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FSQA Training Time Again

The Food Safety Quality Assurance (FSQA) programs will certify 4-H youth for beef, pork, dairy (cattle and goats), sheep, poultry, meat goats, and rabbits in 2008.  The program is based on your age as of January 1, each year.  Junior exhibitors (9-11 years of age) will need to be certified each year for FSQA.  Intermediate (12-14) and Seniors (15-18) will be able to test out if they choose to. 

Testing out is only good for the time period that the exhibitor is an intermediate member or senior member.  This means that if you test out your first year as an intermediate, the certification is good for the three years you are of intermediate age.  Then, if you successfully retest again your first year as a Senior, you will be certified for the three years you are a senior member.  Once you turn 19, the system kicks you out as a youth and (even though you might still be in high school) you must certify as an adult.  Testing out is not an option to junior members.  

We will test once per year here in Clarke County.  Tests are conducted at the County Extension Office and must be monitored by the County Director.  It is not an open book test.  Questions are randomly generated from the Iowa's State 4-H website.  The test can be taken three times per testing session.  A new test is randomly created for each testing attempt.  Tests are kept by the extension office after testing.  Testing out is an excellent option.

Here in Clarke County we are planning two Junior and two Intermediate/Senior sessions, plus a test-out day.  There will also be training and testing sessions in the neighboring counties.  As soon as we have those dates we will share them in future Newsletters.

Please note the age specific groups, we will adhere to the age limits.  The training sessions will be adapted to the age group.  Registration is required.  There is a maximum of 15-20 4-Hers per sessions.

Training will be conducted in Clarke County on the following dates:

• 2/18  Juniors, American State Bank, Osceola, 7 p.m.
• 3/07  Intermediate/Seniors, Murray High School Vo-Ag Room, 1-3 p.m.
• 3/17  Intermediate/Seniors, Clarke Community School Vo-Ag Classroom, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
• 4/28  Juniors, American State Bank, Osceola, 7 p.m.
  
• 6/11 Clarke County Test-Out, Extension Office, 1 p.m.
  
• 6/25  Juniors, Extension Office, Osceola, 7 p.m.
  
  

 

Author: gwe/bmr Date: 4/21/2008