Subjects
Total number of units = 16
Core Units = 2
Elective Units = 14
Core Units
Work
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Apply environmentally sustainable work practices |
Work health and safety
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Contribute to work health and safety processes |
Elective Units
Select 5 units from Group A
Select 5 units from Group A or Group B
4 units aligned to AQF levels 2, 3, or 4 may be selected from the elective list, or this or any other endorsed Training Package or Accredited Course
Selected units must be relevant to job outcomes in agriculture and must be chosen to ensure the integrity of the qualification outcome at AQF level 3
To achieve the Livestock Transport specialisation, the following units must be selected:
Select at least 5 units from Group A Livestock sector and at least 5 units from Group A Livestock transport sector.
Up to 4 units aligned to AQF levels 2, 3, or 4 may be selected from the elective Group A and/or Group B, or this or any other endorsed Training Package or Accredited Course
Selected units must be relevant to job outcomes in agriculture and must be chosen to ensure the integrity of the qualification outcome at AQF level 3
NOTE: Units marked with an asterisk (*) require completion of prerequisite Unit/s which is identified under the Unit.
Group A
Agribusiness
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Keep production records for a primary production business |
Biosecurity
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Work effectively in an emergency disease or plant pest response | |
Carry out emergency disease or plant pest control procedures at infected premises | |
Carry out movement and security procedures | |
Identify and report unusual disease or plant pest signs | |
Apply biosecurity measures |
Broadacre cropping
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Conserve forage | |
Establish pastures and crops for livestock production | |
Prepare to receive grains and seeds | |
Test grains and seeds on receival | |
Undertake preparation of land for agricultural crop production | |
Establish agricultural crops | |
Maintain agricultural crops | |
Undertake agricultural crop harvesting activities | |
Maintain pastures and crops for livestock production |
Business
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Use hand held e-business tools | |
Maintain financial records | |
Process and maintain workplace information | |
Communicate electronically | |
Design and produce business documents | |
Use business technology |
Chemicals
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Use application equipment to apply fumigant to confined spaces*
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Fumigate soil*
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Prepare and apply chemicals | |
Transport and store chemicals | |
Conduct manual fumigation of vertebrate and invertebrate pests*
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First aid
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Provide first aid | |
Provide first aid in remote situations |
Infrastructure
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement property improvement, construction and repair | |
Plan and construct an electric fence | |
Plan and construct conventional fencing |
Irrigation
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Operate and maintain gravity fed irrigation systems | |
Operate pressurised irrigation systems | |
Troubleshoot irrigation systems |
Livestock
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Administer medication to livestock | |
Maintain livestock water supplies | |
Identify and draft livestock | |
Implement animal health control programs | |
Implement feeding plans for livestock | |
Prepare animals for parturition | |
Rear newborn and young livestock | |
Coordinate and monitor livestock transport | |
Maintain and monitor feed stocks | |
Care for and train working dogs | |
Castrate livestock | |
Comply with industry animal welfare requirements |
Livestock Transport
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Load and unload vehicle carrying special loads | |
Care for livestock in transit | |
Process workplace documentation | |
Estimate/calculate mass, area and quantify dimensions | |
Prepare workplace documents | |
Apply fatigue management strategies | |
Interpret road maps and navigate pre-determined routes | |
Plan and navigate routes |
Machinery operation and maintenance
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair | |
Perform machinery maintenance | |
Operate machinery and equipment | |
Operate specialised machinery and equipment | |
Ground spread fertiliser and soil ameliorant | |
Operate broadacre and row crop harvest machinery and equipment | |
Operate broadacre sowing machinery and equipment | |
Operate row crop planting and seeding machinery and equipment |
Merchandising and sales
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Process customer complaints |
Pest management
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Control weeds | |
Control plant pests, diseases and disorders |
Work
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Work effectively in the industry | |
Collect samples for a rural production or horticulture monitoring program | |
Monitor weather conditions | |
Respond to emergencies | |
Coordinate work site activities | |
Comply with industry quality assurance requirements | |
Handle bulk materials in storage area | |
Conduct site inspections |
Group B
Animal care and management
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Maintain and monitor animal health and wellbeing | |
Plan for and provide nutritional requirements for animals |
Artificial insemination
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Collect semen | |
Process and store semen | |
Artificially inseminate livestock |
Drainage
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Install drainage systems |
Fire
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Demonstrate first attack firefighting equipment | |
Respond to wildfire*
| |
Work in a team |
Horse breeding
Unit code | Unit title |
Carry out basic hoof care procedures | |
Carry out mare mating or artificial insemination procedures | |
Educate, ride and care for horses and equipment | |
Handle and care for stallions | |
Prevent and treat equine injury and disease | |
Assess suitability of horses for stock work |
Hydroponics
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement a maintenance program for hydroponic systems | |
Install hydroponic systems |
Livestock
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Mate and monitor reproduction of alpacas | |
Carry out feedlot operations | |
Carry out postmortem examination of livestock | |
Coordinate and monitor production performance | |
Euthanase livestock | |
Implement feeding plans for intensive production | |
Coordinate artificial insemination and fertility management of livestock | |
Monitor livestock production growing environments | |
Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock | |
Prepare livestock for competition | |
Plan to exhibit livestock | |
Slaughter livestock | |
Coordinate and monitor livestock transport | |
Service and repair bores and windmills | |
Transport farm produce or bulk materials | |
Mix and mill standard stockfeed | |
Collect, store and administer colostrum | |
Remove and facilitate reuse of effluent and manure from an intensive production system | |
Implement procedures for calving | |
Monitor animals in intensive production systems | |
Monitor pen condition and ration suitability | |
Plan, prepare and conduct mulesing procedures | |
Conduct dropped ovary technique procedures for spaying cattle |
Machinery operation and maintenance
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Operate tractors | |
Conduct grader operations | |
Conduct front-end loader operations | |
Operate side by side utility vehicles | |
Operate quad bikes | |
Operate a cane harvester | |
Operate land-forming machinery and equipment | |
Operate precision control technology | |
Operate mobile irrigation machinery and equipment | |
Transport machinery | |
Operate chemical application machinery and equipment | |
Conduct civil construction skid steer loader operations | |
Conduct backhoe/loader operations | |
Conduct civil construction grader operations | |
Licence to operate a forklift truck |
Plants
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement a plant nutrition program | |
Provide information on plants and their culture | |
Identify plant specimens | |
Plan a plant establishment program |
Production horticulture
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement a post-harvest program | |
Harvest horticultural crops mechanically | |
Regulate crops | |
Establish horticultural crops | |
Coordinate horticultural crop harvesting |
Resources and Infrastructure
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Enter and work in confined spaces | |
Work safely at heights |
Shearing
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Prepare livestock for shearing | |
Prepare combs and cutters for machine shearing | |
Carry out post-shearing procedures | |
Plan and prepare for alpaca shearing |
Soils and media
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Sample soils and interpret results |
Tools and equipment
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Install and terminate extra low voltage wiring systems | |
Perform routine oxy acetylene welding | |
Perform manual heating and thermal cutting | |
Perform routine manual metal arc welding | |
Weld using manual metal arc welding process*
| |
Weld using gas metal arc welding process*
| |
Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process*
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Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding | |
Perform routine gas metal arc welding |
Pest Management
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Implement pest management strategies |
Wool
Unit Code | Unit Title |
Prepare fleece wool for classing | |
Prepare facilities for shearing and crutching | |
Press wool for a clip | |
Perform shed duties | |
Class goat fibre | |
Class alpaca fleece |