Assessor Resource

SFIAQUA222A
Control diseases

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


Licences may be required to apply chemicals and treatments.

All enterprise or workplace procedures and activities are carried out according to relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements, including occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines and ecologically sustainable development (ESD) principles.

Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is selected, checked, used and maintained.

This unit of competency involves assisting with the control of diseases that might threaten cultured or held stock. It includes reporting on actual and potential problems and assisting with the treatment of disease outbreaks.

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements may apply to this unit. Therefore it will be necessary to check with the relevant state or territory regulators for current licensing, legislative or regulatory requirements before undertaking this unit.

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Employability Skills

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Evidence Required

List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit

Assessment must confirm ability to:

assist with the control and treatment of disease

recognise and report actual and potential disease problems.

Assessment must confirm knowledge of:

behavioural traits of problem species

techniques for disease control.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment is to be conducted at the workplace or in a simulated work environment and should cover the range of diseases typically found in the region.

Resources may include:

culture or holding structures with/in water containing stock and threatened by actual and/or potential disease

data sheet for recording observations and actions

work procedures for treatment and control of diseases

treatments and equipment for treating/preventing diseases.

Method of assessment

The following assessment methods are suggested:

demonstration

practical exercises

project work

written or oral short-answer testing.

Guidance information for assessment

This unit may be assessed holistically with other units within a qualification.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

communicating ideas on possible improvements

communicating with supervisor on work instructions for control activities

operating, repairing and maintaining disease control structures and treatment equipment

providing oral reports to the supervisor on effectiveness of controls

recognising normal and gross abnormal stock behaviour

undertaking disease treatment.

Literacy skills used for:

recording disease information.

Numeracy skills used for:

counting disease organisms or affected stock

reporting mortalities.

Required knowledge

gross signs/symptoms of common diseases of cultured or held stock

disease control structures and treatment equipment options

hygiene risks associated with diseases (zoonoses)

normal behaviour of stock

OHS requirements relating to controlling diseases

potential effects on cultured or held stock

safe use of chemicals

work procedures for various tasks associated with controlling diseases.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements may include:

biodiversity and genetically modified organisms

biosecurity, translocation and quarantine

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) Export Control (Fish) orders and other import requirements

business or workplace operations, policies and practices

ESD principles, environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control

fisheries or aquaculture regulations, permits and licences

health and welfare of aquatic animals

Indigenous land rights and cultural activities, including fishing by traditional methods

OHS hazard identification, risk assessment and control.

OHS guidelines may include:

appropriate workplace provision of first aid kits and fire extinguishers

codes of practice, regulations and/or guidance notes which may apply in a jurisdiction or industry sector

enterprise-specific OHS procedures, policies or standards

hazard and risk assessment of workplace, maintenance activities and control measures

induction or training of staff, contractors and visitors in relevant OHS procedures and/or requirements to allow them to carry out their duties in a safe manner

OHS training register

safe lifting, carrying and handling techniques, including manual handling, and the handling and storage of hazardous substances

safe systems and procedures for outdoor work, including protection from solar radiation, fall protection, confined space entry and the protection of people in the workplace

systems and procedures for the safe maintenance of property, machinery and equipment, including hydraulics and exposed moving parts

the appropriate use, maintenance and storage of PPE.

ESD principles may include:

applying animal welfare ethics and procedures

control of effluents, chemical residues, contaminants, wastes and pollution

control of weeds, pests, predators and diseases, and stock health maintenance

improving energy efficiency

increasing use of renewable, recyclable and recoverable resources

maintaining biodiversity by sustainable fisheries or broodstock/seedstock collection

minimising noise, dust, light or odour emissions

preventing live cultured or held organisms from escaping into environment

reducing emissions of greenhouse gases

reducing energy use

reducing interactions with native and protected flora and fauna, marine or land parks or areas

reducing use of non-renewable resources

undertaking environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control

undertaking facility quarantine, biosecurity and translocation of livestock and genetic material

using and recycling water, and maintaining water quality

PPE may include:

buoyancy vest or personal floatation device (PFD)

gloves, mitts or gauntlets, and protective hand and arm covering

hard hat and protective head covering

hearing protection (e.g. ear plugs and ear muffs)

non-slip and waterproof boots (gumboots) or other safety footwear

personal locator beacon or Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

protective eyewear, glasses and face mask

protective outdoor clothing for tropical conditions

respirator or face mask

safety harness

sun protection (e.g. sun hat, sunscreen and sunglasses)

uniforms or overalls

waterproof clothing (e.g. wet weather gear and waders).

