The Impact of Performance Standards on Training. When the USDA VMO Looks at Your Training Program. The animal Welfare Act mandates that training of all personnel involved with animal care and treatment shall be provided by each facility. Evaluating a facility's training program can be a challenging task. Evaluation criteria as well as minimum requirements will be discussed.
Many factors are critical to the development of a successful occupational health and safety program.
Once launched, a program should be reassessed periodically to insure prudent allocation and use of resources, responsiveness to new needs within the institution and enrollment of personnel at risk. Insights will be given on member selection criteria, expectations for participation, and measures that can be taken to facilitate the assimilation of the new individuals into productive members of the committee. Taking the Animal Rights Perspective in the Animal Welfare Committee. Animal rights people express the same opinion but with an opposite viewpoint. The resulting conflict and the lack of dialogue conceal the realities of the situation.