Course Outline
A Holistic Management® Certified Educator will provide you with you expert training in all aspects of Holistic Management. Holistic Management training gives you a clear understanding of the practical steps and techniques needed to identify and achieve your business and personal goals. You'll learn to apply the unique and proven Holistic Management approaches to Financial Planning, Grazing Planning, Biological Monitoring and Land Planning. These processes have proven to work in all situations and environments worldwide. The program offered by HMIA consists of 7 days training split into three 2-3 day modules and includes an additional 3 days follow up support. In total a 12 month program, of which, at least 40% is delivered on farm where practical issues can be addressed. It provides you with a comprehensive understanding of the practice of Holistic Management and thoroughly prepares you to implement the principles and realise the benefits. The key elements of the HMIA training program are:- Introduction to Holistic Management: Principles for Success * How Holistic Management can enhance your success * How to create your holisticgoal and make decisions towards achieving it * Key insights to help you work with nature * How to view environments in a whole new way * How to address key environmental issues effectively * What Holistic Management adds to your current management Financial Planning: Making a Healthy Profit * How to plan for and produce a profit * How to determine what enterprises to run * What to spend money on and when * How to meet your financial challenges effectively * If managing land, how to coordinate the build up of both livestock and infrastructure while remaining profitable Grazing Planning: Increasing Pasture & Animal Productivity * Getting Animals to the Right Place at the Right Time for the Right Reasons * Innovative techniques to simultaneously maximise stocking rate and improve land health and productivity * How to use livestock to improve the health of your land and increase profit * How to coordinate three primary land management tools (rest, grazing, animal impact) to grow more pasture * How to maximise the harvest of sunlight by managing stocking rate, time, stock density and herd effect * How to make the best plan for the season ahead * How to meet your grazing and pasture production challenges effectively Biological Monitoring: Assessing land health and productivity * Simple and effective monitoring techniques * How to cultivate an awareness of the four ecosystem processes * How to predict changes and trends on the land * How to monitor plant growth rates, water supplies, unfavourable grazing patterns * The importance of monitoring the land's performance along with animal performance * Why to assume our actions on the ecosystem processes could be wrong Land Planning: Designing the Ideal Property Plan * How to design infrastructure to control animal movement across the land and manage the role of time in grazing & trampling * How land planning (along with financial and grazing planning) advances all three parts of your holisticgoal * How to design an ideal land plan * How your financial planning and grazing planning determines the order and timing of development of the infrastructure |
