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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for care of newborn and young
   • Facilities, equipment and supplies needed to provide care are identified selected and prepared.
   • Needs of newborn and young animals are assessed and prepared.
   • Feeding routines are implemented and observed.
   • Hygiene, health and environmental requirements are identified and maintained according to enterprise and legislative requirements.
   • Newborn and young are appropriately identified and humanely handled as required according to enterprise requirements and industry standards.
2. Provide care for newborn and young
   • Feed and feed supplements are provided as required and according to enterprise and nutritional requirements.
   • Relationship between mother and young is monitored where appropriate and strategies are implemented to address any problems.
   • Feeding, water and shelter areas are maintained and monitored for correct operation, cleanliness and hygiene.
   • Routine health and feeding problems, including digestive upsets and infections, are treated promptly.
3. Monitor health of newborn and young
   • Newborn and young are monitored against benchmarks for growth, health and development.
   • Appropriate action is taken for sick, weak, orphaned and injured, newborn and young.
   • Assistance is sought for more complex health and feeding problems.
   • Newborn and young requiring routine husbandry and health procedures are separated, treated and returned.
   • Treatments and checks are carried out according to hygiene, enterprise, industry and legislative requirements.
4. Meet ongoing requirements
   • Young animals ready for weaning are identified and weaned according to enterprise procedures and weaning programs.
   • Feeding requirements are identified and met.
   • Animals are handled regularly as required.
   • Records are kept and updated to meet enterprise and legislative requirements.
   • All work is conducted safely and according to enterprise requirements, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), industry and animal welfare regulations.

Required Skills

Required skills

identify hazards and implement safe work procedures weigh and assess condition of newborn and young animals work within animal welfare legislative requirements and enterprise and industry guidelines identify abnormal conditions and report or react promptly safely and humanely handle and care for newborn and young animals recognise signs of stress or ill health in newborn and young animals communicate with other personnel provide support as needed to veterinarians attending to sick newborn and young animals collect samples identify the young and their parent use feed shelter and ventilation equipment calculate feed and dose rates use interpersonal skills to work with and relate to people from a range of cultural social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

newborn and young animals development and growth newborn and young animals feed shelter and environmental requirements common deformities infection controls and treatment programs working knowledge significance of colostrum to livestock feeding systems shelter requirements weaning strategies husbandry procedures hygiene and cleanliness requirements relevant legislative animal welfare health and OHS requirements especially as they relate to safe animal handling techniques feeding animal treatments and rearing and caring for newborn and young animals enterprise requirements for rearing of newborn and young animals and recording and reporting requirements

Evidence Required

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 and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following weigh and assess condition of newborn and young animals handle and care for newborn and young animals recognise signs of stress or ill health in newborn and young animals provide support as needed to veterinarians attending to sick newborn and young animals wean animals humanely and provide the necessary feed and shelter
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Livestock may include:	lambs calves kids pigs (suckers) alpacas (cria) This standard does not cover foals and chickens.

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