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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to beak tip birds
   • Follow site entry biosecurity procedures as specified by the enterprise
   • Flock for beak tipping is identified and health and welfare of birds are assessed prior to the beak tipping operation
   • Confirm beak tipping instructions with farm management and communicate clearly to team personnel
   • Select, check and maintain equipment, tools and personal protective equipment suitable for the beak tipping operation
   • Identify birds to be culled and euthanase appropriately
   • Set up equipment according to age, breed and production system of flock
   • Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks and implement suitable controls
   • Prepare a clean and safe area for the beak tipping operation
2. Carry out beak tipping
   • Handle birds according to enterprise animal welfare policies, relevant regulatory requirements, codes of practice and industry standards
   • Assess beak shape, length and hardness
   • Beak treat or beak trim birds appropriately
   • Check trimmed beaks and re-cauterise bleeding beaks
   • Monitor the welfare of birds throughout the beak tipping operation
   • Check the welfare of beak tipped birds and make adjustments to equipment where necessary
   • Identify birds to be culled that have been compromised by the beak tipping operation, and carry out euthanasia in line with enterprise policies
3. Complete beak tipping and post-operation procedures
   • Assess and check that beak lengths and beak steps meet enterprise standards
   • Complete required documentation and records, and make reports to enterprise if required
   • Complete enterprise biosecurity procedures
   • Clean, sanitise, maintain and appropriately store equipment and tools

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:

make preparations for beak tipping poultry

carry out beak tipping

complete beak tipping and post-operation procedures

carry out euthanasia of cull birds in line with enterprise policies

implement enterprise work health and safety policies

implement enterprise biosecurity procedures

implement animal welfare policies

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

relevant regulatory requirements, industry standards, codes of practice and enterprise biosecurity principles and enterprise requirements for poultry production

relevant work health and safety requirements for beak tipping operations

relevant animal welfare principles and practices for beak tipping operations

signs of health, signs of ill health and methods of assessing health and welfare of poultry

beak treatment and beak trimming procedures and the effects and impacts (negative and positive) of such procedures on the health and welfare of poultry

relevant regulatory requirements, codes of practice, industry standards, methods and procedures for euthanasia of poultry

types, uses, cleaning, maintenance and servicing of beak treatment and beak trimming equipment and tools

site preparation procedures for beak tipping operations

criteria for determining birds to be culled before and after beak tipping operations

types and uses of documentation, records and reports that are required for beak tipping operations

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