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AHCPLY402A
Supervise free-range poultry operations

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit applies to supervisors of free-range poultry enterprise whose job role includes scheduling activities and operations for a free-range poultry organisation providing some supervision of staff, and to co-ordinating the delivery of product with sellers or distributors.

This unit covers supervising free-range poultry operations and defines the standard required to: implement a Hazard Analysis program to cover bio-security, animal welfare and food safety codes of practice; recognise abnormal behaviour and common diseases such as coccidiosis, Marek's disease, infectious bronchitis, chronic respiratory disease; implement a feeding strategy for free range poultry; protect birds from predators; collect, record and assess data and information required to meet animal management and food safety requirements.

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Prerequisites

Nil

Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills



Evidence Required

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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 and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

implement a Hazard Analysis program to cover bio-security, animal welfare and food safety codes of practice

recognise abnormal behaviour and common diseases such as coccidiosis, Marek's disease, infectious bronchitis, chronic respiratory disease

implement a feeding strategy for free range poultry

protect birds from predators

collect, record and assess data and information required to meet animal management and food safety requirements

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required skills

Required skills include:

identify hazards and implement safe systems of work for the enterprise

identify the conditions which affect poultry management and development

recognise common diseases of poultry such as coccidiosis, Marek's disease, infectious bronchitis, chronic respiratory disease

recognise abnormal bird behaviour

collect, record and assess data and information required according to specific criteria

complete data, quality control and other documentation clearly and accurately

read and act on written information including plans, maps and reports

read and interpret laboratory reports informing of health status

interpret soil tests

construct hazards tables and prepare other reporting requirements

explain, and deliver instructions about, the plans and scheduling of the operations to both staff and contractors

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data

use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes:

environmental controls and codes of practice

poultry diseases including zoonoses

animal welfare code of practice and industry standards

biosecurity code of practice and industry standards

food safety code of practice and industry standards

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.

Poultry may include:

free range chickens

ducks

geese

quail

turkeys

pheasants

guinea fowl

Free range environments may be used to:

produce eggs

produce meat

produce feathers as by-product

produce down as by-product

produce manure as by-product

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Accommodation construction is selected that complies with food safety, animal welfare and bio-security codes of practice, environmental practice and cost benefit 
Number of birds per unit of space for grazing/pasture is in line with industry and animal welfare codes of practice 
Number of birds per unit of space in the shed is in line with industry and animal welfare codes of practice 
Method of managing poultry in a free-range environment is selected 
Feeding strategy is based on animal health and welfare, industry Quality Assurance (QA) standards and codes of practice, cost benefit analysis, and production requirements 
Method of managing and monitoring bird health and disease is determined in line with industry QA standards and bio-security code of practice 
Strategies for protecting poultry from predators are devised suitable to the birds under production and the constraints of the property in line with the animal welfare and bio-security codes of practice 
Strategies for managing pasture are prepared and schedules for monitoring them are devised in accordance with standard industry pasture management practices 
Enterprise plan for production is developed and documented in line with industry QA program, state and Commonwealth legislation, codes of practice 
An enterprise environmental plan is prepared to meet enterprise, industry and regulatory requirements 
Workplace health and safety (WHS) hazards are identified and assessed, and risk management implemented 
Any approvals that are required for the operations are identified, sought and obtained 
Measurable indicators, specifications and targets are determined, based on the production/management plan 
The plan and its performance indicators are clearly articulated and documented 
Scheduling for the production plan is determined taking the range of seasonal and resourcing factors into consideration 
Key responsibilities for specific implementation processes are determined 
Record keeping requirements are determined and procedures are put in place to ensure compliance with the range of applicable regulations 
The plan, including scheduling and key responsibilities, is clearly documented 
The plan includes the type, format, frequency and detail of any reporting required by both managers and operators 
Monitoring points outlined in the implementation plan are met 
Checks are made to ensure that WHS requirements are being observed and followed 
Checks are made to ensure that animal health and welfare requirements are being observed and followed 
Checks are made to ensure that site environmental requirements are being observed and followed 
Checks are made to ensure that food safety requirements are being observed and followed 
Operational staff and any contractors are communicated with regularly to ensure smooth operation and progress 
Checks are made to ensure that the documentation required by the organisation, or other regulating bodies, is completed clearly and accurately 
Where any corrective action or amendment to the plan is required, the action is initiated and taken 

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