Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to transport livestock
- Condition, quality and quantity of livestock to be transported is checked prior to transport operation, in accordance with client requirements and workplace procedures
- Job hazards are identified and required action is taken to minimise, control or eliminate identified hazards
- Poor quality livestock is identified and reported to specified personnel in accordance with workplace procedures
- Feed provisions and other requirements for livestock, prior to and during transit, are identified and organised
- Portable stockyards are assembled as required
- Care for and control livestock in transit
- Condition of livestock is regularly monitored during loading, transit and unloading, and appropriate action is taken in accordance with relevant government regulations, workplace procedures, and humane and permit requirements
- Working dogs and appropriate handling equipment are used to aid handling of livestock during loading and unloading operations, in accordance with regulations and workplace procedures
- Required action is taken for care and wellbeing of animals in an accident during transit
- Distressed stock is handled in an appropriate manner in accordance with government regulations and workplace procedures
- Use animal husbandry techniques
- Symptoms of animal diseases and parasites are identified and appropriate action is taken to control them in accordance with relevant government regulations, workplace procedures, and humane and permit requirements
- Documentation is completed and proofread in accordance with workplace procedures
- Prescribed medication is administered to livestock in accordance with veterinary directions and workplace procedures