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- 18/08/2011: CPD exam - new dates
- 02/08/2011: Pet Care Trade Association workshops on first aid and domestic poultry
- 10/05/2011: Webinars offer SQPs opportunities to gain CPD points before 30 June deadline
- 28/04/2011: Veterinary Medicines Regulations, Code and Guidance delayed
- 11/04/2011: The unexpected benefits of carrying your AMTRA SQP card
- 08/04/2011: AMTRA and AHDA CPD series to conclude in Northern Ireland
- 01/04/2011: AMTRA Council minutes published
- 30/03/2011: SCOPS Principles in Action for SQPs and vets - 5 May, Gloucestershire
- 16/03/2011: SQP Compendium
Archive for February 2010
Training For A New Anthelmintic Class
22/02/2010 by Stephen Dawson.
AHDA is running a series of 10 regional meetings – CPD accredited to ensure farm animal SQPs are trained and competent to advise customers on the role and management of a new active anthelmintic class. Please send booking forms to AHDA, not AMTRA. More details…
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Council minutes published
22/02/2010 by Stephen Dawson.
The AMTRA Council is intended to be broad in its representation and input, advising both the Board and the secretariat. To help that happen, and to help those not on Council to be more aware of its activities, minutes of the AMTRA Council are now being published on the AMTRA website. If you have comments or feedback as a result, please contact the AMTRA office or your representatives on Council.
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Your representatives on AMTRA Council
17/02/2010 by Stephen Dawson.
One of the key roles of the AMTRA Council is to represent people, develop and propose policy to the Board. There are individuals nominated by stakeholders such as AHDA, NOAH, BVA, RPSGB, Pet Care Trust, NFU and BETA. But there are individuals - currently five - who were elected by SQPs and the MA Holders representatives on the AMTRA registers. They are there to try to reflect your views.
- Kate Byrne from Just For Pets is the C-SQP representative
- Martyn Channon who runs his own business in Rye, and Dave Taylor who works for Countrywide are R-SQP representatives
- Simon Wetherald, owner and MD of Bardsey Mills Ltd, a traditional feed merchant is the E-SQP representative
- Mark Brady, a Senior Territory Manager for Livestock POM–VPS for Pfizer, is the MAH representative
If you have questions or concerns or proposals for AMTRA, then of course do continue to contact the AMTRA office. But if you would like to contact your representatives, please do so. Their details can be found on our website.
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CPD points summary by email
15/02/2010 by Stephen Dawson.
CPD points earned are added to each SQP’s records when they are received from the CPD provider. SQPs will be advised of the number of CPD points they have accumulated to date on their annual renewal form each October, and we may include an update with SQP newsletters.
However, as a new service, if AMTRA already has your current email address on record, you can request a CPD points update by email.
We hope this is useful, but it is an experimental service while we look to develop something better - so if it doesn’t work as expected, please be patient, but please also let us know.
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CPD points pass 100,000
01/02/2010 by Stephen Dawson.
Well done to all SQPs who are making good progress with their CPD requirements. Having just entered the CPD points from the AHDA Conference into the AMTRA database, the CPD points accumulated so far has entered six figures and reached 101,485, representing almost 17,000 hours of CPD so far, a great achievement, though much more needs to be done by the June 2011 deadline.
SQPs should keep their own record of CPD points so that they can be cross-checked against update reports from AMTRA.
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