4-H members ages 8-18 as of January 1 of the current year and FFA members up to age 21 MUST complete YQCA (Youth for the Quality Care of Animals) training EVERY YEAR. YQCA certification is need for 4-H and FFA members planning to exhibit beef, goats, sheep, swine, rabbits, and poultry at the county fair and Nebraska State Fair by the June 15 deadline each year.
4-H Clover Kids ages 5-7 as of January 1 of the current year DO NO need to complete YQCA certification.
4-H and FFA member have TWO options for completing their yearly YQCA completion requirement:
- Register, pay and attend an instructor-led training OR
- Online independent course - must register, pay, and complete the course YQCA certification.
Youth for the Quality Care of Animals Registration Website
It is IMPORTANT when you register your child for an instructor-led training or web-based course that your make you are registering YOUR CHILD and not yourself to ensure the child's name appears on the printed completed certificate.
If your family DOES NOT have an account, you will need to first create one and write down your username and password. You then add your child(ren) to the account.
Registration Instructions: (You need to choose the course for the age your child will be on Jan. 1 of the current year:
Instructor-Led Training Registration Instructions
Web-bases Training Registration Instructions
NOTE: Youth who attend an Instructor-Led training MUST take a "pre-test" BEFORE attending the training but it will be accessible after the training. The pre-test can be found by signing into your account and clicking your blue username button, next, select “Enrolled ILT Trainings” then click the Pre-Test button. SEE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS DOCUMENT.
Downloading and printing your YQCA Completion certificate:
If you took a Web-Based Training, make sure you have completed all required areas: pre-test, 3 quizzes and the post-test. It may take 5-10 minutes for your certificate to generate. Click on your blue username button, then select COURSE CERTIFICATES. Click the plus sign on your name under Web-Based Certificates to download your certificate.
If you took an Instructor-Led Training, please make sure you have completed the required pre-test located by clicking your blue username button, then ENROLLED ILT TRAININGS. If complete, select COURSE CERTIFICATES. Once your instructor has marked you as complete your post-test will show here. Complete the post-test survey and then your certificate will be available to download.
Help videos can be found at: https://yqcaprogram.org/local/resources_for_youth_parents.php