Online Basic Crop Inspection Training - Canada Organic Regime

Course Description

The course provides basic level training to develop skills required for inspecting and reporting on the management of an organic crop operations according to a specified set of standards. For courses conducted in Canada, the standard is CAN/CGSB-32.310-2020 and Permitted Substance Lists CAN/CGSB-32.311-2020.

The Basic Crop Inspection Training follows IOIA's curriculum requirements which include: instruction on applying the organic standards; working with organic system plans; how to inspect organic farms; audit trail requirements; risk assessment and organic control points; investigative skills; report writing; understanding input materials; assessing natural resource management; inspector conduct, confidentiality, and ethics; understanding the difference between inspecting and consulting; and effective communication.

The course requires all participants to use Google Chrome, set up Google Drive and use a gmail account so that everyone can participate in the course activities and assignments, including the exam, inspection report and to work together on in-class assignments.

Schedule

The Time Zone used for IOIA Zoom training events are all listed in Pacific Time.

The IOIA Live Online Basic Inspection Training in class sessions are scheduled to begin and end:

START: 7:30 am Monday – Friday.
END: Monday – Thursday 2:30pm
END: Friday 11:30am

There are evening assignments Monday – Thursday, due by 6:00pm Pacific Time.

Requirements

The course requires all participants to use Google Chrome, set up Google Drive and use a gmail account so that everyone can participate in the course activities and assignments, including the exam, inspection report and to work together on in-class assignments.

This training meets 5 times. Attendees are expected to attend all 5 sessions.