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

Terminal Competency:

Promote compliance.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Demonstrate basic farm vocabulary.

2. Recognize audience culture.

3. Identify occupational hazards.

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

Terminal Competency:

Apply rules and regulations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify rules and regulations.

2. Recognize violations.

3. Recognize the Interstate Milk Shipper (IMS) rating process.

4. Recognize enforcement triggers.

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Description: Various types of equipment used on dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Describe milk handling equipment.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Trace milk flow.

2. Explain sanitary design of equipment.

3. Recognize an AMI.

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Description: Dairy farm management practices.

Terminal Competency:

Demonstrate knowledge of dairy operations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe PMO construction requirements.

2. Cite PMO drug/chemical requirements.

3. Explain product cooling requirements.

4. Give examples of contamination.

5. Recognize cleaning and sanitizing requirements.

6. Recognize the sanitary condition of the facility.

7. Recognize udder and teat preparation method.

8. Observe herd health.*

* Not addressed in the PMO.

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Description: Water supply and protection related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Examine the water supply.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Determine water sources.

2. Describe water supply protection.

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Description: Animal health related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss animal health on dairy farms.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Recognize milk abnormalities.

2. Describe the handling of abnormal milk.

3. Describe drug residue enforcement.

4. Recognize animal disease control measures.

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Description: Sampling and standards related to dairy farms.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss sampling related to dairy farms.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe aseptic sampling practices.

2. Describe the examination of raw milk.

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