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Assessment Services
Understand your existing strengths, skills, prior learning and
identify training options.
Development of an Individual Learning Plan
Choose courses in areas such as farm business management, accounting,
finance, on-farm food safety, sustainable farming practices, value-added
processing, farm diversification and human resources management.
You may also choose training courses that will prepare you for other
types of employment. A consultant will help you identify training
options, decide which courses or workshops would be most helpful, how
much it will cost to carry out the plan and explain the benefits
available through CASS.
Funding
Access formal training such as college programs and informal learning
such as workshops and short courses. Financial assistance is available
for tuition, course materials and, if needed, costs beyond books and
materials.
Support
A consultant is available to help while you carry out the learning
plan.
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You (and your spouse or common-law partner) are eligible to
participate if:
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You are an established producer, with gross farm sales of at least
$10,000 per year and a net family income of less than $45,000 (three
year average);
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You are a beginning farmer*;
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In either case, you have been out of school for two years and are
not eligible to receive Employment Insurance Part ll funding.
*A beginning farmer is someone who intends to establish a farm, or
has already owned/operated a farm for less than six years and has
existing or projected gross annual farm sales of $10,000 or more.
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- Tuition fees and course materials
- Tutoring and lab fees
- Relevant training seminars and workshop fees
- Travel, meal allowances and incidentals
- Accommodations away from home
- Dependent care
- Replacement labour
- Computer technical support and internet connection
- Shipping and postage costs
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- Purchase of capital assets
- Family or spousal support payments
- Debt servicing costs
- Personal costs incurred during the initial assessment but before
the Individual Learning Plan is approved
- Training or other learning activities outside Canada
- Wages or wage subsidy costs for the participant
- Vehicle related costs over and above mileage costs
- Start-up capital for alternative business development
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CASS is one of the programs offered in the Renewal Chapter of the
Agricultural Policy Framework Agreement between Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives.
In Manitoba, CASS will be delivered through a strategic partnership
between the provincial departments of Agriculture, Food and Rural
Initiatives and Advanced Education and Training.
The delivery agent for the Canadian
Agriculture Skills Service program in Manitoba's web site can be accessed at
Ag Skills- MB for more information.
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To determine if
you are eligible for the CASS program, please click and open the
CASS Screening Form in English (PDF).
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To apply for the CASS program,
please click and open the CASS Application in
English (PDF)
For more information on CASS in Manitoba,
phone: 1-866-668-CASS
or 1-866-668-2277.
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