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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. |
Institutional policies and procedures may include: | institution's quality assurance manual and procedures:biosecuritybreeding processesOHSrecycling and re-use guidelinesrestraint, handling, euthanasing and disposal of animalssafe handling, storage and thawing of frozen genetic materialstandard operating proceduresuse, storage and transport of equipment and drugs used during procedureswaste disposalproject objectives and production schedules. |
Relative legislative requirements may include: | Australian Code of Practice for the Care and Use of Animals for Scientific PurposesFederal Gene Technology Act 2000NHMRC guidelinesrelevant state or territory legislation and regulations such as those relating to:animal researchanimal welfareprevention of cruelty to animalsquarantinethe practice of veterinary surgerythe administration and storage of therapeutic and controlled substances. |
OHS risks associated with animal technician procedures include: | animal bites, kicks or scratchesbiological hazardous waste and sharps disposalhandling of chemicals and medicinesgas leakageinhalation of aerosol particlesintraocular contaminationmanual handling, including carrying, lifting and shiftingneedle pricks and cuts from other sharpsrelease of infective agents (animal and human)zoonoses. |
Genetics may include: | genetic concepts:advanced punnet squaresalleleautosomescell differentiation and genetic integritycreation of transgenic, knock in and knockout lineschromosomes and inheritancecoefficient of inbreedingdefining the differences between knock in, knock out, transgenic and genetic driftgenotypeheterozygosityhomozygositylocusnomenclaturephenotypepolygenicrecessive and recombinant genessegregationsex-linked genes. |
Breeding program may include: | information about:number of breeders requiredselection criteria for breeders and retiring breedersbreeding system to be used:backcrossinbredoutbredmating system to be usedfostering requirementsidentification system to be usedrecord systems to be used:bookscardscomputerdata to be collected about:parent informationgeneration development (e.g. litter numbers, numbers born and sex ratios)sex and weaning rates. |
Subject to research requirements animals may include: | on most occasions the animal species will be common laboratory animals:guinea pigsmicerabbitsratson some occasions animal species may include:amphibians, fish and reptilesdogs and catsfishinvertebrateslivestock (e.g. sheep, cattle and pigs)native wildlife (e.g. marsupials and birds)primatespoultry.animals may be housed in an experimental or teaching facility and typically, but not always, in a laboratory setting. |
Stages of oestrus cycle may include: | induced ovulation speciesmono-oestrusrepresentative polyoestrus. |
Appropriate environment may consider: | the species involvedthe specific requirements of the breeding program:day or night cyclehumidityseasonal effectsspecial dietary requirementstemperature. |
Mating systems and methods may include: | mating systems:breeding of mutant and transgenic strainscontrolled outbreedingcross breedinghybrid breedinginbreedingmating methods:artificial inseminationdominant mutanthand matingpaired matingstud matingthe harem system. |
Post-weaning management may include: | phenotype care and the selection of future breeding animals or research stock based on:genotypinghealth or historysupplement feeding. |
Breeding records should include: | breeding historyparents informationdate of birthnumbers bornstillbornmissing or found deadsexes bornnumber weanedstrain, genotype and phenotype information. |
Types of animals that may be identified include: | chromosomal aberrationcongenicgenetically modifiedhybridinbredrecombinant. |