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CERTIFICATIONS

STEPS TO CERTIFICATION

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Steps to Certification
Get trained with VBP+
Visit the Steps to Training to learn how.
Get trained with VBP+
Collect minimum records to prepare for certification
In general, cow-calf operations require a minimum of 6 months of records and feedlots 3 months of records before an on-farm assessment. The records needed are outlined in VBP+ training and other VBP+ resources.
Collect minimum records to prepare for certification
Apply for an on-farm assessment through VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
This is the assessment branch of VBP+. Contact VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
Apply for an on-farm assessment through VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
Complete a self-assessment
Your provincial coordinator will go through a pre-assessment prep call with you to make sure there are no major changes needed for a successful on-farm assessment. Producers can also complete a self-assessment, going through all of the questions that will be asked on the on-farm assessment with the same scoring system, through the Canadian Cattle Learning Center.
Complete a self-assessment
Schedule an on-farm assessment
VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. will assign an assessor, and work with you to arrange a date and time for the on-farm assessment that fits your schedule.
Schedule an on-farm assessment
Complete the on-farm assessment
An assessor will come do a walkthrough of your operation and take a look at your records.
Complete the on-farm assessment
Receive the assessment report and resolve any Corrective Action Requests (CARs)
You will receive a report after your on-farm assessment. You will not fail! Instead, if there are any issues meeting the program requirements, the assessor will issue a Corrective Action Request (CAR), which will ask you to fulfill the requirement within a certain timeline.
Receive the assessment report and resolve any Corrective Action Requests (CARs)
Maintain certification each year.
Please see information below on maintaining your certification.
Maintain certification each year.
Make use of your certification!
Certified producers have access to benefits! Keep your Certificate handy so that you can prove you are certified when applying for these programs.
Make use of your certification!

Producers do not have to complete an on-farm assessment every year! VBP+ runs on a five-year assessment cycle.

IN YEAR 1, producers do the full on-farm assessment to get certified. 

IN YEARS 2 AND 4, producers submit the suite of records required under the program to VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. This makes sure that all the processes verified on-farm are still running smoothly! 

IN YEARS 3 AND 5, producers submit a self-declaration to VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. to verify that they are still doing all the practices verified during the on-farm assessment. 

AFTER 5 YEARS, the cycle starts over again! 

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