Vet

This course is a mandatory course for vets, practicing in Wales, who wish to support their farm clients on the Animal Health and Welfare Universal Actions, part of the Wales Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS).

Course Description

This course is a mandatory course for vets, practicing in Wales, who wish to support their farm clients on the Animal Health and Welfare Universal Actions, part of the Wales Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). 

The course will equip vets to facilitate the Animal Health Improvement Cycle (AHIC) and Biosecurity actions with clients. The first part of the course will focus on the background of AHIC, how to engage and enthuse farmers in animal health and welfare improvement, identify suitable Production Health Metrics (PHMs) and then how to work out realistic targets, timeframes and complete action plan report templates. Then the course will equip vets in how to continue to engage their farm clients throughout the process, critically review the progress and impact of the actions, how to inform next steps and how to finalise report templates. The course will be delivered by a variety of means to suit most situations.

This could be face-to-face (at Aberystwyth University or other appropriate locations across Wales), online and/or a hybrid with live sessions and/or recordings. Some content will be online. Assessment will be a mix of a written assessment (30-minute MCQ), a reflective CPD needs-analysis and three written AHIC reports, each from a different farm. All assessments must be passed in order to successfully complete this course and then be added to the list of vets approved to undertake this work to support businesses in the Wales SFS.