I've got a daughter with cerebral palsy. I know just how much they need help and it's
nice to give back to them. It's nice to see their positive attitude come through.
I think these kids have got the ability to do jobs.
All we need is the general workforce to give them a chance. We can train them, we've got the
patience to train them, but we definitely need the workforce to give them a chance because you
know they're going to turn up and you definitely know they're going to be loyal to their employers.
So today we've got two disability support providers for an apiculture and beekeeping
taster course. So it's for adults with learning disabilities they perhaps
haven't had opportunities like this given to them before. So we're hoping it'll spark their interest
in an industry that they perhaps never considered
or get them into a rural environment perhaps for the first time.
We find that students with particular learning needs
tend to be a lot better when it's smaller groups where we have specific skills that are taught
with a process in place, and those students tend to do really really well here
because we can offer those particular characteristics within the workplace.
We want to ignite an important conversation about including people with disabilities and
additional barriers to work into the mainstream workforce. I think it's about showcasing what they
can do rather than what they can't do which is unfortunately what we often focus on with people
with disabilities. So I think yeah we want to start encouraging primary sector employers to be
more disability confident and know that there is support and services available to them.
I enjoyed my course here today. It's pretty good here, not too bad.
I think it's really good and positive, and good communication,
and also good motivation
And there are a lot of little jobs in the beekeeping world
that you guys are quite capable of doing.
Peter is a very calming man. He's got a lot of incredible experience from over 50 years
within industry. So he has the ability to identify a student's particular need
and to work with them one-on-one without making them feel like they've been singled out.
You're thinking of food again.
He's awesome teacher.
He's cool.
What would be your dream job?
Bees, honey. That would be fine for me.
I want to work in hospitality like at a cafe or even just at a convenience store or something.
Well, learning more about trade. A tradie.
Like, building stuff out of wood, like, boxes for bees and honey and stuff.
It's fun. It's fun for me. I love it, this place.
It's fun. It's so good to me.