Disease may include:

causes of impairment of health or a condition resulting in abnormal functioning of cultured or held stock

environmental causes, such as poor water quality or contaminants (e.g. chemicals)

nutritional (e.g. feed contaminants, quality and quantity)

viruses, protozoans, bacteria, fungi, worms, parasites, toxins of biological origin (e.g. toxic algae).

Control and treatment may include:

appropriate nutritional program and additional vitamins

biological control (e.g. cleaner fish)

chemical barriers (e.g. foot baths)

deprivation or purging

disinfection of equipment

freshwater, saltwater or chemical baths

filtration, ozonation or water treatment

medication in food

probiotics and other chemicals (e.g. pesticides, herbicides and algaecides)

prophylactic treatments of probiotics

provide cover, hides, shelters and habitat

reduce stress

replace susceptible species/variety with resistant species/variety

vaccination or inoculation:

medicated feeds

syringes, drippers and other application equipment

water quality optimisation.

Behavioural traits may include:

entry and exit into cultured or holding structures

infection pathways

seasonal activity

size or age of stock affected.

Potential effects may include:

increased stress

mortalities

reduced breeding

reduced feeding

reduced growth rates

transfer of disease or pathogens.

Cultured or held stock may include:

adults, broodstock (ready to breed), seedstock or stockers, eggs and sperm, fertilised eggs, larvae, post-larvae, seed, spat, hatchlings, yearlings, juveniles, fry, fingerlings, yearlings, smolt, sporophytes, seedlings and tissue cultures

finfish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic reptiles, amphibians, polychaete and oligochaete worms, plankton, micro-algae, seaweed, aquatic plants, live rock, sponges and other aquatic invertebrates

for human consumption (seafood), stockers for other farms, stockers for conservation or recreational fishing, display or companion animals (ornamentals), and other products, including pearls, skins, shells, eggs, chemicals and pigments

wild caught, hatchery or nursery reared.

Wastes may include:

biohazard wastes (e.g. moribund animals, hormones and chemicals)

from control or treatment activities

nutrient-rich water and sediments

uneaten food and settled solids.

Mortalities may include:

cultured or held stock

diseases and other organisms.

Disposed of may mean :

as a biohazard

loose or packaged

off site

on site.

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Problem species and their behavioural traits that have potential effectson cultured or held stock are recognised. 
Behaviour and intensity of disease organisms, including any abnormal behaviour in stock, are observed and reported to supervisor. 
Instructions on preparations for control and treatment are received from supervisor, confirmed and carried out as directed. 
Assistance with preparation of disease treatments is provided, as directed by supervisor, including procedures for handling chemicals. 
Disease treatments are applied to affected stock as directed. 
Immediate and ongoing observations of treated stock are reported to supervisor. 
Collection equipment and holding/storage facilities are checked and prepared. 
Wastes and mortalities are collected and transferred to holding or storage facilities and disposed of safely. 
Work practices are employed to minimise stock stress or damage. 
Clean up of work area, including repairs and storage of equipment, is supervised and condition report prepared. 
Relevant disease control data, observations or information are recorded legibly and accurately, and any out of range or unusual records checked. 
Compliance and other required reports are prepared and conveyed to senior personnel advising of the effectiveness of disease control, and recommendations made for improvements. 
Feedback on own work performance is sought from supervisor and opportunities to improve identified. 
Problem species and their behavioural traits that have potential effectson cultured or held stock are recognised. 
Behaviour and intensity of disease organisms, including any abnormal behaviour in stock, are observed and reported to supervisor. 
Instructions on preparations for control and treatment are received from supervisor, confirmed and carried out as directed. 
Assistance with preparation of disease treatments is provided, as directed by supervisor, including procedures for handling chemicals. 
Disease treatments are applied to affected stock as directed. 
Immediate and ongoing observations of treated stock are reported to supervisor. 
Collection equipment and holding/storage facilities are checked and prepared. 
Wastes and mortalities are collected and transferred to holding or storage facilities and disposed of safely. 
Work practices are employed to minimise stock stress or damage. 
Clean up of work area, including repairs and storage of equipment, is supervised and condition report prepared. 
Relevant disease control data, observations or information are recorded legibly and accurately, and any out of range or unusual records checked. 
Compliance and other required reports are prepared and conveyed to senior personnel advising of the effectiveness of disease control, and recommendations made for improvements. 
Feedback on own work performance is sought from supervisor and opportunities to improve identified. 

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