Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Review of vocational education courses on aquatic animal health available to fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Australia for the FRDC Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram (AAHS)
There are currently Vocational Training and Education institutions throughout Australia undertaking skills and knowledge based training in aquatic animal health management. In terms of national recognition, this area of aquatic animal health education has largely been ignored in the past. There are vocational institutions around Australia that undertake quality skills development in the area of aquatic animal health and from this develop meaningful learning materials for the learner.
This type of information is vitally important to a project of this nature as there has been quite sophisticated levels of advancement in some vocation training aquatic animal health areas that need to be analysed.
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- Aquatic animal health is trained in all of the 5 level of qualifications offered in the SFITP Training methodologies are designed from the SFITP.
- Practical application in training is a vital part of the vocational training framework.
- Although most areas of AAH are well serviced, the areas of biosecurity and aquatic animal welfare need to be enhanced within the SFITP and subsequent training delivery.
- Learning materials for the vocational sector need to be upgraded to meet current industry trends.
- Vocational institutions are ready to work with other areas the tertiary sector to enhance AAH training and education.