Improving Professionalism

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Improving Professionalism

• Certified Swine Manager and Environmental
  Sustainabilty

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Objectives

• Professionalism
• Overview of Certified Swine Manager program
• Outline of Environmental Sustainability training
  tool

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Professionalism

• Doing the right things for the workforce and the
  animals workers care for.

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We Care

• Produce safe food
• Protect and promote animal well-being
• Ensure practices to protect public health
• Safeguard natural resources in all of our
  practices
• Provide a work environment that is safe and
  consistent with our other ethical principles
• Contribute to a better quality of life in our
  communities
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Goal 2 Drive Sustainable Production

• The National Pork Board will invest in research
  and producer education programs that enhance the
  productivity and sustainability of pork
  production and deliver benefits to producers,
  consumers and the community.

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Defining our 5 Year SMART objective

• Demonstrating a commitment to improving
  professionalism (doing the right things for the
  workforce and the animals workers care for), the
  National Pork Board will develop and deploy
  education and training resources that are
  utilized by 25 of the pork production industry
  and that serve as the basis of employee training
  and development programs

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Tools that could meet the definition

• Education and Development

• Safety

• Train the Trainer
• Certified Swine Manager
• Professional Swine Manager
• Barn Culture Resources
• Individual Pig Care
• Crisis Management Plan
• Production Series / Manager Series
• Euthanasia Training
• Environmental Education

• Safe Pig Handling 1.0
• Safety Benchmarking
• Safety Toolkit
• Safe Pig Handling 1.1 (2017)
• Emergency Action Plan
• Tools in Red will be used to qualify for
  definition

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Certified Swine Manager
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What?

• Examination skill competency verification
• CSM Reproduction
• CSM Wean to Finish

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Knowledge areas

• Animal Handling Welfare
• Human Relations
• Production Management
• Facilty Operations
• Swine Health and Biosecurity
• Record systems

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Who?

• 18 yrs
• PQA Certified
• Working in production
• Or taken the Professional Swine Manager education
  program
• Or complete USPCE Swine Science Online certificate

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Why?

• Benefits for certified Managers
• Professional growth development
• Evidence of skills and knowledge
• Independent organization verification
• Enhanced job opportunities

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Why?

• Benefits for producers/employers
• Employee development opportunity
• Grow Managers from within
• Less in-house training required
• Enhance internal training programs
• Demonstrate commitment to do what is right

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Professional Swine Manager

• Distance learning
• South Central Community College MN
• Frank Phillips, TX

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Challenges for PSM

• Time commitment
• Learning styles not met
• Varying experience within the class

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Self Study Guide

• Sample testing
• Links to reference materials
• Same reference material as PSM

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Environmental Sustainability
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• Targeted at the animal caretaker
• Relates to every day tasks
• Flexible
• Visual

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Topics

• Carbon Footprint
• Emergency Action Plan
• Air Quality Odor
• Feed Management
• Manure Management
• Mortality Management
• Water Management

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What is a carbon footprint?
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Ventilation
Sources of odor management
Air quality odor control
Conclusion
Other methods of odor control
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Ventilation
Conclusion
Other methods of odor control
Sources of odor management
Air quality odor control
Sources of odor

• Mortality
• Bad feed
• Manure build up in pits
• Manure in pens
• Dust

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Summary

• Professionalism is a priority
• Focus on the learning needs of the barn level
  worker
• Grow managers from within

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Questions