DAIRY PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN 1
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
2012 dates to be
announced
Earn your Certificate of Qualification
as a Dairy Production Technician Level 1 (Milker)
Combine class time and on farm experience to learn or
enhance skills in order to become a certified milker.
•1000
hours of farm experience required along with 5 weeks of class time.
Employers
contact the following for funding and tax credit information
•
DairyPRO BC and
Workplace Training
Technical Training Dates for 2012 to be announced
Classes will be held at UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in
Agassiz, BC
from 8:30 - 3:00. (Plus one milking lab at 7 am and one
milking system start up at 3:00 PM). Enrollment limited
to 18.
To register contact Carla Soutar, Apprenticeship
Co-ordinator, at:
csoutar@bcmilkproducers.ca or 604-293-2390.
Tuition:
$1,000 plus $120 HST
Manual: $200 plus $24 HST payable to:
Greenbelt
Veterinary Services Ltd.
8451 Harvard
Place, Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 7Z5
Phone:
604-792-0113 Fax: 604-792-1173
Email: office@dairysmart.ca
Instructors:
Dr. Dan McDermid, DairySMART Management
Dr. John Dick, DairySMART
Management
Dr. Melodie Chan, Pfizer Animal Health
Scott Fraser, FARSHA (Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association)
TAX CREDIT INFORMATION FOR
STUDENTS:
training-taxcredit.htm
Tuition receipts are currently
being issued for 2010 taxes.
Students who pass the qualifying
exam are also eligible for TAX CREDITS for 2011 taxes.
TAX CREDIT INFORMATION FOR
EMPLOYERS:
training.htm
Employers are eligible for credits
on apprentice wages for up to 24 months
Funding provided by ITA (Industry Training Authority of the Province
of BC),
Pfizer Animal Health and BCMPA (BC Milk Producers Association)
For more information please go to:
DairySMART
OR
DairyPRO BC
or call Dr.
John Dick at DairySMART Management: 604-792-0113
