. Agricultural societies newsletter. Agriculture. 9 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL ABOUT The International Agricultural Exchange Association provides young people with an opportunity to travel abroad to live and work with a farm family and provides farmers with an opportunity to host a trainee for a few months of the year in your own home. The program is now in its 21st year of operation and has 18 participating host countries. To qualify to be a trainee, you must be between 19 - 28 years of age, single and in good health. The association makes the travel arrangements on a group basis, obtains work
. Agricultural societies newsletter. Agriculture. 9 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL ABOUT The International Agricultural Exchange Association provides young people with an opportunity to travel abroad to live and work with a farm family and provides farmers with an opportunity to host a trainee for a few months of the year in your own home. The program is now in its 21st year of operation and has 18 participating host countries. To qualify to be a trainee, you must be between 19 - 28 years of age, single and in good health. The association makes the travel arrangements on a group basis, obtains work permits, arranges placement and provides orientation to the trainees. The trainee stays for 6 months on a monthly training allowance. The trainee works with the family and also participates in activities with the family and the community. A minimum of three weeks unpaid holiday is given to allow the trainee to see more of their host country. The four categories of trainee positions available are: 1: Agricultural trainee to participate in all general farm operations. 2: Horticultural trainee to work in fruit orchards, vegetable farms and in greenhouses. 3: Home Management trainee for household duties, looking after children and helping in the garden. 4: Agri-Mix trainee doesn't have enough experience to be an agricultural trainee - spends h time as agricultural trainee and h time as home management trainee. If you know of a potential trainee or host farmer, have them contact The International Agricultural Exchange Association at this address: 1211 - list Avenue, CALGARY, Alberta T3C 0M5 Phone: 244-1814 The Fair Date Form is going out with this newsletter. Please complete and return by March 1, 1987 so that your activities can be included in our fair book to be sent out to all agricultural societies and other interested people. We also receive calls from exhibitors, tourists, etc. asking for the dates of events around the Province. If we have the information from yo
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