If you’ve ever spoken with AgForce Training about bringing practical training to your community, there’s a good chance you’ve met Kylie Moffatt.
As National Partnerships & Training Manager, Kylie is passionate about connecting producers, agricultural businesses and regional communities with training that delivers real outcomes. Whether she’s meeting with councils, schools, industry groups or producers, her focus is always the same, listening first and building training solutions around the needs of industry.
Based in Goondiwindi, Kylie has agriculture in her blood. Growing up as a fourth-generation pastoralist’s daughter, life on the land shaped who she is long before it became her career.
“I don’t think there was one defining moment that sparked my passion for agriculture, it was simply the life I grew up in,” Kylie says. “Agriculture taught me from a young age about hard work, resilience, community and looking after the people around you.”
That passion has taken her across some of Australia’s most remote regions. Kylie spent more than six years contract mustering throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia before returning home to Queensland, building a career spanning agricultural businesses, technology, sales, business management and workforce development. Today, she brings more than 25 years of industry experience to AgForce Training.
For Kylie, however, the greatest highlight of her career isn’t a particular role or achievement, it’s the people.
“The relationships I’ve built across agriculture would have to be the biggest highlight,” she says.
“I love seeing conversations with producers, businesses or regional communities turn into genuine training opportunities. Bringing the right people together and developing programs that create lasting benefits beyond a single training day is incredibly rewarding.”
It’s this people-first approach that drives everything Kylie does. She believes training should never simply be about gaining a certificate.
“Training should give someone practical knowledge and skills they can take straight back to the farm, workplace or business and use. If someone walks away thinking, ‘I can actually use this tomorrow,’ then we’ve done our job.”
Her passion extends beyond delivering existing courses. Kylie is focused on identifying emerging industry needs and creating new opportunities through partnerships, workforce development and accessible training across regional Queensland.
One lesson agriculture has reinforced throughout her career is the importance of adaptability.
“Agriculture rarely goes exactly to plan. Weather changes, markets change and circumstances change. You learn to make decisions, keep moving and find another way forward.”
“It has also taught me that relationships matter. Rural communities are built on people helping people.”
When asked what advice she’d give someone beginning a career in agriculture, her answer reflects her own journey.
“Say yes to opportunities and never stop learning. Agriculture offers so many different career pathways, and you never know where one opportunity, conversation or connection might lead.”
“And don’t be afraid to ask questions. Some of the most experienced people in agriculture are also the ones who are still learning every day.”
Outside work, Kylie feels most at home around horses, cattle and the campdrafting community. While she admits horses are her favourite animal on the farm, cattle are a very close second. She’s an early riser who loves a country sunrise, prefers campfires over barbecues, boots over Crocs and, unsurprisingly, will always choose a ute over a tractor.
As AgForce Training continues to expand across Queensland, Kylie is excited about what lies ahead.
“I want AgForce Training to become the organisation producers, businesses and communities think of when they identify a skills gap or training need.”
“The exciting part is that we’re not limited to delivering existing courses. We can listen, collaborate and develop new programs and partnerships around emerging needs. Ultimately, I want to see more quality training delivered in regional Queensland, creating safer workplaces, stronger businesses and more opportunities for people to build careers in agriculture.”
It’s a vision built on listening, collaboration and genuine relationships, all qualities that Kylie brings to every conversation and every community she visits.
Quick Boots Snapshot
Based: Goondiwindi, Queensland
Role: National Partnerships & Training Manager
Expertise: Agricultural partnerships, workforce development, regional training, industry engagement and business development.
Favourite part of the job: Turning conversations with producers and industry into practical training opportunities that make a real difference.
Farm favourite: Horses (with cattle a very close second!).
Fun fact: Before moving into training and workforce development, Kylie spent more than six years contract mustering across the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Sunrise or sunset? Sunrise. “There’s something pretty special about starting the day before everyone else, particularly in the bush.”