Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine breeding objectives
- Determine breeding strategy requirements in consideration of capacity of facility, relevant characteristics of cultured or held stock, and marketing and production plans
- Interpret and use breeding and production records as the basis for breeding strategy
- Assess economic feasibility of breeding objectives
- Determine selection aims or goals according to workplace or customer requirements
- Determine and apply selection criteria
- Determine visual and objective methods of good stock selection
- Establish criteria for female and male selection
- Cull broodstock that fail to meet selection
- Identify broodstock and genetic material and send samples for analysis by external laboratory, in line with workplace practices
- Assess genetic and disease implications from results received
- Manage the breeding program
- Manage breeding facilities to meet veterinary guidelines and broodstock requirements
- Implement broodstock maturation or spawning treatments according to workplace procedures
- Determine fertilisation and progeny rearing strategy according to breeding objectives
- Identify stock for sale according to breeding strategy and legislative and permit requirements
- Select replacement broodstock according to breeding strategy
- Review the breeding program
- Research mechanisation or automation of process or activity, including the use of specialised contract services, and make recommendations to management
- Analyse data from stock selection and sales to evaluate success of breeding program against breeding strategy and objectives
- Update breeding plan to detail procedures for changes in breeding objectives
- Inform personnel on implementation of breeding plan