Frequently asked questions
BASIS Dairy Pro is the UK’s first ever register of training, professional development and self-improvement designed for anyone working in the dairy farming industry, be they farmer, manager, herdsman or advisor.
Through BASIS Dairy Pro, you can log all training activities such as course participation, attendance at events, e-learning and reading relevant publications and make sure they are permanently recorded in one place. This makes it easier for individual members to improve their career prospects, and for businesses to attract and retain better staff, provide assurance of the high standards within the business, and enhance productivity.
A large variety of training and development methods can be registered with BASIS Dairy Pro. Everything from open farm meetings and conferences to seminars and workshops can be recorded on an individual member or farm business profile. Even on-farm or bespoke events such as veterinary or consultancy advisory sessions and e-learning can be accredited and logged within the scheme. This is because all learning opportunities grow the abilities of the individual and the capabilities of the business.
To make it easy to maintain a balanced approach to learning, BASIS Dairy Pro has identified eight ‘Pillars of Learning’ that represent the spectrum of skills needed to operate in today’s dairy farming industry. BASIS Dairy Pro indicates which of these pillars any learning opportunity logged on its database will cover:
- Livestock Production Systems
- Health and Welfare
- Business Management
- Environment
- Legislation
- Grassland Management
- Personal Development
Bespoke events put forward for accreditation will also be allocated one or more learning pillars to help the individual or farm business member keep track of skills gaps.
These can be found in the Events Calendar on the BASIS Dairy Pro website.
Whether you join as an individual or part of a business there are a number of overarching benefits.
Being a BASIS Dairy Pro member:
- Provides a formal record of training that is often already being undertaken
- Proves competence and expertise within your business
- Matches training opportunities to needs
- Demonstrates professional competence within your business to banks, assurance schemes, customers or landlords
- Meets Red Tractor recommendations
From this website you can access all your membership details and online training profile at any time, view upcoming events and register at events at the click of a button.
Other options are to access the calendar or events online at the website, sign registration forms at events and let us deal with the paperwork, or use the ‘Submit new points’ button on the website to let us know about any other training you have done which isn’t on the website. We will take the strain by recording it and adding it to your record. Easy.
BASIS Dairy Pro has a full auditing system in place including attendance records. These, between them, ensure only those who were at an event are recognised.
To simplify recording, each member is provided with a membership card for easy registration at events.
No, not unless this normally happens as part of a particular event. All events attended are visible via the online profiles, which can then be downloaded, printed and/or emailed for use with third parties.
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