Swine producers, production workers and truckers will have an opportunity to receive their certification for Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) on Tuesday, November 24, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Montgomery Hall, Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City, Iowa.
Who needs TQA certification? All truckers transporting pigs to harvest plants, swine producers and production workers selling to certain packers will need TQA certification. Currently, to sell to Hormel, producers as well as all individuals working in the swine operation will need TQA certification by January 1, 2010. Please check with your packer for their TQA requirement.
TQA certification training will cover swine handling, loading procedures, loading facilities and equipment, trucking, bio-security, laws and regulations, and emergency response., . After the two hour training presentation, participants will need to complete a 50 question examination. In order to receive TQA certification, participants will need to successfully answer 90 percent of the questions.
A registration fee of $25.00 per individual will be assessed. If possible, as a courtesy, please pre-register for the training certification by contacting Larry McMullen, Jones County Extension Office, 319.462.2791, email lkmcmul@iastate.edu or Tom Miller, Washington County Extension Office, 319.653.4811, email tmiller@iastate.edu
10/8/2009