Seminars, Training, Evaluation

Professional Development

Animal Care Equipment and Services has been the animal care and control community's most comprehensive and best-known equipment supplier for nearly a quarter of a century. However, ACES offers far more than equipment; we are a resource for animal care staff and their governing boards on everything from strategic planning to a broad range of workshop topics. Whether it's a white collar issue or a rubber boots topic, ACES is your source for complete information.

Consulting & Services

Among a broad range of services that ACES provides, perhaps the best known are:

Executive Leadership
When changes have to be made on the executive level with little or no warning, ACES can provide a skilled professional until permanent leadership can be found. This person will be matched to the needs of the organization and will ensure the organization does not falter during this critical time.

Executive Headhunting
ACES can provide your organization with a discreet and professional search to locate outstanding candidates to lead it into the future. We also consult with your governing board to help assure success with a new candidate. This includes a review of your compensation package as well as job description, policies, and strategic plans. Our searches are conducted from the perspective of an intimate knowledge of the animal care and control profession.

Strategic Planning
Running an organization without a strategic plan is like putting on a play without a script. How does anyone know what to do or when to do it?ACES can assist governing boards and executive staff with both long and short range plans. We can teach you how to achieve consensus and how to create plans that won't sit on a shelf collecting dust. Every consultation is tailored individually to your specific needs.

Workshops
ACES conducts many training seminars on a broad range of topics. Many of them are presented at state, regional, and national conferences and all of them can be individually tailored to your organization. Please contact ACES' Services Division for a complete listing.

Chemical Capture
This is an eight hour certification course where a certificate will be awarded to those who complete the class and successfully pass the exam. Capturing an animal using chemical immobilization requires appropriate training, anesthetizing drugs, and modern equipment. Chemical capture should only be used by professionally-trained and properly-equipped personnel. Learn everything about this complex field from classroom lectures, a comprehensive manual, hands-on equipment handling and videos demonstrating what can go right or wrong in a chemical capture event.

Animal Capture & Handling/Officer Safety
These two important topics can be taught simultaneously or separately. They are designed to offer the student in-depth understanding of the tools of the trade with an emphasis on the dual importance of personal safety and humaneness in handling the animal. Learn how to stay safe, be humane, and get the job done. Only the very latest and best gear is featured and only the best practices are covered.

Cleaning, Sanitation, & Disease Control
These most basic of practices for animal housing facilities have undergone significant changes recently. Learn the latest in how to keep your facility clean and disease-free and how to do it in the most efficient and cost-effective ways. The most modern disinfectants and cleaning gear will be covered as well as new surface coatings designed to make disease control more effective. The latest in cleaning equipment to increase efficiency and effectiveness will be featured.