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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan and organise for stock handling
  2. Organise for handling
  3. Coordinate handling
  4. Finalise and review stock handling activities

Required Skills

Required skills

communicating with senior personnel on handling specifications labour and resource requirements

coordinating work activities and staff

handling activities undertaken with stock

identifying potential improvements

operating maintaining and repairing handling equipment

organising staff carrying out stock handling tasks

planning guidelines for stock handling

providing feedback to staff on performance and on operations to senior personnel

researching options for improvements

recognising normal and abnormal stock behaviour and changing environmental conditions

Literacy skills used for

interpreting handling schedules

recording handling information

researching mechanisation or automation options

Numeracy skills used for

counting stock

completing stock handling data sheets

interpreting ratios metric units and percentages

Required knowledge

advanced stock behaviour and biological requirements of cultured or held stock

equipment calibration and operating methods

equipment maintenance and repairs

categories or types of cultured or held stock

operation and maintenance of automatic or mechanised equipment

safety considerations and hazards associated with handling live stock

safety considerations and hazards associated with stock handling equipment options and limitations

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit

Assessment must confirm the ability to

coordinate a range of stock handling activities such as handling cleaning sampling moving grading and stocking culture structures seeding of half pearls and supervising employees performing these activities

Assessment must confirm knowledge of

advanced stock behaviour and biological requirements

safety considerations and hazards associated with stock handling equipment options and limitations

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment is to be conducted at the workplace or in a simulated work environment It should cover the supervision range of handling activities routinely carried out on aquaculture farms in the region

Resources may include

culture structure and stock

enterprise data sheets or record books

equipment required for the handling activities being assessed

handling schedule

staff to coordinate

Method of assessment

The following assessment methods are suggested

demonstration

practical exercises

project work

role play

written or oral shortanswer testing

Guidance information for assessment

This unit may be assessed holistically with other units within a qualification

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Stock handling activities may include:

anaesthesia

cleaning and washing

counting

moving, transporting and transferring

quality control, grading and sorting

sampling for health assessment of stock

seeding of half pearls in molluscs

stocking culture or holding structures

weighing and measuring.

Cultured or held stock may include:

adults, broodstock (ready to breed), seedstock or stockers, eggs and sperm, fertilised eggs, larvae, post-larvae, seed, spat, hatchlings, yearlings, juveniles, fry, fingerlings, yearlings, smolt, sporophytes, seedlings and tissue cultures

finfish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic reptiles, amphibians, polychaete and oligochaete worms, plankton, micro-algae, seaweed, aquatic plants, live rock, sponges and other aquatic invertebrates

for human consumption (seafood), stockers for other farms, stockers for conservation or recreational fishing, display or companion animals (ornamentals), and other products, including pearls, skins, shells, eggs, chemicals and pigments

wild caught, hatchery or nursery reared.

Seeding may include:

gluing or attachment of half pearls on the inside of the shell (mabe)

pearl oysters, freshwater mussels, abalone and conch.

Note: Does not include insertion of a nucleus into the gonadal or somatic tissue of the shellfish for round pearl production.

Relevant government regulations, licensing and other compliance requirements may include:

biodiversity and genetically modified organisms

biosecurity, translocation and quarantine

business or workplace operations, policies and practices

correct marketing names and labelling

environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control

food safety/Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), hygiene and temperature control along chain of custody, and Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) Export Control (Fish) orders

health and welfare of aquatic animals

maritime operations, safety at sea and pollution control

OHS hazard identification, risk assessment and control.

OHS guidelines may include:

appropriate workplace provision of first aid kits and fire extinguishers

codes of practice, regulations and/or guidance notes which may apply in a jurisdiction or industry sector

enterprise-specific OHS procedures, policies or standards

hazard and risk assessment of workplace, maintenance activities and control measures

induction or training of staff, contractors and visitors in relevant OHS procedures and/or requirements to allow them to carry out their duties in a safe manner

OHS training register

safe lifting, carrying and handling techniques, including manual handling, and the handling and storage of hazardous substances

safe systems and procedures for outdoor work, including protection from solar radiation, fall protection, confined space entry and the protection of people in the workplace

systems and procedures for the safe maintenance of property, machinery and equipment, including hydraulics and exposed moving parts

the appropriate use, maintenance and storage of PPE.

Food safety and hygiene regulations and procedures may include:

Australian Shellfish Sanitation program

equipment design, use, cleaning and maintenance

exporting requirements, including AQIS Export Control (Fish) orders

HACCP, food safety program, and other risk minimisation and quality assurance systems

location, construction and servicing of seafood premises

people, product and place hygiene and sanitation requirements

Primary Products Standard and the Australian Seafood Standard (voluntary)

product labelling, tracing and recall

receipt, storage and transportation of food, including seafood and aquatic products

requirements set out in Australian and New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) Food Standards Code and state and territory food regulations

temperature and contamination control along chain of custody.

ESD principles may include:

applying animal welfare ethics and procedures

control of effluents, chemical residues, contaminants, wastes and pollution

improving energy efficiency

increasing use of renewable, recyclable and recoverable resources

minimising noise, dust, light or odour emissions

preventing live cultured or held organisms from escaping into environment

reducing emissions of greenhouse gases

reducing energy use

reducing use of non-renewable resources

undertaking environmental hazard identification, risk assessment and control.

PPE may include:

gloves, mitts or gauntlets and protective hand and arm covering

buoyancy vest or personal floatation device (PFD)

hard hat or protective head covering

hearing protection (e.g. ear plugs and ear muffs)

non-slip and waterproof boots (gumboots) or other safety footwear

personal locator beacon or Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB)

protective outdoor clothing for tropical conditions

safety harness

sun protection (e.g. sun hat, sunscreen and sunglasses)

uniforms, overalls or protective clothing (e.g. mesh and waterproof aprons)

waterproof clothing (e.g. wet weather gear and waders).

Labour requirements may include:

plant, equipment, vehicle or vessel operators

skilled handling workers and unskilled labourers

specialised equipment operators

transport operators.

Resource requirements may include:

handling equipment

holding and transport equipment

vessels, vehicles, trucks, trailers, cranes and load-shifting equipment.