Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare transport container and equipment
- Fit and use personal protective equipment and clean workplace according to food safety and health and safety requirements before preparing stock
- Collect and check transport container and other equipment for serviceability
- Repair, discard or replace sub-standard equipment in accordance with equipment specifications
- Ensure transport container complies with transport requirements and regulations
- Add transport water or substrate to appropriate quality and quantity
- Prepare and treat stock for dispatch
- Check stock against order specifications
- Inspect stock for any signs of damage, defects, parasites and suitability for live transport
- Identify and set aside defective stock and notify supervisor
- Weigh and count accepted stock and record data
- Prepare stock for transport in preparation container according to food regulations and transport requirements and regulations
- Observe stock behaviour, lower stress and report abnormalities to supervisor
- Introduce stock into transport container in a way to minimise stress
- Monitor and adjust water quality or environmental conditions and stock condition according to species requirements during transport
- Adjust amount of water or substrate to required level for species
- Expel air and add oxygen to required level or check air holes according to local and export requirements
- Apply cooling or heating according to species
- Add anaesthetics and water conditioner as required
- Dispatch stock
- Check equipment, water quality factors and environmental conditions to ensure that stock will remain alive until received by customer
- Seal transport container and label outside of container, ensuring that original identification of the product can be easily established
- Take containers to loading bay for dispatch and make checks to ensure all back-up equipment and adequate spares are available during transport
- Complete post-packing tasks
- Clean work area and dispose of waste materials safely according to workplace procedures and environmental requirements
- Check and store equipment, making or reporting any repair requirements
- Record relevant packing data, observations or information, and report any abnormalities or non-compliances to supervisor