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Quality Assurance
2008 Livestock Quality Assurance for Junior Fair Livestock Exhibitors
**4-H Age is the age a person is on January 1st of the current year**
Attendance at Quality Assurance Training is mandatory for all junior fair livestock exhibitors ages 8 and at least in third grade through age 11 as of 1/1/08.
All junior fair livestock exhibitors must either test out (if age eligible) or attend a training session (if ages 8-11 – 4-H eligible as 1/1 or older members and did not test out). Quality Assurance is STILL a state requirement in order to exhibit junior fair livestock.
1. Junior Fair exhibitors ages 12-14 and 15-18 as of 1/1/08 may choose to test out of the quality
assurance program. To do this, the exhibitor must take a written test and pass it.
2. The test is based on appropriate skill level information for the age division.
3. Youth who PASS THE TEST will be exempt from annual quality assurance re-certification until they
move to the next age bracket OR they are no longer a junior exhibitor (19 years of age or older as
1/1)
This means - if you are 12 years old and pass the test - you would not have to take the next test until you are 15. Once you pass the 15-18 year old test, you are finished attending quality assurance re-certification.
4. A youth may take this test more than one time in order to pass it.
5. An exhibitor, age12 and older, DOES NOT have to take the written test. They can choose to
participate in a quality assurance training meeting. If this choice is made, the exhibitor would have to
participate in a quality assurance training meeting EACH YEAR.
6. Exhibitors younger than 12 years of age MUST attend an annual quality assurance training meeting.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend with their child or children.
Dates for Quality Assurance Training for 2008
Test only - Wednesday, January 2, 2-4 p.m., Tuesday, February 12, 4-6 p.m., Tuesday, February 19, 4-6 p.m. The test is multiple-choice and takes about 20-30 minutes to take. Test will be given in the Extension Office meeting room, 2nd floor, Central Service Building. Room located across the hall from the Extension Office.
Training and Test – to be held at the Central Services Building – the building that houses the Extension Office, located on the corner of Livingston and Sugar Streets in Celina. We will gather in the Sugar Street meeting room of this building and then dismiss to break out sessions in separate rooms.
Tuesday, March 25 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m.
Members who are 12 years of age or older may attend one of these evenings and take and pass the test. Members ages 8-11 are not old enough to take the test and must attend one of these training sessions. Members, ages 12 and older, wishing to not take the test must attend the training every year.
Preparing for the test – members should read through the quality assurance section of their resource handbook and review the Pillars of Character section. They should also know basic terms used for their specie of livestock.
Cancellation policy – if school is cancelled due to bad weather conditions – any meeting to be held that evening will also be canceled. Cancellations will also be announced on WCSM.
Call the office at 586-2179 if you have any questions.
