Description: Professional organizations, societies, and associations(groups) for professional development and networking that lead to enhanced laboratory operations.

Terminal Competency:

Discuss the benefits of professional groups.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Identify professional groups that support food and feed safety.

2. Describe the activities of professional groups.

3. Discuss learning opportunities provided by professional groups.

4. Discuss how professional groups are a resource to enhance laboratory capabilities / capacity.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: Governmental food safety networks for surveillance, response, capacity building, data exchange, and collaboration.

Terminal Competency:

Articulate the importance of food safety networks.

Enabling Competencies:

1. Describe the role of the analyst in contributing to food safety networks.

2. Describe the purpose of food safety surveillance networks.

3. Describe the purpose of foodborne emergency response networks.

4. Describe the importance of data sharing.

5. Describe the importance of collaboration among laboratories.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.

Description: The influence of interagency programs (cooperative agreements, program standards, partnerships, accreditation, etc.) on laboratory operations.

Terminal Competency:

Explain how interagency programs affect laboratory operations.

Enabling Competencies:

1. 1. Discuss how interagency programs impact laboratory operations.

To see a set of behavioral anchors, which provide further detail about the enabling competencies and can be used for assessment against the enabling competencies, contact IFPTI.