Application forms for this program closed on 31 January 2008. You can still send applications in to be waitlisted if further programs become available later in the year.
Download your FarmPoint Computer and Training Program application form (pdf file / 350 kb / 8 pages).
The FarmPoint Computer and Training Program is open to Tasmanian farmers who derive a majority of their income from primary production.
The FarmPoint Computer and Training Program aims to provide participating Tasmanian farmers with the necessary resources, skills and support to take advantage of information available online and to develop skills to enable improved business management.
This is in accordance with the Government’s SMART Farming Policy to “provide second hand departmental computers to farmers who undertake courses on using computers to improve their businesses”.
The FarmPoint Computer and Training Program will be rolled out from September 2007 in regional areas of Tasmania to eligible primary producers* at a cost of approximately $250. FarmBis** training accreditation is expected to enable growers to recoup up to 65% ($162.50) of the cost after the training has been undertaken.
The FarmPoint Computer and Training Program includes a minimum of six hours customised computer training at a local Online Access Centre along with training materials including an ex-departmental computer.
You may alsofill out the FarmPoint Computer and Training Program Survey to help us make the site and the program more useful to Tasmanian farmers.
Return your completed form by either mail or fax to:
Tracey Taylor
FarmPoint Computer and Training Program
PO Box 46
Kings Meadows 7249
Fax 0363 44 9814
For more information on this program, email Tracey.Taylor@dpiw.tas.gov.au or phone Tracey on 1300 368 550.
* Tasmanian Primary producers meeting the FarmBis guidelines will be considered eligible to participate in the program providing sufficientex-departmental computers are available. ** Farmers contributing the majority of their labour and deriving a majority of their income from commercial farming are eligible for FarmBis
funding support for all the approved training topics.
