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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare and distribute feed
   • Check requirements for the daily feeding program with supervisor
   • Identify hazards and report to supervisor
   • Select, use and maintain suitable personal protective equipment
   • Select and check tools, machinery and equipment for readiness
   • Provide assistance for weighing and measuring feed
   • Load feed into trolleys from silos or other storage bins and distribute feed
   • Check automatic or computerised feeders, where used, for blockages and correct functioning
   • Report abnormalities or irregularities with feed stocks to supervisor
2. Check watering systems
   • Adjust watering systems for height or position where appropriate
   • Check water level and flow and make adjustments accordingly
   • Empty and clean watering containers or lines where necessary
3. Keep workplace records
   • Keep basic feeding records and report to supervisor
   • Clean, maintain and store tools, machinery and equipment
   • Apply enterprise biosecurity and environmental policies

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

identify hazards and follow safety directions

identify a range of feed types and qualities

identify feed contaminants

prepare and distribute feed

check watering systems

recognise and rectify minor operational faults

interpret and apply task instructions, communicate with work team and supervisor and record and report faults, workplace hazards and accidents

complete records and documentation of feed use and volumes for the enterprise section

use machinery and equipment associated with providing feed

report on feeding to supervisors

follow enterprise work health and safety policies

follow enterprise biosecurity and environmental policies

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

silo operations, tractors and associated feeding machinery and equipment

cleaning and storage of machinery, equipment and materials

enterprise recording and reporting procedures

common grains, meals, pelleted and liquid feeds

evidence of spoilage and handling of spoilt feeds

enterprise work health and safety, biosecurity and environmental policies

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