Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for feeding
- Check and record condition and health status of livestock
- Confirm feed and feed supplements and prepare in line with feeding plan
- Check and maintain water supply, quality and quantity to meet livestock requirements
- Identify hazards and report to the supervisor
- Select and use suitable personal protective clothing and equipment
- Feed livestock
- Provide feed and feed supplements in line with feeding plan
- Monitor feeding process to ensure livestock are feeding effectively
- Safely handle livestock in line with enterprise animal welfare policies
- Follow procedures to minimise feed wastage and spillage, and dispose of and recycle feed waste appropriately
- Note variations to individual eating and drinking patterns and report
- Complete the feeding process