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Alison is an environmental scientist with three
decades experience in adult education and environmental management.
She has taught in numerous Diplomas of Applied Science, and
developed and presented a variety of specialty NRM / Sustainable
Production courses, workshops, field days and seminars for Landcare
and farming groups, CIT Solutions, ACT and NSW government and
local councils. These courses include whole farm planning, dams
and wetlands on farms, land rehabilitation techniques, and conversion
to organic farming.
Her qualifications include a BSc, Graduate Diplomas
in Education and Communication, Certificate IV in Training and
Assessment (CIT) a Diploma in Herbal Medicine, and Certificate
in Trade Waste Management. She has a passionate interest in
sustainable agriculture, and, with her husband, was a certified
producer of organic beef and lamb from their farms near Yass
and Cootamundra.
Their farms now provide extensive native seed
orchards as the backbone for their landscape revegetation business,
Natural Capital Pty Ltd. This business includes a commercial
native seed bank including grasses, shrubs, forbs and trees
sp. collected across SE NSW; revegetation methodology and advice,
and direct seeding technologies. NaturalCapital Pty Ltd also
provide project management services for various NRM works, including
the preparation of EIS’s, Vegetation Management Plans,
and Flora &Fauna Assessments.
Alison delivers the Property Management Planning
/Whole Farm Planning courses Water on your Land workshops, and
co-presents the Identification and Management of Native Grass
pastures for Agriculture and Conservation .
To contact Alison, please use this email address:
alison@naturalcapital.com.au
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Jane has more than 20 years experience as an adult educator
and more than 25 years experience as a farmer. Jane delivers
some components of both the Whole Farm Planning and the Water
on your Land courses.
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Prior to establishing QRS in 2004, Jane worked
as a Natural Resource Management program coordinator and trainer
with CIT Solutions Rural Training Centre.
With her husband, she jointly manages a beef cattle property
and orchard at Sutton, running 150 breeding cows and a small flock
of first cross ewes. She has a keen interest in the environment,
and is an active member of Sutton Landcare. Jane holds a Bachelor
of Agricultural Science, from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate
Diploma in Adult Education from the University of Canberra and
Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training from the Canberra
Institute of Technology.
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Tiffany Royds - Training
Co-ordinator
Tiffany Royds joined the QRS team in February 2005. Providing
invaluable administrative and clerical support she helps to co-ordinate
both the training schedule and organisation of individual courses
over the Goulburn and South Coast Regions. An essential
tool in the QRS training regime is its database and Tiffany plays
a key role in its maintenance.
Tiffany has a Bachelor of Arts in Secretarial Studies from the Canberra College of Advanced Education (now Bachelor of Office Communication at Canberra University). With twenty years administrative and clerical experience in areas such as management consulting (both in Australia and overseas) and later working for the Department of Land & Water Conservation in Braidwood, she provides a breadth of clerical knowledge and administrative support that has helped QRS to grow steadily. |
Peter Simpson (Trainer)
Peter Simpson, formerly Regional Director NSW Agriculture (now NSW DPI) for the South-East region, was with NSW Agriculture for 42 years, primarily as an Agronomist. He was heavily involved with whole farm systems and the management of native and introduced pastures. Other work included the evaluation of organic and inorganic fertilisers and the impact of these on livestock production. He also undertook extensive economic assessment of wool and sheep meat management systems.
Peter runs a property near Goulburn with 1000 fine
and superfine Merino sheep. This farm is run on sound whole farm
management principles. Since retirement he has been running his
property, working extensively with his Landcare group and teaching
part-time both in the rural vocational training sector and with
QRS, where he co-presents the Identification and Management of
Native Grass pastures for Agriculture and Conservation and is
a guest speaker at the Property Management Planning courses.
His qualifications include Dip. Agric. (Hawkesbury),
Diploma Rural Extension (Hawkesbury), Prograze™ presenter,
ChemCert level 4 and Master Tree Growers Program from the University
of Melbourne (this course inspired him to revegetate his farm
on a whole farm basis and plant an Agroforestry block). Peter
has outstanding specialist knowledge in many areas, namely wool
and sheep meat production, all aspects of pasture management,
and profit drivers of the wool and sheep industry.
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Robyn House (Materials development)
Robyn is an adult educator with extensive experience
in the design and development? of high quality training materials
and competency standards. Robyn's clients have included Agsafe,
ACT Department of Training and Adult Education, Alzheimer’s
Australia, National Association of Forest Industries, Agri-food
Skills Australia, Australian Government Department of Defence
and a number of Industry Training Advisory Bodies (ITABs).
Robyn provides technical writing expertise for QRS
projects such as StockPlan® and Protect Your Flock.Robyn has
a Diploma in TAFE Teaching, Diploma in Training and Assessment
Systems, a Certificate IV in Tertiary Education and Training,
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment. She is a
qualified workplace assessor and AQTF Quality Auditor. Robyn is
also a practising farmer in mid-western NSW.
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