Nick Brown shows Tara Miller and Georgia Milne how to conduct a tractor pre-start check. Photo / Supplied
Stratford accountant Tracy Kivell can now add operating a chainsaw and measuring pasture to her growing list of skills.
The 25-year-old was one of a dozen women who took part in a special Skills Day at Toko on Saturday.
They learnt how to fence, manoeuvre a quad bike and trailer
through a narrow opening, assemble and operate a chainsaw, measure and allocate grass to cows and conduct pre-start checks on a tractor.
"I'd never used a chainsaw or a plate meter before," said Tracy Kivell, who lives on a Midhirst dairy farm, but works at accountancy firm CMK.
"So, it was great to be able to give them a go, without large crowds of people watching,"
