Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Industry Training for

Inspectors of Export Facilities

April 12-14, 2016 Kansas City, KS Jason Baldwin Course focuses on

complex, yet common, facility approvals – including site visits

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Program Disease

Field Skills Course May 3-5, 2016 Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Animal Health 101 May 10-11, 2016 Ames, IA Narda Huyke Introductory Course

primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Wildlife Seminar for

Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness

May 17-20, 2016 Athens, GA Teresa Drotar Intensive introduction

to the importance of recognizing foreign and emerging diseases in wildlife species

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Foreign Animal

Disease Diagnostician (FADD) Course

June 6-17, 2016 Plum Island, NY Liz Clark Two week course

with classroom, lab, necropsy and a simulated FAD investigation

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Foreign Animal

Disease Investigation Refresher Course

June 6-10, 2016 Ames, IA John Bare Intensive one week

course for field VMO’s in conjunction with FADD

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Emergency

Management Response System (EMRS) for Epidemiologists and Disease Reporting Officers

June 7-9, 2016 Ames, IA Kris Keller

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Inspection of

Equine Semen and Bovine Embryo Export Facilities

June 21-23, 2016 Teresa Drotar

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Combination of

AgLearn courses and series of webinars

Prerequisite for classroom course: Outbreak Investigations in September 2016

Outbreak Investigations Part 1

Starts in June 2016 Jason Baldwin

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities VS Field

Epidemiologist Training

August 2-4, 2016 Fort Collins, CO Nancy Platter For AEO’s and state

equivalent EO’s for VS Program Disease updates

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Outbreak Investigations

Part 2 (Prerequisite: Outbreak Investigations Part 1)

September 20-22, 2016 Fort Collins, CO Jason Baldwin For invited participants

who completed Outbreak Investigations Part 1 (Webinar and AgLearn courses)

Upcoming PDS Training

Opportunities Program Disease

Field Skills Course November 2016 Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling