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Training Course for Poultry Farm Personnel. Online – 260226AVI

Start date: 26/02/2026
Ending date: 17/03/2026
Modality: Online

Description

Addressed to:

Poultry farm workers

Goals:

To comply with the requirement of Royal Decree 637/2021, of July 27, to ensure that all people working with birds have adequate and sufficient training and acquire the basic skills necessary to start or consolidate a professional career in the sector.

Content:

COURSE PROGRAM

1. Characteristics of Poultry Production:

a) General characteristics of birds and main poultry species of productive interest.

b) Morphology and physiology of poultry livestock.

c) Feeding and housing systems. Animal needs.

2. Handling:

a) Main management techniques in broiler chickens (breeding, rearing and production phase).

b) Main management techniques in laying hens.

c) Main management techniques in breeding, rearing and adult hens.

d) Main management techniques in other species.

e) Egg handling (collection, classification and marketing).

3. Animal health, hygiene and biosecurity:

a) Hygiene and biosecurity in poultry farms and specifically in farms with access to the outdoors.

b) Actions in the prevention and control of animal diseases.

c) Inspection and observation of sick animals.

d) Recognition of the symptoms/syndromes associated with notifiable diseases.

e) Interaction between animal health, animal welfare and human health.

f) Resistance to treatments, including antimicrobial resistance and its consequences.

4. Animal welfare:

a) Animal behavior: differences between the different poultry species.

b) Emergency slaughter.

5. Environmental management and combating climate change on farms:

a) Storage of manure.

b) Manure management.

c) Management of waste generated on the livestock farm, both hazardous and non-hazardous, including the management of veterinary waste and medicated feed waste.

d) Management of emissions, noise and odors.

e) Water and energy consumption.

6. Record of information and documentation that must be kept on the farm.

7. Current regulations at the European, national, regional and local levels related to this.

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