |
| Waikato | Hamilton | 28 October 2026 29 October 2026 |
Hanneke Officer: bcs@anexa.co.nz |
| Bay of Plenty | Te Puke | 29 September 2026 | Bryce Tod: brycet@tepukevets.co.nz |
| Taranaki | Hawera | 4 November 2026 5 November 2026 |
Jemma Johnston: taranakibcs@gmail.com |
| Lower North Island | Manawatu | 11 November 2026 | Tim Scotland: production@srvs.co.nz |
| Canterbury | North Canterbury (Culverden) | 30 September 2026 | Izzy Cassan: izzy@evolutionvets.co.nz |
| Central Canterbury | 2 October 2026 | ||
| Mid-Canterbury (Hinds) | 28 September 2026 | ||
| Southland/South Otago | Balclutha | 1 December 2026 | Hamish Moore: hamishbcs@cluthavets.co.nz |
| SDH Wallacetown | 3 December 2026 |
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.
Additional resources
BCS Training Events
/support/training/bcs-training-events/
BCS Assessment Events
/support/training/bcs-assessment-events/
Body condition scoring
/animal/body-condition-scoring/
Body Condition Scoring App
Tools & Apps
Body condition score
BCS Certified Assessors
/animal/body-condition-scoring/bcs-certified-assessors/
