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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Confirm requirements with producer
   • Ensure producer is made aware of all requirements when booking in sheep or goats
   • Ensure the National Vendor Declaration (NVD) questions have been addressed where non-vendor bred stock are included in the mob
   • Request additional/missing information as necessary
2. Schedule delivery
   • Make delivery arrangements according to workplace requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must manage the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) responsibilities for sheep or goats purchased directly from a producer or vendor, prior to their arrival at an abattoir.

The candidate must:

confirm producer requirements

schedule delivery

read and interpret an NVD

use communication skills relevant to work instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to interact with agents, raise and explain issues and problems

use negotiation skills to resolve issues such as problems with original location, incomplete NVDs or Property Identification Codes (PICs)

use mathematical skills to validate NVD data against actual stock numbers

take appropriate steps to minimise workplace health and safety risks when working with livestock

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Knowledge Evidence

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

the NLIS system, including the origin and nature of the system, its commercial importance, role in food safety and importing country requirements, role in traceability

the role and function of NVDs

the importance of data contained on an NVD

NLIS regulatory requirements in relation to abattoirs

purpose, nature of and regulations underpinning the use of PICs

NLIS devices role and responsibilities of producers, regulators, and other bodies such as Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in relation to NLIS

status, abbreviations and what they mean, and the required actions to be taken in response

how to deal with problems of original location

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