Peace Corps Aquaculture Training Manual

316 Pages·2007·4.21 MB·English

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Peace Corps Aquaculture Training.Manual. Training
TITLE
Manual T0057.
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INSTITUTION
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PUB DATE
90
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*Agricultural Production; *Course Content;
DESCRIPTORS
Curriculum; Developing Nations; Educational
Resources; *Fisheries; Foreign Countries; *Learning
Activities; Postsecondary Education; Program
Implementation; Teaching Methods; Units of Study;
Volunteers; *Volunteer Training
IDEn'FIERS
*Aquaculture; *Peace Corps
ABSTRACT
This Peace Corps training manual was developed from
two existing manuals to provide a comprehensive training program in
fish production for Peace Corps volunteers. The manual encompasses
the essential elements of the University of Oklahoma program that has
been training volunteers in aquaculture for 25 years. The 22 chapters
of the manual are arranged in three sections. Chapters 1-9 introduce
the aquaculture training program and provide information on the
following: philosophy and methodology, goals and objectives, site
requirements, length of training, trainee qualifications and
assessment, staff qualifications and training, and summaries of 8- or
10-week training programs and program design considerations. Chapters
10-19 take the instructor through a 10-week program, with Chapter 10
outlining the program and the following chapters providing the
training materials for each week of the program. Chapter 20 discusses
program evaluation; and recommendations for in-country training.
Lists of publications, equipment, and materials comprise the final
two chapters. (KC)
Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made
from the original document.
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AQUACULTURE
TRAINING MANUAL
PEACE CORPS
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CII DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TRAINING MANUAL T0057
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This manual was prepared from materials included in the following
two manuals:
Guide to Peace Corps Fish Culture Training by Dr. William Shelton, Anna Hiott and
Eileen O'Hara at the University of Oklahoma under Contract PC-284-1006, 1987;
Peace Corps Fish Culture Training Design Manual by Fran Lowell and Roger Palm at the
University of South Carolina under Contract PC-287-1005, 1990.
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TABLE OF CONMNTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
FORWARD
CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2:
TRAINING PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER 3:
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
CHAPTER 4:
SITE REQUIREMENTS, LOGISTICS AND
LENGTH OF TRAINING
CHAPTER 5:
TRAINEE QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSESSMENT
25
CHAPTER 6:
STAFF QUALIFICATIONS, STAFFING PATTERN AND
35
STAFF TRAINING
CHAPTER 7:
TEN-WEEK PROGRAM: PROGRAM SUMMARY AND
53
WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
CHAPTER 8:
EIGHT-WEEK PROGRAM: LIMITATIONS, ADJUSTMENTS,
67
PROGRAM SUMMARY AND WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS
CHAPTER 9:
PROGRAM DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND
85
ORIENTATION
PROGRAM DESIGN - WEEK ONE
CHAPTER 10:
87
Trainee Arrival
Session I-1:
87
Orientation
Session 1-2:
91
Expectations, Rules and Norms
Session 1-3:
97
Individual Focusing
Session 1-4:
101
Pond Observations
Session 1-5:
107
Processing - Pond Observations
Session 1-6:
113
Personal Interview - Week One
Session 1-7:
117
Processing of Week One - Bridge
Session I-8:
119
to Peace Corps, Goal Setting
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CHAPTER 11: PROGRAM
DESIGN - WEEK TWO
123
Scssbn II-1:
Management Plan (Part One)
123
Group Discussion - Profit
Session 11-2:
133
Incentive in Fish Farming
Stocking of Ponds
Session 11-3:
135
Group Discussion - Fish Handling
Session 11-4:
137
Use of Tools and Pumps
Session 11-5:
141
Trainee Evaluation of Training - Week Two
Session 11-6:
143
CHAPTER 12: PROGRAM DESIGN
- WEEK THREE
145
Quiz (Week Three)
Session III-1:
145
Management Plan (Part Two)
Session 111-2:
147
Equipment Shed, Feed Shed and Pump
Session 111-3:
151
- Trainee Responsibilities
Weekly Technical Report Requirements
Segsion 111-4:
153
Field Trips - Week Three
Session 111-5:
157
Processing of Field Trips
159
Session 111-6:
Masonry and Carpentry Projects
Session 111-7:
163
Dissection Exercise
Session 111-8:
167
Social Awareness
Session 111-9:
169
Personal Interview - Week Three
Session III-10:
171
CHAPTER 13: PROGRAM DESIGN - WEEK FOUR
177
Introduction to Surveying
Session IV-1:
177
Surveying Projects
Session IV-2:
181
Pond Interview - Week Four
Session IV-3:
185
Trainee Evaluation of Training - Week Four
Session IV-4:
187
CHAPTER 14: PROGRAM DESIGN - WEEK FIVE
189
Guest Lecturer - Site Selection, Pond
Session V-1:
189
Design and Pond Construction
Quiz - Week Five
Session V-2:
193
Site Development/Pond Design
Session V-3:
195
Processing of Masonry Project
Session V-4:
199
Issues in Peace Corps Aquaculture Programming
Session V-5:
203
Introduction to Seminars and Seminar Topics
Session V-6:
205
Fish Fry
Session V-7:
209
Personal Interview - Week Five
Session V-8:
213
CHAPTER 15: PROGRAM DESIGN - WEEK SIX
215
Seminar Preparation and Presentations
Sessicn VI-1:
215
Pond Interview - Week Six
Session VI-2:
245
Trainee Evaluation of Training - Week Six
Session VI-3:
247
CHAPTER 16: PROGRAM DESIGN - WEEK SEVEN
249
Meeting - Preparation for Field Trip
249
Session VII-1:
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CHKITER 17: PROGRAM DESIGN
- WEEK EIGHT: Field Trip
255
CHAPTER 18: PROGRAM DESIGN
- WEEK NINE
263
Field Trip Debriefing/Reentry to Training
Session DC-1:
263
Site Selection/Pond Design
Session IX-2:
269
Session IX-3:
Wheelbarrow Project
273
Session IX-4:
Pond Construction Project
275
Final Reports
Session IX-5:
279
Session IX-6:
Pond Interview - Week Nine
287
Session IX-7:
Personal Interview - Week Nine
289
Session IX 8:
Country Specific Information
293
Sessiu IX-9:
Trainer Panels
295
Male and Female Volunteer Issues
Session IX-10:
297
Session IX-11:
Level of Intensity Assignment Wrap-Up
299
Session IX-12:
Basic Management Strategy for
303
Oreochromis niloticus
Final Harvests
Session IX-13:
307
Session IX-14:
Fish Marketing
309
CHAPTER 19: PROGRAM DESIGN
- WEEK TEN
311
Session X-1:
Culture Shock
311
Session X-2:
Processing of Pond Construction Project
315
(and Wheelbarrows)
Session X-3:
Final Interviews
319
Session X-4:
Final Trainee Evaluation of Training Program
323
CHAPTER 20: PROGRAM EVALUATION
329
CHAPTER 21: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IN-COUNTRY TRAINING
331
CHAPTER 22: PUBLICATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS
337
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DEDICATION
This manual is dedicated to Dr. Howard Paul and Effie Clemens.
