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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Monitor weather conditions
   • Monitor weather during and after shearing operations, and revise work programs in response to changing circumstances
   • Identify adverse weather conditions and assess and report the likely impacts on livestock, feed and property
   • Determine the appropriate actions required to minimise loss or damage to livestock during adverse weather conditions
2. Assess and monitor livestock condition
   • Assess and record livestock condition and health status
   • Identify and report abnormal behaviour or evidence of sickness
   • Determine and provide water and feed requirements for livestock, and arrange supplementary feeding as required
   • Apply enterprise animal welfare policies
3. Maintain livestock environment
   • Maintain livestock yards and facilities so that they are clean, secure and safe
   • Maintain suitable shelter for shorn livestock to prevent losses
   • Identify existing and potential hazards, assess risks and implement control measures
4. Complete post-shearing operations
   • Monitor and control environmental implications associated with shearing activities
   • Clean shearing facilities and equipment and dispose of waste
   • Record relevant information and report to appropriate personnel
   • Follow enterprise biosecurity policies where required

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 be observed caring for shorn livestock.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

identify existing and potential hazards implement control measures

relate weather conditions to livestock requirements

prepare contingency plan and anticipate emergency action

handle livestock with due care

weigh livestock and assess condition

observe and monitor livestock behaviour, health and condition

read and interpret weather information

provide feed and water based on livestock numbers

rug animals where required

apply enterprise work health and safety policies in the context of own work

apply enterprise animal welfare and biosecurity policies in the context of own work

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

impacts of adverse weather conditions on shorn livestock

physiological conditions brought on by stress post shearing, and treatment of same

types and constructs of livestock shelter

livestock handling techniques in response to adverse weather

condition scoring

appropriate types of feed for stressed livestock

enterprise biosecurity policies applying to the job role

work health and safety legislation and codes of practice applying to the job role

animal welfare legislation and codes of practice applying to the job role

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