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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Check facilities and equipment
   • Identify required facilities and equipment
   • Check the work site, facilities and equipment for hazards
   • Carry out or report (as appropriate) repairs and maintenance of facilities and equipment required for the unloading of livestock
   • Use and store Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and clothing
2. Unload animals
   • Unload animals in a safe manner to comply with animal welfare, company and regulatory requirements
   • Identify, count and record livestock according to enterprise procedures
   • Maintain workplace records according to workplace and regulatory requirements
   • Complete documentation according to regulatory and transporter requirements
   • Reach agreement on condition of animals with the transporter
3. Perform appropriate animal health procedures
   • Sort stock, if required, with sick or injured stock segregated according to workplace and regulatory requirements
   • Perform animal health treatments off truck as instructed
   • Feed and water animals to enterprise requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must unload animals from transport demonstrating a working knowledge of animal handling techniques and associated facilities and equipment.

The candidate must:

safely and humanely unload animals in a calm and controlled manner

anticipate animal behaviour

provide and maintain appropriate animal health and nutritional requirements

prepare equipment and working dogs (when used) for handling animals

monitor animal behaviour and recognise irregularities

provide due care and handle animals safely and humanely

use goads (where applicable), in accordance with work instructions, workplace health and safety, and animal welfare requirements

calculate animal numbers and assess and calculate feed and water requirements

apply communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

cooperate and communicate with others to facilitate unloading stock

comply with relevant workplace health and safety and animal welfare legislative requirements

work effectively with others to facilitate unloading of stock

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

animal basic health and nutritional requirements

animal herding and flocking behaviour

working dogs' uses and handling techniques (where appropriate)

animal handling and movement methods and techniques

animal welfare standards

Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) and work instruction relevant to unloading stock

relevant workplace health and safety and animal welfare legislative requirements

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