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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify animal species and breeds, and their behavioural characteristics
   • Identify common breeds
   • Identify normal behavioural characteristics of relevant species
2. Identify and comply with animal welfare requirements for stock handling and lairage facilities
   • Identify and comply with animal welfare regulatory requirements
   • Identify workplace and regulatory requirements for lairage and confirm as suitable for use
   • Identify facilities and equipment and confirm as suitable for use
3. Handle animals to achieve objective or outcome required
   • Move and process animals (e.g. for ante-mortem inspection) and sort as required by workplace and regulatory standards
   • Identify and comply with workplace health and safety requirements for handling animals
   • Handle animals appropriately to prevent injury, minimise stress and maintain the quality of meat, hides or skins
4. Handle contingencies
   • Handle suspect sick or injured stock in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements
   • Handle wild or uncooperative animals humanely without disturbing or injuring other animals or people
5. Deal with affected animals appropriately
   • Treat affected animals in accordance with regulatory, workplace and health and safety requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must safely and humanely handle animals while conducting ante-mortem inspection.

The candidate must:

take steps to minimise stress and injury to stock during handling procedures

handle animals humanely during ante-mortem inspection

handle sick and injured animals in accordance with workplace and regulatory requirements

apply emergency procedures as required

use effective interpersonal skills in a range of contexts, including stressful situations

comply with workplace health and safety requirements for handling stock

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

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Knowledge Evidence

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

enterprise arrangements for emergency kill and humane destruction

methods to handle livestock in a calm and low-stress manner

impact of stress during handling on the ultimate pH and quality of meat

impact of poor handling

workplace health and safety requirements for handling stock

regulatory and workplace requirements for animal welfare

documentation required for ante-mortem inspection

regulatory requirements when dealing with animals affected by common and exotic or notifiable diseases including:

animal welfare legislation

Department of Agriculture and/or state meat authority regulation

company procedures

any specific company requirements.

procedures for dealing with animal-handling emergencies

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