September 13, 2016
Kingaroy’s TAFE College will be offering a nine-hour course in basic computer skills for farmers next month.
The course was created after TAFE recently ran “Farm Household Allowance” information sessions at its Kingaroy, Gympie, Chinchilla and Dalby campuses in conjunction with the Department of Human Services.
Graziers who attended the sessions were asked what skills they needed training in to improve their financial viability.
“Basic computer training was mentioned by over 80 percent of the attendees at the Kingaroy information session alone,” Business Development Officer Rob Fitz-Herbert said.
“In response to this need, we’ve now developed a basic computing course to help our community.
“Acquisition of these foundation digital skills is aimed at developing capacity on the farm, and in business.”
The course will have three parts, each three hours long, and sessions will be run on October 4, October 11 and November 1.
Class sizes are limited to 10, and farmers can take the whole course or just the sessions that fill gaps in their knowledge.
The cost of each session is $66.
Details about the course and what things will be taught in each session is available online.
