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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify and explain animal handling practices
  2. Identify and explain animal welfare requirements
  3. Identify and explain workplace health and safety requirements for handling animals safely
  4. Identify and explain livestock identification procedures
  5. Identify and explain requirements for dealing with sick and injured stock
  6. Apply animal welfare and handling techniques

Range Statement


Performance Evidence

The candidate must identify animal welfare issues and comply with the necessary requirements when handing animals.

The candidate must:

identify sick or injured animals

identify out-of-specification animals

accurately complete records of livestock movement

communicate effectively and appropriately with fellow workers (e.g. to exchange information with stockperson)

identify signs and causes of stress in animals

comply with workplace procedures and requirements for handling livestock and minimising livestock stress

maintain flow of livestock with minimal livestock stress

identify the relevant sections of the animal welfare standard and code

identify relevant regulatory requirements


Knowledge Evidence

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

workplace procedures for receival and/or dispatch of animals

workplace requirements for maintaining flow and order of animals

impact of stress and injury on the animal

impact of stress and injury on product quality, including carcases, hides and skins

stock identification systems including National Livestock Identification System (NLIS)

lot identification of stock and its importance with regard to trace back

workplace health and safety hazards of handling stock

feed and water requirements where relevant

the relevant sections of the animal welfare standard and code

relevant work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) associated with tasks undertaken

customer and community expectations

workplace and regulatory requirements