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The Train the Trainer course is a practical
training course that covers:
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Planning effective training
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Understanding how adults learn
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Being aware of the communication tools
that are available and what works best
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Knowing which training style should be
used in different circumstances
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Practical tools for assessment
The course is split in two; beginning with an
initial intensive two day training course that
provides a comprehensive set of tools and
instructional techniques for the construction
and delivery of effective training. After
completing this, there is then the option to
attend the second, three day course, that
provides certification for those attending,
to enable them to deliver those FarmSkills
courses accredited by LANTRA Awards.
Since July 2009, 62 XLVets members have
attended the two day course and 23
members have already gone on to attend
and pass the final 3 day course to become
LANTRA Awards approved trainers. The
course has proved hugely successful to
date and all veterinary surgeons that have
attended found it a valuable and extremely
useful course to help them with structuring
and presenting courses in the future.
Tony Kemmish of XLVets St Boniface
Veterinary Clinic, one of the first people to
complete the full course comments, ‘I have
been involved in farmer training for several
years, but the 'Train the Trainer course'
has certainly made me think very differently
about the way that I will present my talks
in the future.’
Congratulations to the XLVets members who
have successfully completed the full course
to become LANTRA approved trainers:
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Paul Rodgers
Allen and Partners
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Joseph Henry
Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group
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Richard Evans
Bishopton Veterinary Group
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David Stockton
Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership
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Steve Trickey
Chapelfield Veterinary Partnership
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Charles Marwood
Clyde Veterinary Group
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Mark Thompson
Kingsway Veterinary Group
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Jonathan Stockton
Kingsway Veterinary Group
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Tim O'Sullivan
MacPherson O'Sullivan
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Don McMillan
Minster Veterinary Group
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Anne Abbs
Paragon Veterinary Group
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Kath Aplin
Paragon Veterinary Group
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Rose Willis
Scarsdale Veterinary Group
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Le-Anne Oliver
Scott Mitchell Associates
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Tony Kemmish
St Boniface Veterinary Clinic
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Will Tulley
Tyndale Farm Veterinary Practice
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David Feneley
Wensum Valley Veterinary Surgeons
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Iain Richards
Westmorland Veterinary Services Ltd
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Niall Lyon
Willows Veterinary Group
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Andrew Tyler
Willows Veterinary Group
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Celia Maddock
Willows Veterinary Group
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John Greenwood
Willows Veterinary Group
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Helen Worth
Wright & Morten
XLVets
trains its trainers
XLVets recently launched a 'Train the Trainer' programme aimed at veterinary
surgeons to improve their delivery of training and assist them with the
provision of XLVets FarmSkills training courses to farm clients.
X L V E T S N E W S
SPRING 2010 ISSUE
LIVESTOCK MATTERS
4
Challenges ahead, but opportunity
knocks for dairying in the next
decade, conference hears...
The coming decade will bring major political
change for the dairy sector, a significant shift
in the relationship between farmer and
processor, and an increased focus on ‘green’
issues and responsibilities. But overall the
decade will be one of great opportunity for
efficient dairy businesses. So said speakers
at the Semex Dairy Conference in Glasgow,
entitled ‘20:20 Vision’.
Farmers would have to learn to live with
volatility and be ‘professional on profit’ and
‘professional on people’ according to John
Allen, of dairy consultancy firm Kite. Although
this year would not prove to be anything
spectacular in terms of milk price rises the
long-term outlook for dairy is excellent, and
professional and competitive farms in the UK
are well placed to capitalise on the
opportunities. But businesses would have to
learn to live with volatility, and he predicted
that ‘milk could be more volatile than any
other soft commodity in the world’.
David Black of Paragon and XLVets spoke on
the theme of ‘Your Farm; Many Tools; One
Team’. He stressed that vets and advisers
were not there to 'take over' the running of the
farm, but rather to help the farmer identify the
issues that are felt important on that farm, set
targets and work towards those targets.
Mr Black discussed the various tools that are
available, such as data analysis software;
that utilises milk recording data, simple dairy
based on-farm recording systems of disease
and regular (little and often) testing of groups
of animals to monitor metabolic status, such
as non-esterified fatty acids, (NEFAs), blood
urea and calcium. He emphasised, ‘these
tools should be selected on a farm-by-farm
basis and used to give concise and
manageable outputs.’ Finally Mr Black
described great opportunities for farmers
working more closely in 'teams' on-farm;
incorporating the vet, the nutritionist and other
specialist advisers, so that everyone was
'singing from the same spreadsheet'!
SEMEX CONFERENCE
2010
Further Train the Trainer courses are
planned throughout 2010 to ensure
as many vets as possible have the
opportunity to complete this training,
and in turn ensure effective training
courses are being delivered to farmers.
David Black, XLVets
Paragon Veterinary Group