Other than a substantial savings in the registration fee, another advantage I have is being able to determine what was successful with the USDA’s inspection training class and what the participants disliked about the USDA’s training program. I read the evaluations and noticed many of the attendees’ negative comments were directed to the length of time spent on the licensing function of PACA, and the time spent on reviewing the USDA’s own inspection forms and reports that are not used by industry members.

I am always open to improvements and suggestions to the training class and I my intent of instructional design is to tailor each class to the wishes of the attendees.