Assessor Resource
CPPDSM4077A
Sell livestock by private sale
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
This unit of competency supports the work of those who have responsibility for the private sale of livestock using selling methods such as direct consignment, forward contracts and over the hooks marketing. Such sales must be consistent with agency practice, ethical standards and relevant federal, and state or territory legislative and regulatory arrangements.
This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to sell livestock by private sale. It includes advertising the livestock, responding to buyer enquiries, arranging inspections, negotiating the sale, completing sales documentation and arranging delivery to the buyer. A variety of selling systems is used in private livestock sales. These include direct consignment, electronic, forward contracts and over the hooks marketing.
The unit may form part of the licensing requirements for persons engaged in livestock sales in those States and Territories where the selling of livestock is a regulated activity.
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