Give your team access to the skills training they need to work safely and efficiently in your workplace

From Tractors to Chainsaws, Chemical Users to Welding, Side by Sides and Quad Bikes and more!

We Celebrate National Skills Week, Every Week.

“Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn.”

– Benjamin Franklin, Emphasising the importance of active involvement and hands-on learning in the educational process.

Since 1992, RIST has graduated 18,200 students and delivered more than 3 million hours of training.

A wide range of courses are offered to our students, including Certificates in Agriculture, Wool & Shearing, through to the Diploma of Agriculture. RIST also offer a variety of short courses and National Programs including Lifetime Ewe Management, Heifers for Profit & Weaners for Profit.

Courses & Programs

Agricultural Courses

Wool & Shearing Courses

The Jeremy Upton Scholarship program

Short Courses

National Programs

Latest News

Student in the Spotlight 🔦 Meet Ben
Student in the Spotlight 🔦 Meet Ben

“I’m deeply connected to agriculture, living on my family’s sheep and crop farm in Lake Bolac. I work on the farm year-round every day when I’m not at school. I’m outside with the dogs, doing sheep work, fencing, on the evacuator, or in the tractor. Farming is a big part of my life”.

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Student in the Spotlight 🔦 Jack Addinsall
Student in the Spotlight 🔦 Jack Addinsall

Meet Jack, an 18-year-old Agriculture student who is also the co- founder of Mt Eccles Angus Stud.

Jack, alongside of his parents Rob and Katherine recently celebrated the inaugural on farm Bull sale for Mt Eccles Angus of Byaduk.

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In the spirit of reconciliation RIST acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.