Tilapia Welfare Trained: foundation course for companies
Company Pathway – Leads to the Tilapia Welfare Trained Badge
The fastest and simplest way to qualify your farm for the Tilapia Welfare Trained Badge. Build essential knowledge and skills to begin measuring and improving tilapia welfare.
Free
Why Take This Course?
This course is for Tilapia producer companies, processing companies and retailers that are starting their welfare journey and want to join the Tilapia Welfare Badges program. It supports teams in understanding what tilapia welfare is and how to apply welfare indicators in daily farm management. Learners gain the practical skills needed to recognise, score and improve welfare indicators, preparing the company to qualify for the Tilapia Welfare Trained Badge.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for tilapia companies aiming to get the Tilapia Welfare Badges.
Course Content
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What are welfare indicators
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Nutritional welfare indicators
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Environmental welfare indicators
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Health welfare indicators
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Behavioural welfare indicators
New Skills
- Recognise that welfare is not the same as health
- Identify welfare indicators specific to the tilapia
- Identify what good environmental welfare looks like
- Score welfare indicators specific to tilapia
Key benefits for companies
- Meet supplier requirements for welfare expectations
- Standardise welfare knowledge across teams
- Make welfare performance measurable using shared indicators
- Strengthen ESG and reporting credentials
- Demonstrate commitment to responsible farming to buyers and investors
How the Course Works
- Fully selfpaced online course
- Teams begin once onboarded to the Tilapia Welfare Programme
- Recommended duration: 30 minutes per day for 4 weeks
Requirements to start the course
- Internet connection Mobile phone, tablet, laptop or computer (mobileoptimised)
- Preferred browsers: Chrome, Edge, or Firefox
- Note: this course is optimised for mobile
Assessment
- Final quiz with multiplechoice questions
- Passing score: 100%
- Multiple attempts
Certificate and Badges
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Each team member receives a certificate upon course completion
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Certificate appears in Achievements
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Valid for 12 months
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Once all team members finish the course, the company receives the Tilapia Welfare Trained Badge
How to Cite This Course
Barrento, S., Pedrazzani, A., Ostrensky, A., & Quintiliano, M. (2026). Tilapia Welfare Trained: Foundation Course [Online course]. In S. Barrento, M. Quintiliano, J. Muirhead, & L. Sicherle (Eds.), FAI Academy. https://fai.academy/