

DAIRY PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN 1 (DPT1)
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
2012 SESSION TO BE
ANNOUNCED
Earn your Certificate of Qualification
as a Dairy Production Technician Level 1 (Milker)
Combine class time and on farm experience to learn or
enhance skills in order to become
a certified milker.
• 1000
hours of farm experience required along with 5 weeks of class time.
Employers
contact the following for funding and tax credit information:
•
DairyPRO BC and
Workplace Training
Technical Training Dates: 2012 dates to be announced
Classes will be
held at UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in Agassiz, BC
from 8:30 - 3:00.
Enrollment limited to 18.
To register contact Carla Soutar, Apprenticeship
Co-ordinator, at:
csoutar@bcmilkproducers.ca or 604-293-2390.
Tuition:
$1000 plus $120HST, Manuals: $200 + $24HST payable to:
Greenbelt
Veterinary Services Ltd.
8451 Harvard
Place, Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 7Z5
Phone:
604-792-0113 Fax: 604-792-1173
Email: office@dairysmart.ca
Instructors:
Dr. Dan McDermid, DairySMART Management
Dr. John Dick, DairySMART
Management
Dr. Melodie Chan, Pfizer Animal Health
Scott Fraser, FARSHA (Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association)
TAX CREDIT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS:
training-taxcredit.htm
Students who pass the qualifying
exam are also eligible for TAX CREDITS
TAX CREDIT INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYERS:
training.htm
Employers are eligible for credits
on apprentice wages for up to 24 months
Funding provided by ITA (Industry Training Authority
of the Province of BC), Pfizer Animal Health
and BCMPA (BC Milk Producers Association)



For more information please go to:
DairyPRO BC
or call Dr.
John Dick at DairySMART Management: 604-792-0113