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Elements and Performance Criteria
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Performance Evidence
Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
types, functions, cleaning, monitoring and maintenance of milking facilities, machinery and equipment enterprise and industry requirements for milking operations such as production targets, finances, required resources, manpower and equipment criteria, methods and industry standards for determining milk quality factors affecting milk quality, and their effects and impacts on enterprise production targets and enterprise viabilitywork routines, procedures and impacts of bad practices for milking operationsanatomy, physiology, reproduction cycle, lactation and behaviour of the animal species applicable to milking operationsrelevant hygiene and biosecurity practices and requirements for milking operations relevant animal welfare practices and requirements for milking operationsrelevant livestock testing, health treatment and preventive medicine applicable to milking operationstypes, characteristics, signs of ill health, prevention and treatment of relevant diseases in the livestock species types and maintenance of required documentation and recordstypes, handling, use and disposal of detergents and cleaning agents, Work Health and Safety and environmental practices for these agentsrelevant requirements, methods and methods for waste and debris storage and disposal relevant work health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice