ACO Core Competencies 2024 Session I: Palmer, Massachusetts

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Palmer Police Station, 4417, Main Street, Palmer, MA, 01069, United States

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2024 ACO Core Training | Central Massachusetts Partial Approval - Free

ACOs only need to successfully complete one 2 day session to meet MA Core Training Requirements. ACOs who have taken the Core Training in the past can sign up as a refresher and receive continuing education credit

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Multiple Dates

Palmer Police Station, 4417, Palmer, MA, 01069, United States.

This Training will take place at the Palmer Police Station at: 

4417 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069

This training is a two day event occuring on Monday, Sept 23rd AND Monday Sept 30th.  First time attendees must attend both days and complete testing to receive Core Competencies credit. 

Massachusetts animal control officer training begins with this mandatory 16-credit-hour Core Competencies course. The Core Competencies module is comprised of the following topics:

Monday Sept 23rd DAY 1 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • Massachusetts state laws

  • Wildlife

Monday Sept 30th DAY 2 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

  • Companion animal identification, behavior, and safe handling

     

     

  • Emergency preparedness

  • Record-keeping and report writing

  • Communication and public relations

There will be a multiple choice quiz given at the end of Day 1 and a written exam to test practical report-writing skills at the end of Day 2. All tests are open-book. 

Please come prepared with a writing utensil and paper and a copy of your certification form(s) if you previously took a comprehensive NACA, NEACHA, or ACOAM training course.

Sheri Gustafson

Animal homelessness is a problem that causes animals’ lives to be lost to euthanasia, poses a public safety concern, and costs taxpayer money to pay for services for stray, abandoned, and feral animals and their offspring. It has been proven that sterilization of animals decreases not only the number of homeless and feral animals born each year, but it also decreases unwanted behavior in owned animals, including roaming and aggression, which are both factors that can lead to the surrender and euthanasia of animals. One solution to this problem is investing in spaying/neutering animals. Another is standardized and required animal control officer training that creates uniform enforcement of animal control laws. On October 31, 2012, a law took effect that, in part, created the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund (Massachusetts Animal Fund). The Fund is administered by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources with assistance from an advisory committee and seeks to end the problem of animal homelessness in Massachusetts. This program is solely funded by the voluntary tax check-off (Line 33f) on the Massachusetts resident income tax form and by monetary donations.

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