The first Queensland soil management training workshop was held in July 1991 at Dalby. Funding came from the Cotton Research and Development Corporation and the National Soil Conservation Program. The aim of the workshop was to improve the soil advisory skills of local consultants and agronomists by enhancing their skills both in observing and recording soil structure and in producing advisory recommendations based on these observations. This was a first step in redressing the discrepancy between the high incidence of soil structure problems observed in cropping lands and the lack of personnel able to advise on repair and prevention programs.