RIST ROUND UP 🤝 June Recap

Welcome to another ROUND UP!

June was filled with a hive of activities for students and staff alike. A real whirlwind!
Looking around our Hamilton campus, we are pleased to share that our renovations inside our buildings are now complete. We look forward to sharing these with you at our upcoming Taster Day and Information Session, and for those that can’t make these events, be sure to check in on our socials feed in the coming weeks for a glimpse into just how great things are looking.

📸 Students enjoying the recently upgraded lecture theatre. Walking the sunshine filled hallway, and Boots off, Learning Hats on!

Renovations at the Hamilton Campus Pavilion are also still underway for upgrades to the toilet and washroom facilities. To accommodate these renovation’s, we are continuing to move classes away from the works and taking our outdoor classroom learnings to the farm. 

The late Autumn Break has impacted our farming community hard. Prolonged feeding and feeding through lambing, sourcing feed and waiting for rain has been trying to say at the least. It was fantastic to feel a sense of camaraderie and be part of the Industry-led Managing the Late Break Field Days in Nareen and Edenhope in late May and early June. We extend our support to all managing the challenges associated with the late break and remind you to reach out for support if you need it. Here are a few links if you would like to connect with local financial or mental health support. 

In early June, alongside AWI, we enjoyed being part of the LTEM Train the Trainer Day at Barunah Park. It is always a great day to be part of and we are beyond proud to know that LTEM remains as one of the most successful sheep growers courses, with over 5000 particpiants in the past 15 years! If you are wanting to complete LTEM course this year head across to the Lifetime Ewe Management Page under our National Programs.

We hosted shearing school in Mortlake, another fantastic week hosted by Warners. If you would like to join the next intake of Shearing School, we are running courses in September and October. More info on the next shearing schools is available HERE.

We’re Hiring! Are you our next HR superstar! We recently advertised for a new team member, Manager of People and Culture. If this could be a good fit for you, Apply Today! Applications close July 5 – so there is still plenty of time.

What’s coming up in July and August? Enrol in our Introduction to welding short course, Are you or someone you know coming to the RIST Taster Day? Will we see you at the Southern Grampians Careers Expo? Check out our Events Page for more!

Until next time.

📸 Wool and Shearing Coordinator Raelene has enjoyed visiting Tasmania as part of the AWEX annual conference this week, She is pictured here at the Waverley Woolen Mills. Flyer for our July Welding Course, and our congratulations to Cert III in Agriculture Coordinator Esther who took home multiple awards at the Victorian Sheep Show in Ballarat, We wish her all the best at Bendigo in a few weeks!.