Become an Effective On-The-Job Trainer  

Dairy managers, supervisors, and employees are invited to join Cornell Ag Workforce Development and the South Central NY Dairy and Field Crops Team for a hands-on workshop to become better on-the-job trainers.  

Growing Great People: Training Skills for Dairy Farmers will take place from 1pm to 4pm on August 23 in Scipio Center and from 1pm to 4pm on August 24 in Homer. The same workshop will be offered both days, so choose the date and location that work best for you. We encourage farms to send multiple employees. Anyone who is involved in training other employees can benefit from the workshop!  

Presenters Dr. Richard Stup from Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development and Dr. Kaitlyn Lutz from the CCE NWNY Team will deliver the training in English and Spanish. Participants will learn skills to plan and conduct effective trainings for dairy workers and immediately put them to practice during the workshop through hands-on activities. All attendees will receive a bilingual, illustrated handbook to take home.  

Effective trainings contribute to success of employees and the farm business. With training employees learn how to best complete their task and why it is important to the farm's success. When employees have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to do the job right, it saves time and avoids problems. With good training, staff feel important and involved, which keeps them engaged and reduces employee turnover.

When employees have the right knowledge, skills and attitude to do the job right, it:

• Saves time
• Avoids problems
• Engages employees
• Reduces turnover

This hands-on workshop uses the following system:

• TELL: describe the procedure and why it's important
• SHOW: demonstrate the procedure and emphasize key points
• DO: allow the learner to try to answer any questions
• REVIEW: are the steps in the procedure done correctly?

 After the workshop you will be able to:

• Plan for organized and effective trainings
• Make trainings meaningful to employees
• Measure and follow up to see if people really learned!

Trainings are conducted simultaneously in English and Spanish!

The cost is $20 per person. Bring a standard operating procedure (SOP) from your farm to use during the training. Please register in advance through our website. 

These workshops are supported by a grant from the New York Farm Viability Institute.