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Avipole is the main poultry school in France, delivering courses for professionals, students, farmers and people working within processing. Avipole is a professional school created in 1962 by the poultry industry including hatcheries, slaughterhouses and feed mills. Led by Estelle Le Helloco, Avipole has been providing training to around 1000 professionals in the poultry industry each year.
The school is run by a small team including two teachers with many students finishing courses with a diploma of Conseiller en Elevage Avicole, (Poultry Farm Advisor). Avipole can also organise specific training to meet certain company’s needs, e.g., a couple of years ago they were approached by a company to provide training on sexing, which was organised and carried out.
The main course that is one year long is dedicated to students for them to become a technical supervisor. This course is unique to France and is the one Avipole gets the most recognition for. The people attending this course are part time at Avipole and part time trainees in a company within the poultry industry. Between 20 and 30 people, with Agricultural degrees, follow this course and carry out the different workshops through the year. All topics are covered from bird management on farms to nutrition, transport and welfare. Avipole is recognized by the French Ministry of Agriculture and can deliver trainings that are legally compulsory such as drivers for live animals.
In order to stay close to the latest developments and field practices, Corinne Morvan & Georges Le Quentrec, ATL’s Management Specialists, attended the latest ventilation workshop. This gave a great opportunity to keep in contact with specific suppliers (Sodalec, Tuffigo, Big Dutchman, Skov, Leroy) presenting their more recent data and new technologies.