The ICMJ 2025 Australian workforce: Coach Macky Lawrence, Angus Brennard, Nicholas Greenwood, Ben Spackman, Sophie Marriott, Madison Luke, coach Aimee Bolton and coach Ellie Hays.
5 gifted college college students have been chosen for the Australian ICMJ workforce to tour america.
Nicholas Greenwood, Ben Spackman and Angus Brennard from the College of Queensland, Sophie Marriott from the College of New England and Madison Luke from the College of Sydney, had been chosen from a discipline of passionate college students who took half within the ICMJ AUS-MEAT Intensive Training and Growth Week in south-east Queensland earlier this week.
Australian ICMJ Coaches Ellie Hays, Aimee Bolton and Macky Lawrence will lead the group on a three-week business tour of the USA in January 2025 the place they’ll additionally compete at a number of occasions on the US meat judging circuit.
Ellie Hays mentioned it was a troublesome choice course of with such a high-calibre group of contributors.
“They’re a superb group of people so it was very exhausting to pick out the Australian workforce.
“But it surely’s thrilling to know Australia’s already robust purple meat business is in superb fingers, with the following technology of passionate people driving it ahead,” she mentioned.
Macky Lawrence is a former Australian workforce member and mentioned the USA tour was an unbelievable alternative for college kids to be taught in regards to the purple meat business in one of many largest purple meat producing international locations on this planet.
“ICMJ’s mission is to encourage and develop the following technology of leaders within the purple meat business and this tour is a key element of our annual program,” he mentioned.
“We would like college students to know the place Australia suits into the worldwide provide of purple meat and the way the provision and demand of different necessary buying and selling companions just like the USA impression demand right here at house.”
The ICMJ AUS-MEAT Intensive Training and Growth Week uncovered college students to new applied sciences and capabilities inside Australia’s thriving purple meat business as they visited quite a few manufacturing services, met with business leaders and took part in skilled improvement alternatives.
All through the week they took a tour of the Australian Nation Alternative (ACC) processing facility in Brisbane, participated in a grading workshop with Meat & Livestock Australia and visited AACo headquarters, NH Meals Oakey plant, Mort & Co’s Grassdale Feedlot close to Toowoomba, Sunpork Swickers plant at Kingaroy, DIT AgTech and the Teys Australia websites at Murgon and the Port of Brisbane.
College students additionally took half in media coaching with CQUniversity’s agriculture communications workforce equipping them with the suitable abilities to be advocates and leaders of the business.
Aimee Bolton mentioned the ICMJ program units college students up for achievement and has launched many careers within the purple meat business.
“College students are given an in-depth understanding of the purple meat provide chain, the innovation efforts that assist it, and the profession pathways it presents.”
ICMJ’s Intensive Training and Growth Week is sponsored by AUS-MEAT. ICMJ is supported by basis companions, Meat and Livestock Australia and Australian Meat Processor Company in addition to a variety of business sponsors.
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