What is Self-Assessment?
From 1 September 2024 LPA accreditation and reaccreditation is changing from a multiple-choice quiz to a new Self-Assessment. This is due to an update to the LPA Rules and Standards. The next time your LPA accreditation falls due, you will be required to complete the Self-Assessment.
Complete the Self-Assessment
We’re excited for you to use the new Self-Assessment tool when completing a new accreditation or renewing your accreditation. Below are the steps to become LPA accredited or to renew accreditation.
Step 1:
Link your LPA account in your myMLA dashboard for single sign-on use.
Step 3:
If you complete or upload your Biosecurity Plan you can skip the Biosecurity section in the Self-Assessment.
Step 4:
Answer the Self-Assessment questions – there are no wrong answers!
Step 5:
Read and agree to the declaration to confirm your commitment to the LPA program.
Step 6:
Pay the accreditation fee and receive your LPA accreditation certificate.
Step 7:
Download your personalised Recommendations Report.
Step 8:
Continue to access LPA NVDs and eNVDs to buy, sell and move livestock.
Step 9:
Renew your LPA accreditation every two years and keep up to date with LPA requirements.
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Benefits of Self-Assessment
Tailored To You
Tailored questions based on your farm operations.
Improved Learning
Customised learning experience to help you better understand the LPA requirements and how they relate to your on–farm operations.
Personalised Recommendations
Get personalised recommendations that you can use on farm to better meet LPA requirements.
Everything in one place
Complete the Self-Assessment and gain all your accreditations in one place. It is now possible for you to gain accreditation across all mandatory modules, additional voluntary modules and MSA accreditation all at once with Self-Assessment. Updates to the LPA Rules and Standards have meant producers can choose to gain additional accreditation with voluntary modules if they wish. Accreditation with any voluntary modules will align with the two-year LPA accreditation cycle and will be included as part of the Self-Assessment tool.
Download Your Recommendations Report
Your personalised Recommendation Report is based on the answers provided during Self-Assessment and can be used to help you identify areas for improvement on-farm to assist you in meeting the LPA requirements. Your personalised Recommendations Report will include guidance and access to resources which are aimed at supporting you in producing safe, high quality and ethically produced red meat.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. LPA does not prohibit or restrict the installation of equipment including solar panels, electrical transformers, capacitors, hydraulic equipment, coal seam gas structures or wind turbines on land which is also used for livestock production and grazing.
While it is safe for livestock to graze in a paddock which also contains solar panels, wind turbines or other equipment producers need to be aware of the potential risk of contamination as equipment degrades or reaches end of life.
On 1 September 2024, ISC updated the LPA accreditation and reaccreditation process. This included adding a question to prompt producers to consider the potential contamination risk of having equipment and infrastructure installed where livestock graze.
The updated guidance in the Self-Assessment and the Recommendations Report, which is downloadable after completing the assessment, is designed to assist producers in identifying these potential risks and prompt them to consider any risk mitigation that may be required.
As part of LPA accreditation or reaccreditation, producers are required to complete a Property Risk Assessment. This assessment is one component of the LPA program which is designed to ensure Australian red meat remains safe to eat. This Property Risk Assessment template is a useful resource for completing this part of the accreditation.
You can complete reaccreditation up to 6 months before your renewal due date. Your LPA account will provide a notification 6 months prior to your accreditation due date on the homepage. ISC will also send an email, SMS or letter to you before your LPA renewal due date to remind you that your accreditation is due for renewal. The notification will outline the steps to renew your accreditation.
LPA Learning is available on demand if you or your staff would like a refresher on the LPA requirements before completing the self-assessment.
With the release of the LPA Self-Assessment, producers who don’t have a Biosecurity Plan stored on their LPA account are provided with an opportunity to complete their Biosecurity Plan online or upload a copy of their Biosecurity Plan. Producers who have a plan uploaded already choose to complete their Biosecurity Plan online or upload a copy of their Biosecurity Plan as part of the accreditation process will not have to answer the biosecurity questions in the Self-Assessment.
There are no wrong answers. Answers are used to determine what guidance and resources are provided in a producer’s customised Recommendation Report.
Pick whichever answer is closest. Some questions have options for No or Unsure. There are no wrong answers. You can provide feedback at the end if you like so we can improve the Self-Assessment.
It should take about 20-30 minutes to complete online.
You will be able to access the Self-Assessment when completing your LPA accreditation for the first time or when renewing your LPA accreditation. Self-Assessment is the first step in the LPA accreditation and reaccreditation process.
From 1 September 2024, the Self-Assessment will be the method for completing LPA accreditation. This is for producers completing the accreditation for the first time or renewing their accreditation.
Click here for a step by step guide to access the Self-Assessment.
The LPA Rules and Standards are being updated to improve the assurance the program provides. A key change for producers when completing a new accreditation or renewing accreditation is the multiple-choice assessment will be replaced with a Self-Assessment. The update also makes it quicker and easier to complete accreditation.