Description: Situational awareness skills related to on-farm dairy inspections.

Terminal Competency:

Demonstrate the ability to gain compliance.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Apply advanced farm vocabulary.

2. Apply knowledge of audience culture.

3. Anticipate occupational hazards.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Laws, regulations, and guidance related to on-farm dairy inspections.

Terminal Competency:

Associate rules and regulations with observations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Interpret rules and regulations.

2. Explain the public health significance of a violation.

3. Describe the consequences of the Interstate Milk Shipper (IMS) rating process.

4. Apply enforcement strategies.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Various types of equipment used on dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Evaluate milk handling equipment.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify inspection points within the flow.

2. Evaluate sanitary design of equipment.

3. Evaluate an AMI.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Dairy farm management practices.

Terminal Competency:

Evaluate dairy operations for PMO compliance.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Evaluate construction.

2. Evaluate drugs/chemicals.

3. Evaluate product cooling.

4. Determine sources of contamination.

5. Evaluate cleaning and sanitizing practices.

6. Evaluate the sanitary condition of the facility.

7. Evaluate udder and teat preparation method.

8. Assess herd health.*

* Not addressed in the PMO

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Water supply and protection related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Evaluate water supply.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Evaluate water sources.

2. Examine water supply protection.

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Animal health related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Explain the public health significance of animal health on dairy farms.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe milk abnormalities.

2. Evaluate the handling of abnormal milk.

3. Explain the levels of drug residue enforcement.

4. Evaluate animal disease control measures.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Sampling and standards related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Evaluate sampling on a dairy farm.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Evaluate aseptic sampling practices.

2. Diagnose the results of raw milk analysis.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.