Document type: training announcements published by Idele
Author: Idele
Preview: This train-the-trainer course enables participants to obtain the Vivéa and OCAPIAT "animal welfare training" label for training animal welfare referents on livestock farms. Under the terms of Decree 2020-1625, each farm must have a BEA referent. On poultry and pig farms, this BEA referent is obliged to follow a training course. However, on ruminant farms, the training of the animal welfare referent is not compulsory, but voluntary.
- On 11/02/2025 in Paris (75) : register
- April 01, 2025 in Le Rheu (35) : register
Objectives
- Explain animal welfare and its dimensions to farmers.
- Observe and measure welfare assessment indicators, particularly those relating to animals.
- Integrate animal welfare issues into existing technical training courses
Public
Livestock technicians, advisors and veterinarians providing training for cattle, sheep or goat farmers on the following technical topics: lameness control, mastitis management, rearing young animals, health, reproductive management, layout and management of livestock buildings, disbudding young calves, animal handling, etc., and wishing to obtain Vivea / Ocapiat certification.
Prerequisites: None
Program
- Context and challenges of animal welfare
- Definition of animal welfare and its dimensions
- Assessing animal welfare : families of indicators, BEA assessment objectives, main existing tools
- Building links between the content of technical training courses and animal welfare : workshop work based on training programs provided by each participant, collective reflection, individual reporting
- Finalizing standard technical training programs enriched with an animal welfare dimension.
- Didactics of animal welfare: how to approach divisive subjects and socially sensitive issues
Teaching methods
- Presentations and discussions
- Group work in workshops
- Analysis of videos and photos
Assessmentof acquired knowledge: Questionnaire
Training coordinator: Béatrice Mounaix
Other training available on the same topic:
Le bien-être des bovins au cours de l'élevage (cattle welfare during rearing)
