SANC offers training to certifying officials and their staff to prepare to oversee SANC programs.  Training is accomplished in two parts. The first is completing the free SANC e-Learning course (:Welcome to SANC”) that is available through the NPB. This training is available year-round and is self-paced. Even though you may not have a nursery or greenhouse that is interested in SANC at the current time, the concepts of SANC can be applied to any facility.

The second part is completing the USDA’s Understanding Audit course. This course is only offered at select times throughout the year and the USDA is currently piloting a hybrid training course with a virtual option. Contact your regional Plant Board leadership to find out when the Understanding Audit course is available.

Interested in SANC e-Learning? Click here to learn more or click the contact link below and send “Interested in e-learning” message to the SANC training coordinator.

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SANC Training will help:

• Equip the inspectors and SPROs for their roles in SANC
• Identify the plant production facility’s role in SANC
• Understand the benefits of the SANC program to plant production facilities
• Recognize differences between audit-based inspection programs versus traditional snapshot or end-point inspections
• Gain base knowledge to answer questions about the SANC program from interested facilities in their states.

SANC Training Resources

• What is SANC? (pdf)
• SANC Terminology (pdf )
• Framework for a Systems Approach to Nursery Certification (pdf)
• Building Your SANC Facility Manual (pdf)
• Audit Checklists and Non-Conformances (pdf)
• Park, J.L, and Grünwald, N.J. 2012, A systems approach for management of pests and pathogens of nursery crops. Plant Disease 96(9): 1236-1244. (pdf)

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