Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify animals using electronic systems
- The regulatory requirements for electronic identification of individual animals are identified and met.
- Start-up procedures for electronic readers are identified and followed.
- The identification and recording system is operated according to work instructions (incorporating tail tag data where appropriate).
- Animals are identified electronically by scanning stock to workplace requirements.
- Sources of errors in identification and/or malfunction of the system are explained and identified.
- Consequences of incorrect identification of animals are explained.
- Maintain, clean and monitor electronic identification system