Best Practice in Milking Course – Cavan
07 Apr 2026Venue Teagasc, Ballyhaise College, Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan. Eircode: H12 E392.
The Best Practice in Milking Course is delivered in conjunction with FRS Training, Animal Health Ireland, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The purpose of this QQI Level 6 award programme is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence to autonomously perform and manage the dairy herd milking process integrating key milking techniques with required milk quality, food safety, dairy herd health and dairy cow welfare for commercial Irish dairy herds.
A Best Practice in Milking course is taking place on Tuesday, 7 and Wednesday, 8 April in Teagasc, Ballyhaise College, Ballyhaise, Co Cavan, H12 E392. A written exam will take place on Wednesday, 22 April.
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100 Hours Milking experience is required and each learner who attends this course must also have access to a milking parlour of their choice for the practical assessment part of this course.