Tilapia Welfare Indicators: foundation course for all

Why Take This Course? 

This updated edition replaces the previous Tilapia Welfare Indicators course. It provides a clear foundation in understanding what tilapia welfare is and how to apply welfare indicators in daily farm management. Learners gain practical skills to recognise, score and improve welfare indicators.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for anyone interested in tilapia farming including students, aquaculture technicians and managers, vets, health officers, buyers, supply chain managers, professionals in the investment sector and governamental officers. 

If your organisation chooses to enrol as a company through the Tilapia Welfare Programme, it may be eligible to earn the Tilapia Welfare Badges. To learn more, visit the FAI Tilapia Hub.

Course Content 

• What are welfare indicators 

• Nutritional welfare indicators 

• Environmental welfare indicators 

• Health welfare indicators 

• Behavioural welfare indicators

New Skills 

• Recognise that welfare is not the same as health 

• Identify welfare indicators specific to the tilapia 

• Identify what good environmental welfare looks like 

• Score welfare indicators specific to tilapia

How the Course Works 

• Fully self-paced online course 

• You can start anytime and learn at your own speed 

• Recommended duration: 30 minutes per day for 4 weeks 

Requirements to start the course 

• Internet connection 

• Mobile phone, tablet, laptop or computer (mobileoptimised) 

• Preferred browsers: Chrome, Edge, or Firefox 

• Note: this course is optimised for mobile 

Assessment 

• Final quiz with multiple choice questions 

• Passing score: 100% 

• Multiple attempts 

Certificate and Badges 

• You receive a certificate upon course completion 

• Certificate appears in Achievements

How to Cite This Course 

Barrento, S., Pedrazzani, A., Ostrensky, A., & Quintiliano, M. (2026). Tilapia Welfare Trained: Foundation Course [Online course]. In S. Barrento, M. Quintiliano, J. Muirhead, & L. Sicherle (Eds.), FAI Academy. https://fai.academy/