Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

AHCLSK416 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Identify and select animals for breeding

Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency AHCLSK416 - Identify and select animals for breeding
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and select animals for breeding.This unit applies to supervisors and managers on livestock farms.All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, work health and safety, animal welfare and biosecurity legislation and codes of practice and sustainability practices.This unit applies to individuals who take responsibility for their own work and for the quality of the work of others within known parameters. They use discretion and judgement in the selection, allocation and use of available resources and provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Competency is to be assessed in the work place or simulated environments that accurately reflect performance in a real workplace setting.

Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Identify breeding selection criteria
  • Reference enterprise production records and reaffirm enterprise production goals in the breeding program
  • Source the heritability of the desired performance characteristics and identify the potential for genetic improvement
  • Determine criteria for selection and record them in the production plan
       
Element: Select animals for breeding
  • Assess accurately animals against selection criteria
  • Determine and organise culling and replacement practices to improve the performance of the enterprise breeding program
  • Check and monitor selected livestock to ensure maintenance of condition and welfare status in accordance with breeding program requirements
  • Conduct or organise tests using recognised industry methods and evaluate within appropriate breeding program parameters
       


Evidence Required

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Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify breeding selection criteria

1.1 Reference enterprise production records and reaffirm enterprise production goals in the breeding program

1.2 Source the heritability of the desired performance characteristics and identify the potential for genetic improvement

1.3 Determine criteria for selection and record them in the production plan

2. Select animals for breeding

2.1 Assess accurately animals against selection criteria

2.2 Determine and organise culling and replacement practices to improve the performance of the enterprise breeding program

2.3 Check and monitor selected livestock to ensure maintenance of condition and welfare status in accordance with breeding program requirements

2.4 Conduct or organise tests using recognised industry methods and evaluate within appropriate breeding program parameters

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

develop selection criteria for a breeding program

select animals that have defects in conformation and /or productivity

select animals that display characteristics associated with desirable genetic traits

select animals according to a breeding program's selection criteria

assess and record performance information

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles of genetic selection for multi traits

structural abnormalities and their potential impact on production

correlated traits

market requirements and related physical and measurable traits

enterprise animal selection criteria

strategies for animal selection -including individual traits, measured performance, Estimated Breeding Value (EBVs & ASBVs), and indexes

use of breeding value percentile tables

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Identify breeding selection criteria

1.1 Reference enterprise production records and reaffirm enterprise production goals in the breeding program

1.2 Source the heritability of the desired performance characteristics and identify the potential for genetic improvement

1.3 Determine criteria for selection and record them in the production plan

2. Select animals for breeding

2.1 Assess accurately animals against selection criteria

2.2 Determine and organise culling and replacement practices to improve the performance of the enterprise breeding program

2.3 Check and monitor selected livestock to ensure maintenance of condition and welfare status in accordance with breeding program requirements

2.4 Conduct or organise tests using recognised industry methods and evaluate within appropriate breeding program parameters

Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.

Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Reference enterprise production records and reaffirm enterprise production goals in the breeding program 
Source the heritability of the desired performance characteristics and identify the potential for genetic improvement 
Determine criteria for selection and record them in the production plan 
Assess accurately animals against selection criteria 
Determine and organise culling and replacement practices to improve the performance of the enterprise breeding program 
Check and monitor selected livestock to ensure maintenance of condition and welfare status in accordance with breeding program requirements 
Conduct or organise tests using recognised industry methods and evaluate within appropriate breeding program parameters 

Forms

Assessment Cover Sheet

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