Agricultural Grading Manual Training Tools: An Evaluation

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dc.contributor.authorHall, Kierraen
dc.contributor.committeechairDrape, Tiffany A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberScherer, Hannah H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWestfall-Rudd, Donna M.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural, Leadership, and Community Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-15T14:24:43Zen
dc.date.available2020-05-15T14:24:43Zen
dc.date.issued2020-05en
dc.description.abstractThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) implements federal regulations and guidelines to ensure that the food supply is safe for consumers. The job roles for inspectors who work for USDA include in-plant inspections, lot sampling, and conducting audits in plants, on farms, and at entry ports. In order to efficiently complete each task, all inspectors must be thoroughly trained. This work examined current USDA applesauce grading manuals in order to evaluate and offer recommendations to improve the quality of the training materials that are used to train USDA inspectors. Utilizing an implementation evaluation, participants were given a questionnaire pertaining to the applesauce grading manual. The participants in the study determined that the overall applesauce grading manual was easy to navigate. However, some participants found the manual difficult to understand and needed some modifications. It was recommended that adding supplemental documents like color charts, and more specific measurements would make the manual more efficient. These changes could produce more efficient and confident inspectors.en
dc.description.degreeMALSen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/98400en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subject.cabtUSDAen
dc.subject.cabtTrainingen
dc.subject.cabtManualsen
dc.subject.cabtProgram Planningen
dc.titleAgricultural Grading Manual Training Tools: An Evaluationen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineEducationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural and Life Sciencesen

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