A new program centered at Pennsylvania State University will soon be the first in the U.S. to provide third-party training, proficiency testing and certification on the correct techniques for handling and transporting poultry. It will also provide a number of additional important benefits not typically found in poultry companies' in-house programs, according to PSA.
Scheduled to launch in late spring, the Poultry Handling and Transportation Quality Assurance Program will offer multiple one-day training sessions to transportation and catch crews on biosecurity, disease recognition, emergency planning and the safe and humane handling of birds. With the exception of ducks, PHTQA will cover every segment of the poultry industry, including day-old poultry, pullets, spent fowl, broilers, leghorn and broiler breeders and turkeys.
Program materials, including a detailed training manual, will be made available in both English and Spanish. Each training session will last approximately four hours, after which participants will be tested on the day's materials. Participants who successfully complete the training programme and tests will be certified by PHTQA.
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