Persons wishing to practice bovine artificial inseminations, AI, on behalf of a company, appropriately licensed by my Department to provide a bovine artificial insemination field service, must possess a current bovine semen licence. In order to obtain a bovine semen licence, a person must be employed by, or contracted to one of the seven AI companies licensed by my Department for the purposes of providing an AI field service in this country. In addition, they must have undergone an appropriate training programme approved by my Department. The centre veterinarian of the licensed AI company must also certify that they are sufficiently trained and must undertake to fully supervise them during the performance of their duties. My Department also holds examinations for persons who hold a bovine semen licence to assess their level of proficiency.