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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Provide information about animal care in a permaculture system
   • Accurately and clearly explain to the client relevant permaculture practices towards animal health and welfare
   • Provide readily accessible information on animal care and maintenance and accurately and clearly explain this to clients and animal owners
   • Regularly provide information about identified animal health and welfare requirements and accurately and clearly explain this to clients and animal owners
2. Facilitate the participation of workers in animal care and maintenance in a permaculture system
   • Follow the permaculture plan for animal care and maintenance
   • Monitor animal health and welfare compliance with workers and others
   • Ensure adequate resource allocation and monitor to ensure effective animal health and welfare programs continue
3. Implement and monitor animal health and welfare procedures in a permaculture system
   • Identify and report existing and potential hazards to animal health and welfare so that effective remedial measures are implemented
   • Carry out animal health and welfare induction and training for workers and others
   • Establish strategies to maintain routines for animal health and welfare in the permaculture system
   • Monitor the procedures for animal health and welfare implemented by workers and others, to ensure consistency and adherence to the permaculture plan
4. Implement workplace procedures for dealing with animal health and welfare emergencies
   • Implement workplace procedures for dealing with animal health and welfare emergencies where necessary to ensure that prompt and effective control action is taken
   • Report animal health and welfare emergencies in accordance with established procedures
   • Implement measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk of animal health and welfare emergencies
5. Implement and monitor enterprise procedures for maintaining animal health and welfare records
   • Complete animal health and welfare records accurately and legibly in accordance with permaculture procedures and legislative requirements
   • Identify potential hazards to animal health and welfare by using aggregate information from animal health and welfare records
   • Provide regular training to workers and others so that records are understood and used for the health and welfare of animals in the permaculture system

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:

provide information to clients, workers or animal owners about animal health and welfare

implement animal health and welfare procedures

monitor animal health and welfare procedures performed by others

maintain animal health and welfare records

provide training in understanding and using records for the health and welfare of animals in a permaculture system

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles, ethics and practices relating to integrated animal systems, such as:

minimising effort for maximum effect

multiple uses for each element in the system

using more than one way to provide important functions

re-using and valuing resources and energy

animal welfare and freedom from cruelty as part of care for the earth

encouraging productivity of the system

seeing solutions not problems

preventing waste and loss of resources from the system

animal health and welfare requirements, practices and procedures, such as:

maintenance of animal housing, enclosures and fencing, covering hygiene and welfare

ensuring availability of suitable forage, fodder and supplementary feedstuffs, and adjusting stocking rates, ranging and rotation schedules to suit

Coordinating the following integration of animal ranging and maintenance with plant production systems: ranging in orchard to manure trees, reducing weeds, controlling pests, eating windfall fruit, tractoring systems, composting manures and housing litter and maintaining firebreaks

researching, assessing, implementing and monitoring supplementary stock feed requirements, feeding quantities and schedules

researching and applying organic alternatives for treating stock in compliance with organic certification authorities, which may include herbal and homoeopathic treatments, mineral and vitamin supplements and permitted medications

developing appropriate handling procedures to reduce stress

harvesting, sourcing and handling the following useable products: milking, collecting eggs

providing range areas for shade and shelter from climatic extremes through appropriate planting, including forage and fodder plants.

equipment, including feeders and waterers, and back-up systems and alarms in case of equipment failure.

lighting

ventilation including fresh air, dust filters, humidity, and noxious gases.

temperature, including cooling and heating, extreme weather conditions

protection from predators, vermin, fires and floods.

food with diet containing adequate nutrients

water, including sufficient drinkable water to meet livestock requirements and monitoring water quality.

health and distress, with signs of ill-health or distress in animals (as evidenced by behavioural changes) including reduced food and water intake, reduced production, changes in the nature and level of their activity, abnormal condition or changed physical features.

prevention of infectious disease and internal and external parasitism.

transport of growing and adult livestock

animal physiology

animal emergencies, such as:

injury

disease

failure of feeding or watering systems

poisoning

tick fever

birthing difficulties

escapement from housing or enclosures

predator attack

natural disasters such as bushfire, flooding, severe storm, other extreme weather event

relevant animal welfare legislation and codes of practice

animal health and welfare records, such as:

farm livestock records

daily harvest/yield records (eggs, milk)

feeding schedules and rosters

rotation schedules and successional grazing regimes

accident and emergency reports

entries into data base or other management software

worker records and reports

emergency reports

animal morbidity

work procedures and practices

seasonal factors and weather records

questioning client and/or workers

observations from inspecting animal systems

operational practices such as bedding change rotation, cell grazing, alternating flocks

industry animal health requirements

legislative requirements, such as:

compliance with council ordinances

planning approval

licence from government agency

animal welfare legislation

workplace legislation and awards

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