HR 101 – Human Resource Management Basics
This comprehensive course has been developed for the Canadian agriculture industry. Based on real-world best practices used on farms across Canada, this simple, practical training package ensures that even the busiest farms can successfully manage their workers as effectively as possible.
Course Content
Module 1: Human Resource Management – Overview
This module introduces you to the concept of human resource management, its key components, and the essential role it has in the success of your agricultural operation. In this module, you’ll learn how to calculate the cost of turnover and do your first HR Checkpoint.
Module 2: Human Resource Planning
This module introduces you to the concept of human resource planning, its key components and the essential role it has in the success of your agricultural operation.
Module 3: Human Resource Policies
This module introduces you to the concept of human resource policies, its key components and the essential role it has in the success of your agricultural operation.
Module 4: Find Skilled Workers
This module introduces you to the concept of recruitment and the five key steps to doing this activity with successful results for your agricultural operation.
Module 5: Hire and Keep Skilled Workers
This module introduces you to the concept of interviewing and hiring workers, including the five steps of the interviewing and hiring process. This process can have a direct impact on turnover rates and productivity for your agricultural operation.
Module 6: Train and Develop Your Workers
This module introduces you to how to plan and manage the training process for your workers and to two types of training methods.