ACTS Training Services

Inspiring excellence

We offer customized training programs that fit the exact needs of your organization. Each program is tailored to ensure the highest regard for animals and empower individuals to achieve their greatest potential. By accomplishing this our clients can achieve operational excellence.

ACTS Training Services

We’ll meet you where you are

Training can be provided on your premises for animal care staff, research staff and IACUC members. ACTS services include species specific training, AALAS certification classes, IACUC training, general staff development and training as well as management development training.

Species Specific Training

  • Species-specific hands-on training labs
  • Species-specific online training
  • Species-specific seminars
Special Technique Training

  • Non-invasive rodent endotracheal intubation
  • Blind rabbit endotracheal intubation
  • Advancing anesthesia skills in large animal species
  • Advancing anesthesia skills in small animal species
  • Electric microtattooing techniques for rodents
  • Manual microtattooing techniques for rodents
  • Alternatives in rodent identification techniques and genotyping
  • Tattooing techniques in large animal species
  • Options for intravenous and arterial access in laboratory animal species

AALAS Certification Classes

As with all of our training programs AALAS Certification Classes are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients.  Our classes are designed as review courses or as chapter by chapter instructor lead programs.  We have a high success rate because we reinforce study techniques and practices to ensure student preparedness prior to sitting for the exam.


IACUC Training

Our IACUC training is geared for IACUC members and for researchers needing to become more familiar with the rules and regulations that govern the use of animals in biomedical research.  We also design programs specifically for IACUC members, teaching and reviewing the function and purpose of the IACUC along with individual member responsibility.  These training programs are ideal for new IACUC members, researchers and preparing for site visits and facility inspections.

General Staff Training

  • SOP training
  • Task training
  • Staff development
  • Managing a hectic workplace
  • Effective communication skills for the animal care technician
  • Decision making skills
  • Who moved my cheese – managing change in the work environment

Management Development

Effective team management

To help meet your individual needs we can provide various consulting services

By taking it a step further we can better meet your needs. Following is a list of our consultative services:

  • Developing comprehensive training programs
  • Identifying training deficits
  • Establishing collaborative relationships
  • Providing budgetary advice for training
  • Customized training solutions
  • Career coaching for lab animal science professionals

Your trainer can be a superstar

ACTS will establish technical competence in your trainers and their ability to train others. 

We work with your trainers to improve the necessary skills to make them more effective trainers. Areas of focus include confidence, communication to diverse audiences, preparation and planning, self-evaluation, core technical competencies, and assessment.

We would be happy speak at your next event

ACTS team members have delivered presentations at several events such as National and local AALAS Conferences and Workshops,PRIM-&-R, NJABR’s IACUC Charge and Challenge Conferences, and LAWTE. We have spoken on topics such as Developing Comprehensive Training Programs, Maximizing Available Resources to Improve Training and Staff Development, Innovations in Personal Training, Competency Assessment, Online Training Resources, and more.  

Contact ACTS now to see when ACTS experts will be available to speak at your event.

Customized program development – training that fits like a glove

We can work with you to create a customized training program that is tailored to your specific needs.Through our program development system we are able to work directly with department leaders to develop tailored programs that target, meet and exceed our clients need.

Our team has an extensive laboratory animal care background and is trained to identify unseen needs within an organization. A fresh pair of eyes looking at your challenges provides the perspective needed to identify problems to create long lasting, sustainable solutions.