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Spanish for Poultry Professionals
March 16, 2023 @ 3:00 am
Free
Learn how to communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking coworkers and employees regarding poultry welfare, biosecurity, work duties and safety.
When:
Thursdays
(3 p.m. – 5 p.m. ET)
Mar. 16 – Apr. 13, 2023
Where:
Penn State Extension Lebanon County
2120 Cornwall Rd. #1
Lebanon, Pennsylvania 17042
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Registration deadline:
March 14, 2023
11:59 p.m.
Learn to communicate more effectively with your Spanish-speaking employees and coworkers in the poultry industry regarding four basic objectives: safety, work duties, biosecurity and animal welfare. During Spanish for Poultry Professionals, create a personalized handbook with keywords and phrases that will be identified. Attendees will also be divided into groups to practice speaking with each other, including role-playing scenarios that may occur on-farm.
This event is being offered at no charge to participants.
Preregistration is required!
Who is this for?
Poultry industry professionals who would like to learn how to more effectively communicate with their Spanish-speaking colleagues and employees (emphasis will be on the poultry industry, but suitable for other agricultural industry professionals)
Those with basic to intermediate skills in reading, writing and speaking Spanish
What will you learn?
Vocabulary and how to communicate regarding:
- Safety in the workplace
- Poultry welfare
- Biosecurity
- Poultry anatomy
- Poultry management, health, and diseases
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