Without Doc's
inspiration, insight, leadership and dedication Peace Corps would not have been able to
make the contribution it has to international aquaculture development. He also inspired
many of us to continue working in aquaculture and/or development after our Peace Corps
service. As the saying goes, "Behind every good man is a good woman". Without Effie,
Doc would not have accomplished all that he has.
In anticipation of Doc and Effie's
reaction to this dedication, the manual is also dedicated to the many past and present Peace
Corps Volunteers and Staff who have contribu .ed to the development of the traininl
program described in this manual.
FORWARD
The training progam which is described in this manual represents nearly 25 years of
development. The Peace Corps Aquaculture Training Program has been evolving since
training began in 1966. The basic training model was developed originally by Dr. Howard
Clemens at the University of Oklahoma and has been modified over time, constantly being
adapted to various training styles and circumstances, as well as to the needs expressed by
field staff. Revisions have also been made based upon feedback from trainees, Volunteers,
training staff and Peace Corps field staff.
Early training programs at the University of Oklahoma consisted of a single program per
year, or every other year, for small groups destined for 1 or 2 countries. Between 1966
and 1974, it
is estimated that 150 trainees destined for 6 countries were trained at
Oklahoma. However, by the late 1970's Peace Corps' aquaculture programs had grown
such that larger groups were being trained in multiple cycles each year. From 1978 through
1986, excluding 1983, nearly 800 trainees destined for 18 countries participated in training
at Oklahoma.
In addition, during the 1970's several countries conducted in-country
technical training programs which were modeled after the Oklahoma program for
From 1987 - 1989, 350 trainees bound for 20
approximately 200 additional trainees.
countries participated in a stateside training program which was conducted by the University
of South Carolina using a much improved version of the Oklahoma model.
In total; from 1966 - 1989, nearly 1500 Peace Corps Aquaculture Volunteers were trained
using the basic "Clemens Model" which has been widely recognized as one the most
effective, if not the most effective, training models which Peace Corps has utilized. The
It has, however,
model has been conf roversial and has received some negative criticism.
consistently received very high marks from participants, other Volunteers, Peace Corps staff,
host-country agency officials and, most importantly, the farmers with whom the Volunteers
work on how well it prepares Volunteers for service both technically and non-technically.
Other models have been tried by various Peace Corps countries and contractors with
varying degrees of success but none have proven to be as effective as the "Clemens Model".
The Peace Corps Aquaculture Training Manual represents a combination of two separate
but complimentary training manuals. The first is Guide to Peace Corps Fish Culture
Training which was prepared in 1987 by Dr. Bill Shelton, Project Director, and Master
Trainers, Ana Hiott and Eileen O'Hara at the University of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma
manual was the first attempt to document the training program that prepared the vast
majority of Peace Corps Aquaculture Volunteers for their assignments. The second is
Peace Corps Fish Culture Training Design Manual which was prepared in 1990 by Roger
Palm, Project Director, and Fran Lowell, Training Director, at the University of South
Carolina. The vast majority of the current manual comes from the South Carolina manual.
However, throughout the South Carolina manual reference is made to the Oklahoma
Therefore, during the editing process, I incorporated various portions of the
manual.
I believe this manual provides a reasonable representation of the
Oklahoma manuaL
Copies of the
aquaculture training program that has developed over the past 25 years.
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original Oklahoma and South Carolina manuals are available through the I.C.E. resource
center.
The premise for the development of this manual was to provide a basis for future Peace
Corps Aquaculture Training Programs. In this way the quality of training would, hopefully,
be preserved. This manual is intended to serve as the basis of Peace Corps Aquaculture
Training Programs. The manual is not irAF;nded for distribution to trainees, but rather to
serve as a resource for training program staff as they design their programs. New training
programs (stateside, regional or in-country) will have to develop their own designs, or at
least make modifications ft, the designs presented in this manual to reflect current program
needs and the skills of the training staff.
Harry Rea
Fisheries Program Specialist
Office of Training and Program Support
Peace Corps
October 1, 1990
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