Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide immediate care for rescued animals
- Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment
- Handle native animals following WHS and animal welfare procedures
- Follow quarantine and disease control procedures according to work place policies and procedures
- Identify animals and initiate emergency care according to work place policies and procedures
- Examine animals and refer seriously injured animals to supervisor or take to veterinary clinic for immediate treatment
- Collect and record information on each animal according to legislative and work place policies and procedures
- Rehabilitate rescued animals
- Apply suitable species-relevant rearing procedures
- Provide captive diets similar to the natural diet of the species
- Identify common problems experienced by rescued animals, and treat as directed by veterinarian
- Implement species-specific recovery procedures
- Process deceased animals for research purposes according to legislative and work place policies and procedures
- Maintain documentation required in relation to rescued wildlife
- Prepare animals for post-rehabilitation life
- Evaluate options for returning mature animals to native habitat
- Evaluate options for orphaned animals
- Provide hunting or foraging skills development opportunities according to workplace policies and procedures
- Provide socialising opportunities according to workplace policies and procedures
- Implement tactics to reduce human interaction