Masterclass Training

Putting skills in the hands of the user – the Masterclasses Trainings.

There is a need for greater capability and capacity amongst farmers, landowners, and associated rural professionals if the aspirations of communities for improved freshwater quality are to be realised.

The ‘Catchment Solutions’ (CS) research and outreach program is collaboratively generating new; knowledge, tools, and techniques for designing and implementing targeted and effective edge-of-field water quality mitigation technologies and practices.

An important component of the CS project is the development of a series of practical masterclasses (professional) training. These are designed to share and transfer new knowledge, tools, and practical skills to farmers, landowners, and associated rural professionals.

Key topics are: catchment water quality analysis, mapping critical sources and flow pathways, and the design and implementation of suitable edge-of-field water quality mitigation technologies and practices for treating critical surface runoff and drainage water flow pathways in agricultural landscapes. These techniques include: wetlands, bioreactors, detainment bunds, controlled drainage, drain management, drainage water recycling. The classes will include field visits to some of the structures that the CS team have built.

See below for more information about each masterclass (professional) training in water quality science, concepts behind novel edge-of-field practices, and the practical skills and tools required to deliver the solutions farmers need for their Freshwater and Farm plans.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN ONE, OR MORE, OF THESE CLASSES!