Elements and Performance Criteria
- Sort livestock for shearing
- Locate, identify and confirm livestock with as specified in shearing plan
- Muster livestock and move to shearing facilities, sort, count and yard livestock
- Identify livestock with pigmented fleece and cull for separate shearing operations
- Identify potential and existing hazards, assess risks and implement control measures in line with enterprise work health and safety policies
- Select, use and maintain suitable personal protective equipment
- Comply with animal welfare codes of practice
- Prepare livestock for shearing
- Monitor livestock
- Provide and maintain feed and water supplies for livestock
- Provide and maintain suitable shelter for livestock
- Monitor livestock condition and health status for evidence of sickness, and record or report as required
- Monitor and control environmental implications associated with shearing activities
- Apply enterprise biosecurity policies