Professionalism with life-long learning
Personal attributes of honesty, integrity and accountability underpin the capabilities related to professionalism and life-long learning. A commitment to safe food production in social and environmental contexts is demonstrated at all times, supporting dairy farming to be recognised as a professional and valued contributor to the agricultural sector of Australia and Australian community more broadly.
| Farm Operations Personnel | Farm Managers / Owners | ||||
| Follow | Apply | Ensure & Advise | Initiate & Influence | Set Strategy | |
| Time management | Punctual and efficient in completing tasks, following required order and timeframes. | Punctual and efficient in completing tasks, appropriately adapting workflow for changing circumstances. | Monitors behaviour of self and others, holding self and others to account for their time management. | Models punctual and efficient completion of tasks. Monitors. | Champions and models punctual and efficient completion of tasks. Provides frameworks for time efficient work practices, setting realistic expectations. Evaluation of workflow to ensure realistic workload for all team members. |
| Ethical behaviours –others and the business | Build understanding of ethical behaviours and follow legislation, guidelines, policies, and codes of conduct. Speak out against misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. | Understand ethical behaviours and help others to recognise their obligations to comply with legislation, guidelines, policies, and codes of conduct. Recognise and report misconduct and inappropriate behaviours. |
Identify and explain ethical considerations and set an example for others. Ensure others are aware of their obligations to comply with legislation, guidelines, policies, and codes of conduct. Act to prevent and report misconduct and inappropriate behaviours. |
Promote a culture of integrity. Model and reinforce the highest standards of ethical behaviours. Monitor ethical practices, standards and systems. Act promptly on reported breaches of legislation, policies and guidelines. |
Drive a culture of integrity. Champion and model highest standards of ethical behaviours. Set, communicate and evaluate ethical practices, standards, systems and reinforce their use. Create and promote a culture where staff feel able to report misconduct and inappropriate behaviours. Act promptly and visibly to prevent and respond to unethical behaviours |
| Ethical behaviours – animals through care and commitment | |||||
| Ethical behaviours – environment | |||||
| Commitment to safe work practices | Build understanding of safe work practices and follow legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures. Speak out against unsafe work practices. | Understand safe work practices and help others to recognise their obligations to comply with legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures. Recognise and report hazards and unsafe practices. |
Identify and explain safety considerations and complete tasks in a safe manner to set an example for others. Ensure others are aware of their obligations to comply with legislation, guidelines, policies, and procedures to maintain a safe environment. Act to prevent and report hazards and unsafe practices. |
Promote a culture of safety on-farm. Model and reinforce the highest standards of safe behaviours. Monitor practices, standards and systems for safety. Act promptly on reported hazards, and breaches of safety legislation, policies and guidelines. |
Drive a culture of safety on-farm. Champion and model highest standards of safe. Create and promote a culture where staff feel able to report hazards and unsafe farm practices. Act promptly and visibly to prevent and respond to unsafe practices and behaviours. |
| Teamwork | Recognises self as being a team member and contributes positively to the outcomes of the team with guidance | Recognises self as being a team member and independently contributes positively to the outcomes of the team | Leads a small team with guidance on team directions and dynamics | Forms and leads teams independently across the business. Models active team participation through listening and seeking diverse views on matters. | Sets business’ teams structures and purposes, identifying and forming connections between teams. |
| Negotiation and Conflict resolution |
Participate in discussions led by supervisor with active listening, an open-mind and a desire to reach a positive solution. Once agreement is reached, act to implement the agreed direction. |
Take initiative to start discussions when there is a problem or dispute with active listening, an open-mind and a desire to reach a positive solution. Engage with all group discussions to support teams to reach a resolution. |
Model positive communications for solutions. Lead the team to have open discussions to resolve disputes with patience, an open-mind, impartiality, and a desire to support others to reach a positive resolution. Ensure team members all act to implement the agreed direction and course of action. |
Model high levels of positive communications for creating solutions across teams and individuals. Create structures within the farm business that allow for disputes to be positively and safely discussed between individuals, within teams and across teams to settle differences and achieve the best possible outcomes. |
Create a culture of open communication and active listening, where all team members can raise concerns and be supported to reach a positive win-win solution to the dispute. Value diverse thinking and positive communications for team dynamics. |
| Identify areas where capability is lacking | Recognises areas for improvement when supervisor highlights | Seeks feedback from team members and independently identifies areas for improvement | Independent self-reflection and self-awareness, and identifies other’s areas for improvement, providing feedback. | Identifies self and all team member’s areas for improvement, providing feedback and supporting others to self-reflect. | Measures, and understands, across the business, the team’s current capability and future capability required to achieve business goals. |
| Locating and engaging with resources for learning | Access resources under direction and engage to address own areas for improvement. | Drive and locate resources for learning independently and engage to address own areas for improvement. |
Model a drive and locate resources for learning independently and engage to address own areas for improvement. Recommend to others learning resources, as based on their areas for improvement, and support engagement of others. |
Drive and locate resources for learning for self and others, as based on areas for improvement. Engage to address capability gaps for self, and advocates team members to connect with learning experiences. |
Create a culture that values learning and development of people. Champion and model a drive and engaging with resources for learning to own address capability gaps. Advocates for investment in employees of the business to complete learning experiences. |