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Steps to Certification

The Canadian Cattle Learning Centre is the home of the VBP+ 2.0 online training! You can also find other VBP+ program courses in the catalogue, including a pre-certification prep course, along with external training opportunities. Register today! 

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 audit. The records needed are outlined in VBP+ training and other VBP+ resources.
Collect minimum records to prepare for certification
Apply for an audit through VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
This is the auditing branch of VBP+. Contact VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
Apply for an audit through VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
Complete a self-assessment
Your provincial coordinator will go through a pre-audit prep call with you to make sure there are no major changes needed for a successful audit. Producers can also complete a self-assessment, going through all of the questions that will be asked on the audit with the same scoring system, through the Canadian Cattle Learning Center.
Complete a self-assessment
Schedule an audit
VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. will assign an auditor, and work with you to arrange a date and time for the audit that fits your schedule.
Schedule an audit
Complete the audit
VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. will assign an auditor, and work with you to arrange a date and time for the audit that fits your schedule.
Complete the audit
Receive the audit report and resolve any Corrective Action Requests (CARs)
You will receive a report after your audit. You will not fail the audit! Instead, if there are any issues meeting the program requirements, the auditor will issue a Corrective Action Request (CAR), which will ask you to fulfill the requirement within a certain timeline.
Receive the audit 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 audit every year! VBP+ runs on a five year-audit cycle.

IN YEAR 1, producers do the full audit 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 at an audit 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 audit. 

AFTER 5 YEARS, the cycle starts over again! 

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