Description: Regulations and industry specifics to train regulators on molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Terminal Competency:

Summarize the regulations and guidance related to molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain why the control of molluscan shellfish is crucial to public health.

2. Describe prevailing regulations applicable to molluscan shellfish growing areas.

3. Recognize the function of the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC).

4. Recognize the role of the shellfish regulator.

5. Explain the applicability of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) Guide.

6. Define molluscan shellfish growing area terminology.

7. Differentiate between seed and market size.

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Description: Activities related to regulator safety in molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Terminal Competency:

Describe safety procedures.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for conducting activities in molluscan shellfish growing areas.

2. Demonstrate safe operation/maintenance of equipment.

3. Identify adverse water/weather conditions.

4. Demonstrate basic first aid skills.

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Description: An evaluation of pollution sources in molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Terminal Competency:

Describe the sanitary survey process.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Give examples of pollution.

2. Define pollution sources.

3. Describe components of a sanitary survey.

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Description: Sampling related to molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Terminal Competency:

Utilize sampling techniques.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe samples.

2. Describe monitoring tools to initiate sampling.

3. Identify strategies for sampling.

4. Conduct sampling activities.

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Description: Harvesting activities in molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss harvesting activities in molluscan shellfish growing areas.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Differentiate between wild harvest and aquaculture harvest.

2. Contrast between recreational, subsistence, and commercial harvest.

3. Identify pollution control activities.

4. Describe controls for naturally occurring hazards.

5. Describe the effects of time/temperature controls.

6. Describe types of harvesting equipment.

7. Describe harvester recordkeeping activities.

8. Recognize the role of third-party auditing.

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Description: Identifying the source of an outbreak.

Terminal Competency:

Recognize the process of identifying the source of an outbreak.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Explain the history of molluscan shellfish outbreaks.

2. Recognize contaminant agents of concern.

3. Outline the illness investigation process.

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.